Let us be realistic as we try to limit pollution and global warming. Then we can hope the earth will Representational use only. Happy Earth Day, fellow earthlings! It’s a mystery how spaceship Earth has survived another century, pumped up on fossil fuels, forests burned, water...
The Jaipur Literature Festival conjures up a lot of images not only for the mind’s eye but also for the soul and intellect of the attendees So, it’s a dark and somewhat hot night. The Rambagh Palace was beautified as a fair Rajput maiden, ready to...
Instead of building contours to hold water, the Chauka system is designed to hold a 9-inch water level spread over a field. Once the level is full, the water is drained and the moisture is recycled. It had been years since I had graduated, but it...
‘Our traditional wisdom and knowledge are accurate and we need to embrace them,’ says the Minister of State, Jal Shakti, on the issue of water conservation and security. It was World Water Day, and on a sun-kissed afternoon, I had already clocked in two hours of...
The well-known activist says commodification of water in response to the water crisis will destroy what is left of it. On World Water Day, a rhyme haunts our country—the one that gnawed at Coleridge’s ancient mariner. “Water, water everywhere...
Walter Lindner also cautioned against rising fuel prices and inflation. ‘Democracy and freedom have a price, and we are ready to pay it,’ he said. Usually diplomatic sessions are boring, filled with platitudes and full of words like “world peace, rule of law, and co-operation”. So...
Wheat, corn, cooking oil, fertiliser – the crisis is likely to affect all these prices. Have you been thinking that the Ukraine-Russia crisis is distant and doesn’t effect your home? Think again, because the odds may be stacked against you. The recent increase in fuel prices...
Still reeling from the Covid-19 crisis, the Indian seed sector is being challenged by another deadly contamination: from Herbicide Tolerant (HT) Bt cotton. Reports from Maharashtra confirm that motivated agents are duping farmers and trying to sabotage the legal cottonseed business by channelling an illegal...
As Haryana and Uttar Pradesh are proactively supporting plantation drives, the national capital should also encourage farmers to surround the city with green walls of trees. What happens when the cars and emissions rise in our cities? When the silence of the trees is robbed and...
The illegal marijuana trade thrives in India, making billions for the mafia, while stealing from the government and public treasury. Legalisation could change this. As the legal cannabis industry soars post COVID-19, market reports indicate that marijuana-related businesses in the United States could touch $15 billion...