V.K. Joshi

Born in Uttaranchal in September 1941, Vijay Joshi worked as a geologist with the Geological Survey Of India for 36 years. During this period he covered the length and breadth of the country searching for ground water, mapping the Himalayas for mineral wealth, studied the environments of the pre-historic eras and finally retired as Director, Northern Region, GSI at Lucknow and settled there.

Post retirement in September 2001 Vijay Joshi has taken up free lance journalism and using his experience he normally writes about environment and nature related topics. However, sometimes he does pen down satires too. He writes both in English and Hindi and has published more than 800 articles in all the leading newspapers of India and some leading environmental magazines like Down To Earth and Journal of United Nations Environmental Program.

‘Geo-diversity is the cradle of bio-diversity’ and he attempts to convey this motto. 

Health 
Grains of Rocks Hold Mysteries of Diseases  
What makes Rats Perky and Dinosaurs Tardy? 

Humor 
Enteric Terrorism  

Memoirs  
Are you a Hindustani?  
Freedom at Midnight 
From Drums of Phantom to SMS 
Tryst with Nehru 

Ramblings      
In the Matter of Territory  

Society 
Hindu Wedding Sans Rituals  
Victims of Broken Marriages 

Environment   
A Collision of Creativity 
A Country Deluged  
Air Microbes Gnaw the Buildings 
Alluvium: Nature's Store of Water 
Ancient Mangroves in the Womb of the Present  
And, the Clock Stopped ! 
Anger of Varunavrat
Antiquity of Global Warming 
Avalanche Safe Township for Holy Shrine  
Bathymetry Helps to Fathom Tsunami Power 
Beware: Coasts are My Territory 
Beware! The Land Slides 
Biological Black Boxes Carry Tales of Past 
Bolt from the Blue  
Bygone Communities Faced Ire of the River   
Catching the Water  
Climate Change and Mothers' Health 
Climate History Uncovered from Lake Sediments 
Coal Mines: Wardrobes of Carbon Dioxide! 
Convert Wasteland into Water Sanctuaries 
Cyclones: A Bane for the Coasts 
Cyclones Ravage Land of Black Pagoda 
Damned by Dam 
Death Lurks in White 
Delhi's Woes of Water  
Denuded Himalayas 
Distressed Habitation  
Do We Have a Roadmap to Seismic Safety? 
Dusty Records of Past Climates 
Earthquakes Threaten Obelisks of Culture   
Echoes of Tsunamis from the Earth's History 
Eco-friendly Habitats to Combat Climate Vicissitudes 
Ecological Plunder of Doab Under Colonial Rule 
Engulfed by the Sea
Environmental Biomarkers 
Fizz in the Soil Carries Mysteries of Past Climates
Fury of Brahmaputra 
Ganga Expressway: A Road to Prosperity or Doom? 
Ganga Plains: World's Largest Flood Plains  
Geo Hazards: Are we Prepared? 
Giants of the Cold 
Gift from the Skies 
Heaven on Earth Ravaged 
Helpless Against the Nature's Ire    
Highway Dust: An Environmental Hazard 
Himalayan 'Hot Spot' Needs Attention 
Himalayan Rivers Reflect Climate Shift 
How High was the Ancient Sea Level? 
How Safe is Nuclear Power? 
Hydroelectric Projects in the Shadow of Avalanches
Is Gangotri Glacier in Real Peril? 
Is Mumbai Safe from Tremblers?   
Know the Age of Thy Groundwater 
Ladakh: A Treasure Trove of Past Climates 
Lakes of the Yore have Great Clues 
Lakes that Vanished 
Land of Sixty Lakes Obscured by Landslides!  
Landforms Reveal Antiquity of Environment 
Landslide Spells Doom for the Land of Seven Sisters
Lasting Architecture 
Let us Not Redraw the Geography 
Life of the Yore has Signatures of Environment 
Life on Ambers 
Monsoon Woes Recorded in the Caves 
Mountain Slides of Tista 
Mysteries of the Land of Dead 
Natural Disaster: A Concern for Security  
Natural Filters for Poison in Water 
'Nor'Westers' Usher in the New Year 
Oil Spills: Perils of Development 
On the Footsteps of Kautilya!  
On the Trail of Retreating Glaciers 
Pages of Past Environment Entombed in a Mine
Parched Throats on the Coasts 
Perished on the Coast 
Play Safe while Catching Raindrops 
Poison in Water: Population in Peril 
Poop Holds Secrets of the Past! 
Raindrops on the Roof Top 
Rainwater Harvesting: What's New About It?  
Reducing the Ravages of Floods 
Retreating Glaciers: Nature's Warning  
Revenge of Kosi 
Riasi Rocked as Indus Civilization Waned    
Rice Bowl of Andhra Pradesh In Peril 
River from the Land of Mystique Spells Doom 
River Tourism: A Socio-Environmental Hazard!
Sands of Thar: Key to Past Climates 
Save Forests, Save Turbines 
Saved by a Canal  
Saved by 'Kat-Ki-Kunni'  
Secrets of Past Monsoons from sediments in Gujarat
Secrets of the Mystery Caves! 
Shaky Foundations 
Soils: A Graveyard for Carbon 
Submerged Towns of the Past: Was it a Tsunami?
Tales from the Lakes 
Taming the Silent Killer 
Terrible Temblors  
Terror from the Skies 
The Art and Science of Water 
The Frozen Continent 
The Road to Heaven is Too Dark! 
The Vanishing Springs 
Thermal Springs as Vaults of Nuclear Waste
Today's Development could be a Curse in Future! 
Toothless Voters and Crippled Soldiers 
Towers of Sand Userp Sands of Time 
Tsunami Havoc: Mangroves or Ground Beneath! 
Tsunami Unveiled Mystery of Undersea Temple 
Tsunamis: The Movers and Shakers 
Urban Centers or Aquariums! 
Urban Floods: Bane for the People
Urbanization: Threat to Himalayas 
Uttaranchal Developing on Shaky Grounds 
Vanishing Forests of Tropical Asia 
Vijayanagara: The Empire that Vanished!
Was King of Kalinga the Lord of the Ocean? 
Water for People and People for Water 
Water Harvesting: Let's Do It 
Water Tower of Asia Heaves as Ground Shakes 
West Bengal Needs Better Disaster Management 
When a ship was almost grounded! 
When Death Danced on the Sea Coast  
When Earthquakes Rocked the Ice! 
When Glaciers were Galore at Badrinath! 
When it Poured Over the Thar 
When the Earth Trembles! 
When the Earth Warmed Up! 
When the Sea paid Obeisance to Kanyakumari 
Whirlwind Along Andhra Coast 
Who is going to be the Next! 

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