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Atmnirbhar Bharat Abhiyan: Time Has Come

Indians believe in cyclical concept of time. Like the Law of Conservation of Mass, we believe, nothing is created or destroyed but changes its form and comes back to haunt us precisely when we are gearing up to lampoon it. … Continue reading

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SDG: Concentrating on Goal 11 can be a game changer

There is an old adage in Hindi language that roughly translates as “master one, master all”. Nowhere has it seemed more applicable than in the context of Sustainable Development Goals. Off the 17 goals accepted and propagated by the United … Continue reading

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Climate Change: India, China should move away from rhetoric

Negotiations have entered the final rounds in Paris to strike the deal of the century to save the world from the ill effects of climate change. The goal is to inspire all the 195 member nations of the United Nations … Continue reading

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India’s Solar Ambitions: Is laissez-fare policy the only way to achieve it?

While Indian media was rejoicing at the “new dawn” in Indian democracy, the Anti Dumping Authority in the country was priming itself to impose an anti dumping duty on the solar cells imported from the US, China, Taiwan and Malaysia. … Continue reading

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Sustainability: Let architectural diversity thrive

As a class V student I was enamoured by a small text book with line drawings filled with water colours. The subject of the book was houses around the world. It was written by a very kind man who wanted … Continue reading

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Obama and the future of Indian sub-continent

Barack Obama, has created history twice. Four years ago he was the first African American to become the president of the US. Today he became only the 14th president in more than 200 years of the country’s history to win … Continue reading

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