Articles by Mahima Jain

Mahima A Jain is a Bangalore-based independent journalist and editor. She writes on environment, gender, culture and socio-economic issues. She has been a recipient of the IWMF Reporting Grant 2019, Earth Journalism Network Grants in 2018 and 2019, Sahapedia UNESCO Fellowship in 2018 and Nehru Trust UK Visiting Fellowship in 2015. She tweets @theplainjain and you can see her work here.

Saravanan points to a large salt pan, part of Ennore Creek in the city of Chennai. The nearby port’s plan to convert the area into industrial real estate sparked protests among fishing communities in 2016. Image by Mahima Jain.

Protecting India’s fishing villages: Q&A with ‘maptivist’ Saravanan

by Mahima Jain 10 January 2019

CHENNAI, India — In a small fishing hamlet, one of thousands dotting India’s 7,500-kilometer (4,660-mile) coastline, a community leader opens his smartphone and searches his contacts for “Map Saravanan” to…