Tag Archives: india
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
Politics in the age of digital technology
Every ordinary mortal is a potential giant killer In the last week of 2016 when the world was busy making New Year resolutions or was out celebrating on the beaches or in the hills, a low ranking Indian para-military officer … Continue reading
What’s the tearing hurry to dis-invest Air India?
Selling family silver is in vogue these days. Sell your ancestral land. Sell old gold jewellery as it does not fit into the fashion trends of today. The government, media and the consulting companies too have jumped the bandwagon and … Continue reading
Sustainability: Drought is Straining Society
When a 10 year old Dalit (traditionally oppressed section of the society) girl fell into a well while fetching water for her family all hell broke loose. The local community accused the more well off neighbours for putting up restrictions … Continue reading
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
Sustainable tree plantation: Tap people’s power
Last week the road transport ministry gave a go-ahead to the Green Highway (plantation and maintenance) Policy. The policy among other things (hopefully) will finally end the 40 year old practice of planting eucalyptus along the road. It is a … Continue reading
Incremental changes in agriculture can yield monumental benefits
Agriculture is the problem as well as the solution. Since humans settled down and began agriculture they started tempering with the nature. However, within decades or in some cases centuries, nature would strike back and drive humans from one piece … Continue reading
Urban green cover: Stable planning more important than plantation drives
The Indian central government yesterday (June 3, 2015) announced a massive tree plantation drive to combat climate change. The intent calls for celebration but if the content is anything to go by, the scheme is well on its way to … Continue reading
Heatwave: Wake up!
A couple of days ago India’s leading English daily – The Times of India’s headline screamed that the country was in the grips of second deadliest heat wave. Overall it has claimed more than 2300 lives, mostly in the southern … Continue reading
Sustainability: Dam(ned) if you do, Dam(ned) if you don’t!
India’s newly elected government has reopened a festering ecological debate by accepting to raise the height of Sardar Sarovar Dam by 17 metres. The dam built on picturesque and culturally rich Narmada River was witness to a globally well publicised … Continue reading
Keshav Chaturvedi 