On Greta Thunberg and the protesting students

Sunita Narain on the lessons from the ongoing #FridaysForFuture demonstrations  

Bending backward for good food

We need to make the connection between what we eat and why we eat it. Because if we lose the knowledge and culture of our local cuisines then we …

Go for inclusive growth

As much as the government works to formalise the Indian economy, conditions force people into illegal and informal business

Pollution’s underbelly

We have to change this cycle of destruction, where we shift our consumption to poorer regions where pollution does not matter

India's Cow Crisis Part 3: Brutal to kill India’s ancient uber economy

Sunita Narain on cow-vigilantism, cattle trade and the collapse of the livestock economy of India

The promise and reality of renewable energy

This is not the time to be complacent with green power growth in India because the challenges have grown too

NOT IN MY BACKYARD – Solid Waste Mgmt in Indian Cities

The book is an attempt to highlight the present status of solid waste management in the country and what should be the way ahead. It is clear …

Revolt of the rich and the poor

When a recent report says 26 people now own the same wealth as the world's poorest half and the IMF chief flags risks associated with India’…

असुविधाजनक शोध क्यों रोकता है कारपोरेट जगत?

कीटनाशक विषाक्तता पर शोध न के बराबर हुआ है। वायु प्रदूष�…

स्वच्छ हवा और मेरी चिंताएं

सर्दी के आते ही प्रतिकूल मौसम होने के कारण दिल्ली की हवा…

Time up for reinvention?

If 2018 was the year of revolt, 2019 should be the year of realisation that we must change the way we do business

A vicious nexus

To ensure that inconvenient research is besmirched and killed, industries are invariably attacking the science and researchers

Breathless silence

The inconvenient truth is that when there is a public health emergency in Delhi, only the poor are asked to sacrifice

Why I would not advocate vegetarianism

Meat eating is not the key issue, it is the amount that is consumed and the manner in which it is produced. This is where India differs.

My clean air concerns

The bottomline is even with the region practically closed down, air quality is still nowhere close to where we need it to be. This should worry …

वक्त जागने का

आईपीसीसी रिपोर्ट भविष्य में बढ़ने वाले तापमान के खतरे क…

That time of the year

Although health impacts are shouted about, there is still only “little” more appetite for action

The wake up call

It’s time we understood that the IPCC's report could be an underestimate of the kind of dangers that await a warmed world and stopped …

कैसे करें गांधी को पुनर्जीवित

गांधी पुराने नहीं पड़े हैं, हम उनके विचारों को व्यवहार म�…

How to resurrect Gandhi

We don’t have leaders who can take his ideas and adapt and rework them for today’s world.

Mindless metro debate

What is at stake is a discussion on what it would take to make the public transport system of our cities truly the one that moves people, not …

Is bamboo a tree or a grass?

Solving India’s garbage problem

Segregation at source should be at the heart of municipalities’ solid waste management system

“मानव निर्मित” आपदा

केरल में जो हुआ वह पूरी दुनिया में हो रहा है। यह एक असहज क�…

Call for business unusual

What has happened in Kerala is also happening across the world. It is an uncomfortable fact that we do not have a semblance of the plan to deal …