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Rajni George

Rajni George is founding editor and editor-in-chief of The Kodai Chronicle. She has worked at Penguin Random House, Granta and The Caravan. Her work has been published in The New Internationalist, The New York Times, and Mint Lounge. She works remotely in climate change adaptation, and lives between Bangkok and St Mary's Road.

This classic shot of Kodai Lake, viewed from one of the slopes that surround it, is seen from the perspective of the wetland that adjoins it. The lake is the setting for for films such as Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar and Penguin, in Hindi and Tamil respectively. Photo: Sids/Shutterstock

The Ripple Effect: A Report from Kodai’s Beloved Lake

by Rajni George
May 9, 2023May 17, 2023

It’s noon on a Friday in February, and a small group of Kodaikanal residents are crowded outside…

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Photo: Mycleverway/ Shutterstock

Issue 10 Editorial: Letter to the Readers of The Kodai Chronicle

by Rajni George
May 1, 2023May 17, 2023

Some days, I wish I were the ‘jeep guy’. Originally from Sweden, this mysterious, white-haired man is…

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Issue 9 Editorial: Letter to the Readers of The Kodai Chronicle

by Rajni George
January 21, 2023April 29, 2023

Dear Reader, When I first returned to my hometown in the mountains more than two years ago,…

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Meet the Bikepacker Who Cycled Through the Western Ghats 

by Rajni George
February 23, 2023April 29, 2023

When Rahul Rajagopal—@cycling_nomad on Instagram—calls me from Thane, Mumbai, I’m not surprised to see a cycle in…

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Editorial: A Little Goes a Long Way

by Rajni George
November 26, 2022January 21, 2023

Often, when I am home in Kodai, feeling stuck at work, I step away from my laptop…

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Editorial: Letter to the Readers of The Kodai Chronicle

by Rajni George
August 31, 2022November 26, 2022

Dear Readers,

I grew up near a shola forest and spent much of my time hiding away in…

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Water touches every one of our senses (Photo: Neha Sumitran)

Editorial: Letter to the Readers of The Kodai Chronicle

by Rajni George
July 2, 2022August 2, 2022

Dear Readers, This month, we report from the middle of a wet summer. It has been an…

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Local's Guide to Kodaikanal cover

Letter to the Readers, May 2022

by Rajni George
May 1, 2022May 23, 2022

Here is the first real edition of The Kodai Chronicle, in print! We have spent the last…

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Mildred and Richard Keithahn

Rock of Vision: Richard Keithahn, Kodai’s American satyagrahi

by Rajni George
June 5, 2022June 4, 2022

Ramachandra Guha on RR Keithahn, the American freedom fighter and social reformer who held summer retreats in…

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Molecular ecologist turned photographer Prasenjeet Yadav (Photo: Ian Lockwood)

The Big Picture: Photographer Prasenjeet Yadav on the Role of Science in Storytelling, the Western Ghats, Kodai Bison, and Much More

by Rajni George
April 3, 2022May 23, 2022

A veteran photographer and explorer, this former molecular ecologist left the lab to experience the story he…

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