INTERVIEWS
Hunger, ideas and food: All under the hood
Some know Neel Ghose as the Vice President of International Operations at Zomato. Some know him…
CLIMATE
The half-full glass of World Environment Day
It’s easy to have ulcers and nightmares about Climate Change and days like June 5th (World…
ESG
So you think you are a responsible “Planet-Lover”? Care to test that NOW?
Weirdly enough prayers tend to be more sincere in hospitals than in Churches. Like kisses happen…
ESG
Going back in Circles, are we?
In Scene 3. 37 in the play Acadia, Thomasina prods Septimus by saying: “Every week I…
SOCIETY
Would Koms and Moms survive these Pom-Poms?
More often than not the first thing that catches one’s eye or sixth-sense when looking at…
SOCIETY
Spelling out the ‘Smart’ in Smart Cities
Today, we are going to take you on a tour – a high-heeled trip that will…
CLIMATE
An Echo-friendly Death, Finally!
-- Pratima H Once upon a time I stumbled upon an interesting phrase, which despite its…
SOCIETY
If Darwin was locked in a shopping mall?
-- Pratima H Oh! You are so stingy! That’s one line I have often been stonked…
CLIMATE
15 fun activities for Earth Hour
-- Pratima H EARTH: What started as a simple lights-off incident in Sydney, Australia in 2007…
ESG
Finding the E of 3D!
-- Pratima H There are two things that always fascinate me about IKEA. Irrespective of how…
ESG
Sharing Telecom Towers – a greener, more clever idea?
The telecom infrastructure space has been grappling with a lot of new environmental frequencies in the…
OPINION
Bio-Toilets & Indian Railways: The No-Fart Zone
-- Pratima H We may still be some years away before we start showing off something similar…
CLIMATE
Obama’s menu: Oil-Free or Deep-fried or BBQ?
-- Pratima H When all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail. Agreed.…
ENERGY
Wait! Did we hear the word ‘Green’ in Detroit?
-- Pratima H It could have been business and bling/dazzle/glam as usual. But then that would…
CLIMATE
Forests in urban landscape? Not a faraway tree!
-- Pratima H If you ever come across a study by Jenna Tilt, College of Forest…
CLIMATE
Afforestation: Are we barking up the right tree?
-- Pratima H If you ask Shubendu Sharma (founder Afforestt) as to who can make a…
ENERGY
“Usage of solar water heaters is win-win for all the stakeholders involved”
With a market size of nearly Rs. 500 Crores and growing at a clip of approximately 10 %…
ESG
How do you like your Apple(s); Red or Green?
-- Pratima H Immortality becomes you, gasps Aro at Bella when she turns into one of…
ESG
Akshaya Patra: Feeding the future of a nation
Out of the 8 MDG goals that had been agreed upon, India has performed exceedingly well…
ESG
Lessons on fund-raising from the Ice Bucket Challenge
-- Pratima H Even before some celebrities were gutsy enough to dodge the bucket and drought-suffering people…