the following films: Learning to Dream Again: on Joint Forest Management. Daughters of the Soil: on how women have to be seen as farmers and not agricultural labourers in India. Taj Mahal-Beyond the Love Story: on Pollution in Agra and how livelihoods of the poor cannot be less important than protecting a monument. To their credit... : on how poor women with small loans have changed the fortunes of their families. Water ignites life and hope: on watershed management. Where is my dinner?: deals with hunger and poverty in India A New Prescription: on the poor state of women's health in India. An Area of Darkness: on the lack of electricity in rural India. Awards Ramnath Goenka Award for Excellence in Journalism. http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/16-stories-that-needed-excellence-and-how-they-got-it/2326/ Madhavankutty Gold Medal for Excellence English Journalism. https://india.mongabay.com/by/ramesh-menon/ Books Caste and Communal Timebomb, Golwala Publications, Ahmedabad, 1986: It dealt with the tragedy of caste and communal violence that had torn Gujarat and was co-authored with late Prof. Pravin Sheth, a political scientist, Whatever the Odds, Harper Collins India, Published in 2011. Deals with the story of K.P. Singh, real estate magnate and chairman, DLF. Is the story of how he rose from being a captain in the Indian army to one of the richest Indians and how a city like Gurgaon was built by him." Carbon Footprint: Reducing it for a better tomorrow TERI Press, New Delhi, Published in 2014. Environment Chronicles: The best of Terra Green. Published by TERI in 2012. He authored two chapters: Women as Protectors of Biodiversity and Tainted Tales. " Night Sparkle: Fascinating Stories of Indian Lighthouses, Matrix Publishers, New Delhi, Published in 2013, deals with lighthouses and its lightkeepers along the Indian coast from Gujarat to West Bengal. Modi Demystified: The Making of a Prime Minister, Harper Collins India, Published in 2014 deals with the decade-long rule of Modi in Gujarat, his rise in the BJP and his journey to New Delhi as the Prime Minister in 2014 in a historic election. The Journey of OP Vaish: Celebrating Life with Gratitude, Orient Publishing, 2015. External links http://www.expressindia.com/ramnath-goenka foundation/2005_winners.html http://www.boloji.com/index.cfm?md=Content&sd=Writers&WriterID=1175 https://web.archive.org/web/20130214071742/http://simc.edu/faculty/ramesh-menon https://www.sac.ac.in/creative-writing-courses References Living people 1955 births Indian documentary filmmakers Journalists from Maharashtra Banaras Hindu University alumni