First food: a taste of India’s biodiversity
This collection of around 100 recipes from different parts of the country brings to life the magic that takes place once biodiversity is combined with culinary dexterity.
Sunita Narain
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Green buildings aren't that green
So are green buildings really green? I want to follow up on our discussions on this critical issue. The building sector is set to grow exponentially. It already has a huge environmental footprint - the
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Ozone-smart, climate-cool
One item on the agenda of the much-discussed Narendra Modi-Barack Obama meeting that has Indian commentators flummoxed is hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs). The joint statement issued after the meeting of the
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Building green sense
There is no question that India and other parts of the still-under-construction world must build green. The building sector is a major contributor to climate change and local environmental destruction
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How the monsoon has changed
Every year, like clockwork, India is caught between the spectre of months of crippling water shortages and drought and months of devastating floods. In 2014, there has been no respite from this annual
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Green clearance test for NDA
Environmentalists are rightly alarmed that the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government is busy dismantling the environmental regulatory system in the country. Over the past two months, the media
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The chicken crisis
It is a fact that our food is getting to be unhealthy - not because of deliberate adulteration, but because we are choosing to produce it in unsafe ways. The fact also is that in India we still have a
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How smart is a smart city?
Smart is as smart does. The government's proposal to build 100 "smart" cities will work only if it can reinvent the very idea of urban growth in a country such as India. Smart thinking will require the
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If only cities could see wetlands
Sixty people died in a building collapse in Chennai earlier this month. There is much more than the municipal incompetence that needs to be fixed to avoid such tragic incidents. This building was located
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Budget 2014: Many nice words, some money, but no direction for real change
Budget 2014-15 : A look at the big budget announcements for sustainability and what they mean (Blog by Sunita Narain)
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No sustainability road map
Mr Jaitley has fallen into the old trap of financing meaningless cleaning initiatives Listening to Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, Union Budget 2014 seemed to be a little bit of everything and lots of