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Let us kick-start a new model
We still have time to mend our ways. Let us include the environment into our development agenda. Else the loss will be irreversible. The danger bells have already started ringing on the global warming front. We are seeing the planet temperature hottest since 125,000 years! This summer India had 95 of the world’s hottest cities,…
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Can truckloads of noisy tourists save wildlife?
Joint management of protected areas with communities living on and around the region should be the approach if we are to hold on to a fast vanishing wildlife. Not unregulated wildlife tourism that caters to adrenalin rushes for a few folks and moolah for others. Today our protected areas are little under 5 pc of…
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Earth was their home
On Mother’s Day, a question worth asking ourselves — How lightly do we tread on Mother Earth? In comparison to our resource and carbon-intensive lives are the simple ways of the tribes of Africa, slowly vanishing. A dream run through my favourite continent a few months ago threw up fantastic experiences with wildlife and the…
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The terracotta temples of Bishnupur
The terracotta temples of Bishnupur are beautiful and made of burnt earth or terracotta as it is called. They were built in the 17th Century by the Malla Kings in West Bengal. The beauty of the temples lies in the rust coloured hues and the carvings, pillars and domes. The picture above features the Rasmancha…
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Tale of two ‘organic’ places
Tale of two ‘organic’ places With all the nutrients you consume with your dollop of veggies, do you know the chemicals you are popping in are hazardous? If Sikkim and Punukula can do it, why can’t the rest of the country switch to organic farming? Vegetables consumed in cities like Bengaluru are sourced mostly from…
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A return to the roots
A return to the roots Being light on the land, and sharing the fruits of organic farming, is the objective of Madhuvana. A brook goes gurgling merrily around the land. A tree house invites you to share the canopy with birds and squirrels. Patches of green crops, freshly tilled land and a boundary of trees…
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