Noted artist Theo Jansen has Strandbeests, animals that walk on soft sandy beaches. they are autonomous walking machines.
some hold compressed air in tubes to power thmselves. Another class of moving machines, though, need to be powered, either by human (and animal, ie draught) muscle, or by engines.
The consequences of this single minded purpose has already had dire consequences in some hill regions, particularly the Himalayan foothills, and the impact on water flows in the country has never been assessed or debated.
see the full post in https://www.azadmaidan.in/t/chalopede-a-class-of-vehicles-on-legs/88
https://metastudio.org/t/creating-a-pedal-vehicle/2190/16 Creating a pedal wheel..
Remembering Tapan Kumar Bose, a Tireless Advocate for the Rohingya People https://thewire.in/rights/tapan-kumar-bose-obituary by Sabber Kyaw Min..
Bose’s activism began during India’s emergency in the late 1970s, where he highlighted human rights violations. His work covered important events like the Bhagalpur blindings, conflicts in Punjab and Jammu and Kashmir, and the Bhopal gas tragedy. Through his films, such as An Indian Story (1981), Bhopal: Beyond Genocide (1986), The Vulnerable Road User (1991), Jharkhand (1993) and The Expendable People (2016), he gave a platform to the oppressed and brought attention to systemic injustices.
He was instrumental in establishing and supporting many human rights groups, including the South Asia Forum for Human Rights, the Pakistan-India People’s Forum for Peace and Democracy, the Rohingya Human Rights Initiative and others.
Frontline cover package on the Great Nicobar mega infra project.
1) The Great Nicoba sellout: The Editor's note by Vaishna Roy
"When “development” means uprooting people, plundering forests, and selling paradise to profiteers, whose future are we really building?"
https://frontline.thehindu.com/environment/great-nicobar-project-india-development-sustainability-island-archipelago-ecological-donald-trump/article69192295.ece
2) Great Nicobar: Disaster in the making - The Lede by Pankaj Sekhsaria
"The mega project on the island was cleared using incomplete, inaccurate data, grossly underestimating its environmental and biodiversity impact."
https://frontline.thehindu.com/environment/great-nicobar-infrastructure-environmental-tragedy/article69158497.ece
3) "The Great Nicobar Project: A costly miscalculation?" - M Rajshekhar
"The proposed container port lacks commercial logic, its naval merits are unclear—so why is this project being pushed through at any cost?"
https://frontline.thehindu.com/environment/great-nicobar-project-campbell-bay-transshipment-terminal-galathea-bay-infrastructure-project/article69159231.ece
4) An obit for Patai Takaru by Rohan Arthur and TR Shankar Raman
"Great Nicobar’s mitigation plans reduce restoration to tree-planting and reef relocation—a deceptive fix for irreversible ecological loss."
https://frontline.thehindu.com/environment/great-nicobar-island-andaman-ecological-development-coral-reefs-marine-ecosystems-climate-change/article69158539.ece
5) On the brink: 10 endangered species of the Nicobar Islands by Saurav Harikumar
"The islands are home to a rare mix of wildlife found nowhere else on Earth. Here are ten that face the greatest threat from the Great Nicobar project."
https://frontline.thehindu.com/environment/great-nicobar-project-endangered-species-saltwater-crocodile-species-wildlife/article69150433.ece