Not Nakshatras Or An Angry God, The Floods In Bihar Are Our Own Doing Mr...
Over the course of the last few days, 148 people have died in India due to flooding. Large parts of Bihar and Uttar Pradesh have been underwater due to untimely, torrential rains, with the country...
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बच्चों को शब्दों का ज्ञान हो जाने के बाद स्कूलों में निबंध लिखवाया जाता है। इन निबंधों के कुछ गिने-चुने विषयों में ‘जलवायु परिवर्तन’ का विषय भी एक होता है लेकिन स्वीडन की एक 16 वर्षीय स्कूल की बच्ची,...
View Articleक्या बिहार की बाढ़ प्रकृति की अनदेखी का नतीजा है?
बीते दिनों से बिहार में हो रही बारिश के कारण जनजीवन बेहाल हो चुका है। बिहार की राजधानी पटना पूरी तरह से बाढ़ की चपेट में है। यहां के अधिकांश घरों के ग्राउंड फ्लोर में पानी भर चुका है और बाढ़ का प्रकोप...
View ArticleOur Waste Management Strategies Have Overlooked This Growing Problem: E-Waste
Mahatma Gandhi had always emphasised that we all should limit our want of natural resources in order to preserve our environment. However, new industrial and technological patterns enhanced...
View ArticlePolitics Of Plastic: Is A Ban A Step In The Right Direction?
Plastic. We have all seen it. Felt it. Used it. Learned how it’s produced. Some of us have fallen in love with it, and some of us have blamed old people for society’s rather prolonged dalliance with...
View ArticleWhy The Ban On Single-Use Plastics Is An Important Milestone For India
India is on its way towards banning single-use plastics (SUPs). Many of the states and union territories have already put a ban on the use of plastic. Even around the globe, around 90+ countries have...
View ArticleMenstrual Cups: A Safer And Better Way To Bleed
In Indian households, menstruation has been a topic that remains overlooked forever. Therefore concerns like menstrual health and hygiene, which should have been indispensable, are rarely being...
View ArticleClimate Change: The Need To Build Awareness And Acceptance Is Now!
We are living in a world where many are still circumspect about the scientific forecasts on climate change. Their view is that the forecasts are still uncertain and the debate around it is louder than...
View ArticleWill Bridging The ‘Generation Gap’ Help Foster Healthy Dialogue On Menstrual...
8220;Myth number 1: If you are on your periods and you handle wheat while cooking, the flour will get germs. Myth Number 2: If a girl applied mehendi (henna), she will get her periods earlier. Myth...
View ArticleSwachh Bharat Mission: Five Years Later, Menstruation Hygiene Remains On...
It is going to be five years since the Modi government launched the Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM). While the campaign has made tremendous strides in installing toilets in far-flung corners of the...
View Article“पर्यावरण के प्रति हमारी नासमझी ने आज बच्चों से स्कूल छुड़वा दिए”
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View Article5 Period Path Breakers You Need To Follow. Right Now!
In India today, that the personal is political is perhaps best exemplified by the notion of menstruation. Amongst other equally appropriated aspects of Indian citizenry. You have the Sabarimala issue...
View ArticleNumbers On Global Forest Cover Loss Show Us We Cannot Afford To Lose Aarey...
After the Bombay High Court dismissed petitions opposing the felling of trees in in Aarey Colony located in north Mumbai for the construction of a metro shed, activists have alleged that authorities...
View ArticleClimate Change Is Real, And The Time To Act is Now!
By Teja. “The greatest danger to our future is apathy,” said Jane Goodall. At the risk of sounding cliché, by and large, human disposition to combat existential threats will be to feel that...
View ArticleAarey: Why Mumbai’s Green Lung Should Prevail At All Costs
The Aarey Milk Colony is one of the most diverse regions in Mumbai; it has also been one of the most endangered regions! Today, climate change has been one of the catalysts for the endangering of the...
View Articleमेट्रो शेड तो कहीं और भी बन सकते थे फिर आरे में ही हज़ारों पेड़ क्यों काटे जा...
मुंबई में मेट्रो रेल साइट बनाने का काम शुरू कर दिया गया है जिसके लिए आरे में स्थित पेड़ों की कटाई कल रात से ही की जा रही है। हालांकि जैसे ही पेड़ों की कटाई शुरू हुई, तमाम प्रदर्शनकारी वहां पहुंच गए मगर...
View ArticleArt For The Environment: These Art Installations Across India Use Waste To...
Ten thousand years ago, our human ancestors expressed their culture on cave walls of Bhimbetka in Madhya Pradesh. They made paintings of animals, hunting-gathering events, dances and what not!...
View ArticlePolitics Of Plastic: Is A Ban A Step In The Right Direction?
Plastic. We have all seen it. Felt it. Used it. Learned how it’s produced. Some of us have fallen in love with it, and some of us have blamed old people for society’s rather prolonged dalliance with...
View ArticleWhy The Ban On Single-Use Plastics Is An Important Milestone For India
India is on its way towards banning single-use plastics (SUPs). Many of the states and union territories have already put a ban on the use of plastic. Even around the globe, around 90+ countries have...
View ArticleWhy Does It Require So Much Convincing To Save Environment?
The perils of environmental damage, whether related to water, air or soil, are as real and serious as the danger posed by nuclear weapons. We need no scientific proof to show what happens when the...
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