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
A vicious nexus
To ensure that inconvenient research is besmirched and killed, industries are invariably attacking the science and researchers
The public relations republic
Stop the killing fields
Farmers are in a terrible situation, with no water for crops, livestock or drinking. If we dismiss this year as a freak weather year, we will …
Tough problems need tough solutions
In spite of all the noise about air pollution, we are doing everything to make it worse
क्यों मैं शाकाहार की वकालत नहीं करूंगी?
एक भारतीय पर्यावरणविद होने के नाते मैं शाकाहार की वकालत नहीं करूंगी। इसके कई कारण हैं।
The people's environmentalist
Anupam Mishra nurtured India's environmental movement and environmentalists
Take waste out of water
We cannot manage our rivers sustainably unless we fix our waste management system
पृथ्वी दिवस: आखिर कैसे हो प्रकृति से हमारे टूटे रिश्ते की मरम्मत
कोविड-19 प्रकृति के बदले का सबसे भयावह रूप है
Who is cooking our recipe books?
A subtle marketing drive is changing our food habits and we do not even know it
Twice bitten, not yet shy
The gross mismanagement of our city’s environment is making us sick
Time we counted real change
The real climate warriors
Communities in the desert of Rajasthan this year made full use of the very heavy rain that the region saw; there are many lessons we must draw …
खाद्य सुरक्षा के साथ पोषण सुरक्षा भी जरूरी
गरीब बच्चों तक अन्न पहुंचाना उतना बड़ा मुद्दा नहीं है। लेकिन फिर सवाल उठता है कि आखिर बच्चे कुपोषित क्यों हैं?
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.
The undisclosed air pollutants
How furnace oil and pet coke are choking us as policy fails to stay ahead of underground developments
COP27 was a mirage in the deserts of the Sinai
COP27 was a grand spectacle; it created a sense of hyper-action, when it actually was about reversing the little gains made till now to combat …
Delhi dilemma: End this routine air pollution crisis
The bottom line is that air pollution knows no boundaries. So this politics of finger-pointing and scoring points will not lead to cooperation or …
Gandhian sanitation simplified: Reusability, sustainability lead to cleanliness
Water supply has to be linked to the system of sanitation and wastewater generation in India; that is what Gandhiji too would have taught us
Value your local water system
Bengaluru floods should draw our attention to how the same tragic story of loss of waterbodies in almost all Indian cities. But will it?&…
जल की अग्निपरीक्षा
स्थानीय समुदाय को जल संरचनाओं का स्वामित्व देना, लोकतंत्र को मजबूत करना और शक्तियों का हस्तांतरण। इससे जल का कुप्रबंधन रोका जा सकता है
टिड्डियों का हमला और जलवायु परिवर्तन
सूचनाओं में मामले में बंटे इस संसार में खतरनाक यह है कि ऑस्ट्रेलिया में दावानल के बारे में तो हम जानते हैं, लेकिन हमारे ...
युवा होती दुनिया में क्यों बढ़ रहा है गुस्सा?
आज के समय में युवा असंतुष्ट हैं और गुस्से में है। इंटरनेट के इस जमाने में उनके गुस्सों को भुनाया जा सकता है, इसलिए ...
Green issues were important for Sheila Dikshit at all times
Down To Earth Editor Sunita Narain remembers the three-time chief minister of Delhi who passed away on July 20, 2019
कबाड़ का व्यापार: किस हद तक सही?
पहले तो हम कचरा पैदा करते हैं और भूमि एवं आजीविका को नष्ट कर देते हैं। उसके बाद गरीब किसानों के पास कोई चारा ...