The Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) is blamed the flooding in Pakistan on “global warming”.
The bloc of 56 Islamic states held an emergency meeting in Saudi Arabia on Wednesday, and agreed to consider setting up an emergency fund to respond to future disasters like that one now unfolding in Pakistan, [...]
Hindi movies in past showed rich and really influential people who could do anything they wanted – kill someone in the middle of a market, grab someone’s land for non payment of loan, kidnap a girl for sex and just about anything without having to worry about the consequence. And why should they be worried [...]
Hindustan times published an article today that about the air of Delhi. The pollution in the air exceeds the permitted or the “safe” limits. In the month of October we are going to host the Commonwealth Games and the pollution level needs to be brought down before that. Another article in Hindustan Times talks about [...]
The awareness about the dwindling population of Tigers in India has grown tremendously after the Save our Tigers campaign by Aircel. So much so that my five year old son says “Save our Tiger” whenever he sees the logo of Aircel.
The irony is instead of being thankful to him and act on the information provided [...]
“There are a lot of things that I didn’t know existed but I desperately need them.” Calvin has very accurately described the mentality of an average human being.
When we can afford it, we always have more of everything then we need. The quest for more is what is responsible for the growth we have seen [...]
Jogeshvari Vikroli Link Road, also known as JVLR was a peaceful and quite place six years ago. That is where my house is. This road, as the name suggests connects the western suburb of Jogeshwari to central suburb of Vikroli. Some years ago they converted a two lane undivided road to a six lane concrete [...]
I was in Delhi at the turn of the century and there were a lot of flyovers as well the Metro under construction. A lot of land had to be cleared for making the flyovers as well as the Metro cleared of building including houses and shops and cleared of trees as well.
Taking a chainsaw [...]
We first discovered the environmental issues we are facing about 40 years ago. For a very long time, it remained the responsibility of the government to do anything about it. As awareness grew about it, more and more people understood the responsibility they have towards Mother Nature.
Now the CSR of a company is not complete [...]
Pachauri predicted the Himalayan glaciers will melt by 2035. He attacked people bitterly who suggested it may not be true. It is indeed not true, the glaciers will not melt by 2035, and the report submitted by Pachauri and his team was incorrect.
Let’s not get into the history of this any more than we already [...]
What is a BT Brinjal
Simply speaking, it is a brinjal with an extra gene inserted in it. As a result the brinjal becomes immune to some insects. This reduces the need to using pesticides on brinjal plants.
Now we know what the BT Brinjal is, the next question is why there is so much noise over [...]
Most, if not all of us are scared of outliving their money and although it was something no one thought about 25-30 years ago, today I feel it is a very real threat that I may outlive this planet. In other words, I am afraid of dying an unnatural death because we have driven mother earth to a point where it can't support life. The calendar is an effort to create awareness about the issue and this site is where I will post my opinions on it. You may want to download the calendar or donate some money for a printed copy of the same.
