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Rituparna Palit

New Delhi, Uttar Pradesh
As seen in: Nature, The Indian Express, The Hindu, The Wire (India), The Caravan, Press Trust of India, Citizen Matters, Village Square, Let Me Breathe (LMB), Mongabay India
Covers:  technology, environment, urban and rural poor
Doesn't Cover: LGBT, entertainment, crime
Journalist | Formerly with @PTI_news @IndianExpress @the_hindu |@ACJIndia 2020 | Words in @thecaravanindia @thewire_in @PARInetwork +

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I am an independent journalist based in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh.
The Caravan, Down to Earth, The Wire, Zenger News, 101 Reporters, and GaonConnection are a few media organizations that I have recently written for.
I worked with Zenger News as a South Asia Correspondent until January 2021, where I wrote long-forms on India's tech market, tech policy, and environmental issues. Zenger News is based in Washington DC and covers stories from the US, Asia, Europe, and Africa.
Before switching to jour…

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Himalayan wildfires may be predictable long before the first spark

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By Rituparna Palit
| Nature Verified
Every summer, as temperatures go above 30 degrees celcius in the vast stretches of the Indian Himalaya, devastating forest fires gut thousands of square kilometres of parched forests1. Local administrations blame the heatwave for the phenomenon. But scientists studying these mountains now say atmospheric warming is not the lone culprit. Forest flammability is driven more by moisture loss1 than by ambient heat alone.
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Telling the tale of Bonbibi in the Sundarbans

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By Rituparna Palit
| Village Square
In the mangrove heartland of the Sundarbans, lives a legend that unites religions and protects lives: Bonbibi. Even amid rising tides, erosion and tiger encounters, locals’ faith in Bonbibi endures, guiding those who venture deep into the forest. A woman from Kultali Island recounts how she fought off a tiger to save her husband, drawing strength from Bonbibi – an extraordinary reminder of how deeply faith and survival are intertwined here.
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How rhinos helped shape Kaziranga’s grasslands

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By Rituparna Palit
| Nature Verified
A greater one-horned rhinoceros in Kaziranga National Park Credit: Bibhab Talukdar Long before they were confined to the northeast, Indian one-horned rhinoceroses roamed the entire northern subcontinent. A study1 reveals that climatic shifts and human pressures pushed the species eastward over the past several millennia, making the Brahmaputra floodplains their stronghold.
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