In the popular perception, globalisation has made the environment a public good. However, in the Indian context contemporary globalisation, which was heralded by liberalisation and privatisation of the Indian economy in 1991, started a new debate in the public sphere about environmentalism. It is mainly a development vs. environment debate, but at the same time, a consciousness among the middle class about the environment has also emerged in the twenty-first century India.
In the last decade, a new political party, namely, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), was born out of a popular movement against corruption and promised an alternative politics. Among other things, it discussed environmentalism and launched an ‘odd-even policy’ to curb air pollution in the city of Delhi
In this essay, using my experiences as a media researcher and professional journalist I raise and seek to answer the question: has the media revolution changed the nature of environmental journalism in India? I explore the relationship between media, politics, and the environment by taking the Delhi government’s odd-even policy as a case study.
(Link: https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-031-31252-6_9)
(Abstract of my chapter in Media, Politics and Environment
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