Divided By Borders, Lahore & Delhi Are United In Smog
The sister cities of Lahore, in Pakistan, and New Delhi, in India, share many things – food, culture, and now...
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Looking Closely At The Litany Of Woes Against This Obdurate Govt
Raids at the BBC offices in Delhi and Mumbai. Ban on a BBC documentary on 2002 Gujarat riots. Arrests of...
Micro Quakes Preventing Large-Scale Event In India: Experts
Source: PTI Micro tremors have been helping release tectonic stress and protecting India from a devastating event, experts said and...
Equipping Truth With Its ‘Wings of Freedom’
Seymour Hersh is a Pulitzer-award winning US-based journalist in his 80s. He is well-known as the scribe who in 1969...
Confronting Himalayan Water Woes Before It Is Too Late
Last week, Ladakh-based maverick climate activist Sonam Wangchuk went on a 5-day fast to raise awareness about receding glaciers and...
Kashmir’s Nourishing Karewas Crumble Under Infrastructure Burden
In the vast saffron-growing land of Pampore, a national highway (NH44) cuts through the middle. Ishfaq Ahmad, a saffron grower,...
Now, A ‘Private’ Sainik School Linked To RSS?
Recently, news has come in that a 'most modern' private Sainik School will be opened in Madhya Pradesh by Vidya...
Shielding The Hijol From Climate Impacts
The water-loving evergreen tree, hijol, adapted to floodplains, has been traditionally managed over millennia as family and community forest in the...
Delhi To Women: Enter At Your Own Risk
Each week, as Thursday draws to a close and Friday approaches, I do a quick mental recap of topics that...
Land Subsidence In Joshimath Shatters Many Business Dreams
(Source: PTI) The hotel owner, the shopkeeper, the laundry owner, the roadside vendor... Hundreds of people watch in dismay as...
Fragile, Forsaken: Lessons From Joshimath
The Himalayan town of Joshimath is sinking. Its houses have been declared dangerous to live in and hitherto, 600 families...
Is India Headed Up Pakistan’s Ignoble Creek?
Most Indians have no love lost for this belligerent neighbour of ours. We tend to mock and censure it and...
Not Everything We Call AI Is Actually ‘Artificial Intelligence’
In August 1955, a group of scientists made a funding request for US$13,500 to host a summer workshop at Dartmouth...
Comment: Did The West Fail Afghan Women?
After debarring Afghan women from parks and gyms, the Taliban has now imposed a ban on them attending universities and...
Calling Out Societal Hypocrisy Over Déshabillé
More than a month away from its release date, there are already demands to boycott 'Pathaan' -- a movie starring...
FIFA’s Mirage Of Unity? Why The World Cup Is A Vessel For Political Protest
Before the Qatar World Cup began, FIFA launched a social campaign called “Football Unites the World”. FIFA acknowledged “the world...
Comment: Where Is Racism ‘Really’ From?
At the end of November, the scourge of racism confronted Britain yet again. Lady Susan Hussey, a 'palace aide', also...
Wastelands Or Grasslands? India’s History With Defining Open Ecosystems
“Policymakers and planners think that open lands hardly contribute anything and can be used for some development pathway,” said Vivek...
The Melting Arctic Is Releasing Ancient Germs
Scientists have recently revived several large viruses that had been buried in the frozen Siberian ground (permafrost) for tens of...
Will Anyone Be Able To Go To Space One Day?
The European Space Agency made history last week with the announcement of the first “parastronaut”, 41-year-old UK citizen John McFall....
South Indian Adivasi Honey Harvesters Demand Forest Control
As fragmentation of forests, commercial plantations and uncertain weather conditions threaten the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve on the Western Ghats highlands...
Being Ravish Kumar & Knowing When To Quit
Veteran TV journalist Ravish Kumar has resigned from his job at NDTV India. He did this after spending more than...
Will Stand And Fight Again: Bilkis Bano
(Source: PTI) "I will stand and fight again, against what is wrong and for what is right," said Bilkis Bano,...
Are There Enough EVs In Chandigarh To Meet Ambitious Targets?
The north Indian union territory of Chandigarh, in its electric vehicle policy released on September 20 this year, aims to...
Planting Tomatoes & Its Link To Climate Change
There’s a piece of gardening lore in my hometown which has been passed down for generations: never plant your tomatoes...
