Director General of CSE and editor of Down To Earth, an environmentalist who pushes for changes in policies, practices and mindsets
Vaccine leadership, not chauvinism
We need the world’s drug regulators to come together to scrutinise clinical trial data — not take decisions one after another
Farmers need support, period
It is time we talked about the real cost of our food, about how to benefit farmers who grow our food
Why bees? Why honey?
CSE’s probe is not just about honey or its adulteration; it is about the ‘nature’ of the business of future food
It’s sugar, honey; and it’s a crime
Tests from a German laboratory found that Indian honey is adulterated with sugar syrup
Biden’s transformational challenge
Though the US is no longer addicted to coal, it is completely sold on the idea of cheap energy, writes Sunita Narain
Delhi and the winter air: Hold your breath, it’s still unsafe
The rush of traffic is a key cause of air pollution — let's not lose sight of this. Dust exacerbates the problem, but&…
Last straw to stubble burning
Straw can be converted into fuel for use in vehicles. It can also replace coal in old power plants, reducing …
UN@75 vs multilateralism & democracy
The United Nations was set up after World War II, and today, we are at the beginning of a new one — only this time,…
Post COVID-19 pandemic: Hybrid-work model in the new-normal
We discuss the digital divide, but the new-normal induced by COVID-19 should make us discuss the living divide as well
MGNREGA: Today and tomorrow
The programme can provide a safety net for the poor, not just in COVID-19 times, but for times to come
COVID-19: Let’s not paper over this time
As India restarts the economy, its top agenda should be public infrastructure and health services
COVID-19: Headline management will not work
If the poor are hit today, the rich — who started this transmission in the first place in most cases — will be …
Plastic recycling: What it means
What do we really mean by recycling? What happens to the waste we can’t recycle?
New global order (or disorder)
Fixing weaknesses in democracy is not about less, but more democracy
Remembering Kirk R Smith (1947-2020)
Kirk leaves us with the power of imagining change and hope
Multiple crises: the cost of wasted time
Much like COVID-19, when WHO procrastinated, FAO too is “considering”when to declare the locust upsurge as a plague
COVID-19 migrants: Future of work and production
Work needs to be reimagined. This is an opportunity to renew rural economies and make them resilient; but it won’t to be easy
COVID-19 has made the invisible visible
Migrants make economies tick and now with their return there are many questions about the future of work, of …
COVID-19: What will be the new normal
Each country has shown that it is for itself in this crisis — A dog-eat-dog world
COVID-19: Challenges today and tomorrow
The choice is stark for Indians
A God we must not fail
2020 is our make-or-break decade to ensure water security. We need to make water our single-biggest obsession as we know the solutions too
Resource literacy of the poor
We must invest in economies of poor, build capacities so they can withstand & overcome calamity
Contours of coronavirus
Given near-certain shocks awaiting our world, it's time to rethink globalisation
Of pests and climate change
The locust attack in western India is not just another local phenomoenon. Eventually, it traces back to climate change
Migration: I am biased, for people
We must not build a divisive agenda on migration, otherwise it will lead to endless spread of hatred