Environment: Himalayas, Water And Many Other Things
Nagpur: Incredible! That is how Rubina Patel’s life story is. She came from a well to do, educated, business family, married to a teacher, blessed with two children. She wanted …
Incredible life of Rubina Patel Read MoreSatellite image of the vast Ganges river delta in Bangladesh and India Image: NASA World Wind via Wikimedia Commons A study of the five countries sharing and relying on the …
South Asia slow to act on water threats Read MoreSmall and marginal farmers in India’s Himachal Pradesh state are supplementing their income from vegetable production thanks to poly-houses that regulate temperature and other climatic conditions Jagdish Chandra inside his …
Poly-houses help India’s farmers survive erratic weather Read More‘The Lakes Are Still Alive’ by Anupam Mishra is helping villagers rediscover ancient water-conservation methods. This year, in the parched district of Mahoba in Bundelkhand, in southern Uttar Pradesh, where …
For more than 20 years, a slim book has helped Indian farmers become self-reliant in water Read MoreAs journalists, most of us cease to be in awe of celebrities very soon in the career. But Dev Anand, the legendary film star, was someone I remained in awe …
Remembering Dev Saab on his birthday!! Read MoreNot many will recognize that this Delhi’s own Yamuna. Yes, this clean. The photo is taken at a place called Jagatpur, 2 kms upstream of Wazirabad. I dream of …
My dream Yamuna Read MoreToday, the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) will be releasing ‘Building Sense: Beyond the Green Façade of Sustainable Habitat’, its first publication on the ‘green’ building sector. Its invitation …
The really sustainable housing Read MoreThe World Meterological Organisation (WMO) declared 2001-2010 as the ‘Decade of Climate Extremes’. Then we had Uttarakhand disaster in 2013 and we are still dealing with the recent massive floods …
People’s Climate March in Delhi Read MoreWith Jammu & Kashmir deluged, should the media be doing more to cover the environmental issues that culminate in these disasters? A study of the north east shows the environment …
Neglecting the environment at our peril Read MoreTea growers in India’s Assam state are worried as production falls due to high temperatures and lack of rain and are looking at ways such as irrigation and planting more shady …
Erratic rain, rising temperatures hit Assam tea gardens Read More