Written by Joselyn Joseph The key question is whether humankind will endure, or be just another chapter in the history of the Earth. Many of the concerns we have regarding the environment arise precisely because of the way they affect human beings. For example, pollution threatens our health, resource depletion leads to lower standards of…
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Delhi: Capital Green to Grey
Life inside the Gas Chamber Written by Ritika kapoor 7th November, 2016: As I was de-boarding Shatabdi Express at New Delhi Railway Station from Almora post midnight, I saw my father tirelessly waiting for me at the platform wearing a mask. I could see happiness oozing from his teary eyes and suddenly it hits me,…
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70 years since Independence, ‘India shining’ on the farmer’s pyre
Written by Joselyn Joseph The man who helps to put food on our table is being robbed of his own morsel While it is convenient to push the blame on vagaries of the weather for the agrarian crisis, not all of it is of nature’s doing. With the onset of the green revolution, the Indian…
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Filtering Through India’s Drinking Water Crisis
Written by Joselyn Joseph Water isn’t what it used to be. The health drink has been reduced to a calamitous cocktail of sewage, toxins, microbes and assorted chemicals When we turn on the R.O. filter tap or twist open a sealed water bottle, we might not give a second thought to what’s in the water.…
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