Archive for October, 2008

A usual scene from Chandni Chowk: Delhi’s oldest and busiest market Chandni Chowk - a major street in the walled city of Old Delhi, established by the Mughals over three centuries ago, is one of the oldest and busiest markets in all of North India. The region has retained its historical character amidst considerable urban challenges, and the narrow lanes are now almost always choked with congestion. In the past few weeks, Chandni Chowk featured in the media twice. Once for being declared India’s most polluted residential area and more recently for seeing the launch of solar-powered cycle rickshaws in the capital city. A package to clean the busy Chandni Chowk area has also been declared and solar energy is clearly paving the way for this change! What is interesting about Chandni Chowk is the fact that although tonnes of goods are traded here every day, the market itself has probably the smallest carbon footprint compared to any other market of a similar magnitude. For such is the situation here, that the only convenient way to transport goods (or people) is by pulling or pushing! Full story

Here's the deal: The United States has historically contributed the most to global warming, and over the past eight years it's done the least to stop it.  In fact, the U.S. has actively tried to block progress on a global climate deal. Whoever takes office as U.S. President next year ... Full story

Delhi Greens wishes a very Happy, Safe and Cracker free Diwali to everybody!! Full story

The YP Foundation presents: The Butterfly Project Film Series 2008 – 'Breaking Stereotypes' - A festival that showcases amateur and professional filmmakers. A two day national film festival that questions boundaries. The ones we need versus the ones we create for ourselves. Featuring films, photography, art and discussions on gender, identity, sexuality, ethnicity, social taboos, stigmas and typecasting the arts. ... Full story

Baoli - A centuries old step-well in the heart of Delhi city. The urbanization process in India in the 20th century led to the formation of large city-centers with very high density of population. The urban sprawl also meant an immense pressure on the natural resources of these city-centers thus also affecting, among others, the quality of life of the urbanite. One of the first resource to get impacted was water - that began to both deplete and deteriorate as rapidly as was the pace of urbanization in the respective urban-centers. Delhi, the capital of India has obviously been one of the cities to have now turned into a mega-city. Delhi faces regular water crisis that only aggravates in summers and all stakeholders agree on the inadequacy of Delhi’s current water supply. Full story