Escalating Heat, Boiling Questions
There is an increasingly urgent need for questioning existing climate change adaptation measures.
Mohandas Gandhi Speaks to Abdullah Öcalan
On violence, non-violence, and the state. Mohandas Gandhi (1969-1948) and Abdullah Öcalan (1949-) were not contemporaries; this conversation is imaginary, but it may well have taken place in one of the many worlds we inhabit.
Democracy or Demagogracy?
Is the world’s largest democracy sliding towards autocracy?
Should Sacredness Not be Equal?
In the Sammed Shikharji matter, the Indian Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change stated that the site is of significance not only for Jains but for the nation as a whole. If so, are the sacred landscapes of Adivasis and other communities also not of national significance?
India Budget 2023: Green Only in Name?
India’s Finance Minister mentioned the word ‘green’ about two dozen times in her 2023 Budget speech. But does this signify a significant shift towards orienting the economy towards ecological sensitivity? Or is it greenwashing of the kind this government has become increasingly adept at.
India as G20 President: Fit for This Purpose?
PM Modi has stressed that India will use its full capacities to address humanity’s biggest crises, including climate, terrorism and pandemics. The question is: will our actions match our stated intentions? What does India’s recent past and present tell us?
A Clash of Worldviews
If the so-called ‘educated’, urban, modern world is to have any hope of making peace with the earth, it has to listen to the cosmologies and ways of life of indigenous cultures. It has to at least respect, if not re-learn, how to view itself as a part of nature.
The Flower of Transformation Blooms in Kurdistan
On Kurdistan, one of the least reported and understood war zones in the world, as also one of the least known and appreciated initiatives for just, sustainable, equitable living.
“Where the Mind Is Without Fear”
Poem in honor of Rabindranath Thakur.
At 75, Is India Behaving Like a Responsible Elder?
As India gears up to celebrate its 75th year of Independence, an examination of one of our most pressing problems, the sustainability of the natural environment on which all our lives depend.