Greening the world, one post at a time.
The likely scenario due to the ongoing environmental crisis is an increase in frequency of the once in a while disaster events. We therefore need to take adaptive actions that are built into infrastructure development.
Need for Climate Change Adaptation in Urban Development Read More
Dola Banerjee, Bombayala Devi and Deepika Kumari who brought India the Gold in Archery at the Commonwealth Games 2010 Delhi Ever since the CWG 2010, and even before that, the …
Lets Make the Phoenix Rise from Commonwealth Games 2010 Read More
..and stop the corruption, and incompetence and what not. The last of the ‘Shera’ is at stake. It is no longer difficult to understand why big projects like the ones …
Bridge Collapses, Lets Ensure the Games Don’t Read More
The most empowering context that we as human beings have created for ourselves as a species is the possibility of language. Creation of words to fit the world that we …
Nature in the City: Bugs and Beyond Read More
Recently I revisited Oscar Lewis’ thesis of “Culture of Poverty.” Simply stated it tells you that context determines every thing. If you wear rose coloured glasses, everything appears red and …
Cities and Slums and How we see Them Read More
Every Monday the formal shops in our locality are closed in Delhi. I love to visit the markets on that day. The small informal traders put up stalls using bamboo …
Local Markets and the Law of the Jungle Read More
It is my friend’s birthday today. I picked up the phone and wished him. While talking on the phone, we tried to relive our past of climbing trees and eating …
Growing Young With Green Mangoes Read More
An increasingly common sight in cities Bulldozers are furiously scrapping earth from a garden adjoining an artificial lake in Vashi Sector 10 of New Bombay. Or so a recent news …
Gardens or Ponds: The Sustainable Cities Challenge Read More
In the solutions of today are problems of tomorrow. Take for example the environmental problems of today, before the mid 70’s no one really talked about them. Industrialization and mass …
Problems of Today…and a Hope for a Green Future Read More
Trees, pavements, markets, people…everything has been ‘uprooted’ or ‘transplanted’ for the CWG 2010 I am in this Monday market in my East Delhi neighbourhood buying vegetables and suddenly all the …
Commonwealth Games Impact: Livelihoods and Security? Read More
Flying past, rolling on the roads, flying above them on major roads in Delhi are parachute shaped tiny seeds of “Saptaparni” going the way the wind will take them. The …
Saluting the Earth on Her Day Read More
Some of us do this routinely. I board the Metro at Connaught Place (CP) to go to NOIDA at 6 pm. The platforms at CP are very crowded. A train …
Tiny Bits of Nature Read More