2016: a year of growing dissent

This year, more than ever before, has been tumultuous, both in terms of economic politics and nature’s art

How do you like your food, sir?

Sin tax for redemption

The Goods and Services Tax of 40 per cent on “sugar-sweetened aerated and flavoured water” has a big bang impact on public health

When battered people took on the pesticide industry

How India is getting gas and coal policy wrong

When business rules our kitchens

India has a living tradition of healthy food

Our country has the opportunity to be different in its food journey. With our ancient wisdom, we can prevent McDonaldisation of food

Policy Backfires

Policy design allows dirty fuels like pet coke and furnace oil to flourish 

Food for nutrition, nature & livelihood

What societies eat reflects their position on the modernity trajectory

Pet coke conundrum

We are buying the world’s dirtiest fuel as if we have no worries of air pollution. This needs to change

Back to toilet school

On August 15, the government announced it had achieved the target of building toilets in all schools in India. But are these toilets functional?

Gopichand’s healthy choice

Gopichand is a national hero because he is the only Indian sportsperson who has publicly shunned endorsing soft drinks

Delhi’s clean air challenge

It is time to understand what we have done and the actions we need to take urgently and decisively

30 years of Bhopal gas tragedy: a continuing disaster

An appraisal by Sunita Narain and Chandra Bhushan, exclusively extracted from the recently released book, Bhopal Gas Tragedy, After 30 Years

Wheels are turning

Let’s share cars; take a bus or metro; cycle or walk