"Sar santey roonkh rahe to bhi sasto jaan (a chopped head is cheaper than a chopped tree)," were the last words uttered by Amrita Devi, who kept hugging a khejri tree. Her embrace of the tree didn ...

In his book, My Head For A Tree: The Extraordinary Story of the Bishnoi, the World’s First Eco-Warriors, Martin Goodman clubs many such stories of real people to bring their reality, both in the ...

“So I went looking for another story in India.” His new book, My Head for a Tree: The Extraordinary Story of the Bishnoi, the World’s First Eco-Warriors (Profile Books/Hachette India ...

Journalist Lee debuts with a potent exploration of what it means to be Indigenous, beginning with his own childhood spent summering on Martha’s Vineyard, the Wampanoag homeland, Continue reading ...

In an excerpt from the first chapter, Amrita Devi and the 363 Martyrs, Goodman recounts the legendary tale of lives sacrificed to save trees on Bishnoi land. On Monday 11 September 1730 (although ...

Martin Goodman's My Head for a Tree: The Extraordinary Story of the Bishnoi, the World’s First Eco-Warriors Profile Books, London, 2025. Hb. Pp. 272. Rs. 699. Foreword by Peter Wohlleben ...

Imprisoned gangster Lawrence Bishnoi has become a symbol for the Bishnoi community in their environmental protests against the felling of Khejri trees for solar power projects. The community has ...

It is in this context that My Head for a Tree: The Extraordinary Story of the Bishnoi, the World’s First Eco-Warriors becomes so important for us to read and reflect upon. View Full Image The ...

Ramesh said every member of the Bishnoi community was angry when the blackbuck incident happened, and is ready to make sacrifices to save animals. "Our society loves wildlife and trees.

Lawrence Bishnoi, a 31-year-old vegetarian with a handlebar mustache who authorities say controls a violent gang from his high-security prison cell in India, is at the center of a diplomatic brawl ...

Amrita could no more pay a bribe than she could kill an animal or eat meat or herself harm a tree. Her life worked because she was a Bishnoi who lived by a clear set of twenty-nine rules set down ...