'We have overloaded the unstable Himalayas'

'And Joshimath has already shown the dangers ahead.''We have to acknowledge that our mountains are still young babies.''You don't put an extra load on the back of a growing child!' IMAGE: Colleen......

'The Gita's wisdom has gone mainstream'

My mother arrived in America in 1968, an unmarried nursing student, her ears popping as the jumbo jet touched down in New York. Packed in her luggage, among her medical texts and notebooks, was a......

Is Tourism Destroying Goa?

Poor governance and mediocre short-sighted politics are destroying the paradise that Goa was as its environment, water table, culture and way of life is drastically threatened by tourism and......

Full text: President's address to the nation on the eve of Republic Day 2023

Here's the full text of address to the nation by President Droupadi Murmu on the eve of the Republic Day 2023. Dear fellow citizens, Namaskar! On the eve of the 74th Republic Day, I extend my......

Controversial deal to redevelop Jaipur lake before apex court

The dispute over the way in which the Rajasthan government is seeking to re-develop Jaipur's historic Mansagar lake and its environs, may come up before the Supreme Court today, report Paranjoy......

Green Scorecard: Private sector holds upper hand?

But the toughest opposition to a strategy for halting climate change also comes from entrenched private interests, says Rajni Bakshi. Those who have been despairing about the spectre of climate......

COLUMN: Open fight over sustainability

Millions of people are still struggling to meet their basic needs for food, water and livelihoods and eco-systems are also being devastated, both by industry and competition for survival at the......

Does Indian tea have hazardous pesticides?

The industry began to upgrade its practices even before the NGO alleged Indian tea contained harmful pesticides. In its recent report on the activities of Greenpeace, the controversial NGO, the......