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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Western Ghats - lessons in protection
Madhav Gadgil and K Kasturirangan are both scientists of great repute. But both are caught up in a controversy on how the Western Ghats - the vast biological treasure trove spread over the states of Gujarat,
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Energy access and renewables: is a leapfrog possible?
<p>Energy access and renewables: is a leapfrog possible? - a presentation by Sunita Narain, Director General, CSE at Anil Agarwal Dialogue 2014: Energy Access and Renewable Energy, February 27-28, 2014,
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The wealth of forests
It is an inconvenient truth that the poorest people in India live in the country's richest forests. The management of this green wealth has not brought any benefits to the locals Forests have been blacked
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The politics of particles
Chulhas - cook stoves of poor women who collect sticks, twigs, leaves and every other biomass material they can find to cook meals - are today at the centre of failing international action. The concern
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The Ganga needs water, not money
Way back in 1986, Rajiv Gandhi launched the Ganga Action Plan. But years later, after much water (sewage) and money have flowed down the river, it is as bad as it could get. Why are we failing, and what needs to be done differently to clean this and many other rivers? According to recent estimates by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), faecal coliform levels in the mainstream of the river - some 2,500 kilometres from Gangotri to Diamond Harbour - remain above the acceptable level in all stretches, other than its upper reaches.
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Breaking the impasse of 2013
The year 2013 was a wasted one. How can 2014 be different? When I look back on the year, I think of a cacophony. There was huge dissent about the way we mismanage coal reserves; the Supreme Court shut
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One world of climate and trade - II
Does the Indian government's loud voice in international negotiations lead to results? At the recent Word Trade Organisation (WTO) meet in Bali, the Indian government went, with all guns blazing, to defend
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One world of climate and trade
India has emerged as a "voice" in climate change and trade negotiations. The already industrialised countries say that India is obstinate, strident and unnecessarily obstructionist in crucial global debates.
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Reinvent growth without pollution
In middle-class environmentalism, there is no appetite for changing lifestyles to minimise waste and pollution. In the past 10 years, India's environmental movement has undergone a rebirth. It was first
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Come out and claim the road
We have built city roads only for cars to move. Cars rule the road I write this column from my bed, recovering from an accident that broke my bones. I was hit by a speeding car while cycling. The driver fled the scene of the accident in the car, leaving me bleeding on the road. This is what happens again and again, in every city of our country, on every road - as we plan without care for the safety of pedestrians and cyclists.