Today is the World Water Day. On this day I wanted to write something about water and environment. And then I realized that I could not write better than what my wife – Jyoti – had written on environmental protection sometime back on her NGO’s website – she works in the area of water conservation and runs a NGO called FORCE – Forum For Organised Resource Conservation & Enhancement. So I have flicked this article from her blog and published here. I don’t know about the Google wrath, but I know that this is what I feel and would like to… Continue Reading
Archive for the ‘Environment’ Category
A few years ago when my daughter went to school for the first time at one of the more prestigious schools in Delhi, I remember the principal asking the audience that comprised of eager eyed parents such as us, what kind of adults we wanted our children to grow up to. After a lot of thought, I said that I wanted my daughter to grow up to be a happy person. And that thought has been the guiding light for me all these years and we have not really put her through any kind of pressure. I do not… Continue Reading 
Only a couple of days back I was reading and writing about the Baby Number 7 Billion when I read another interesting story about Genghis Khan, who established the world’s largest continuous empire between the 13th and 14th centuries, being branded the “greenest invader” in history as his murderous invasion actually helped scrub 700 million tonnes of carbon from the atmosphere. According to a new research, the Mongol warrior killed so many people during his bloody invasions that huge swathes of cultivated land depopulated and returned to forest. Nearly 40 million people were believed to be killed in Mongol… Continue Reading 
In the midst of all the hand-wringing over population explosion, the Indian government might miss preparing for a global – record setting event – the birth of the baby that would take the population of planet earth to the seven billion mark. The momentous birth is projected to happen towards October or November 2011. And with 51 births every minute, India has the distinction of leading the table of most births every minute. That means the probability of the Baby 7 Billion being an Indian is higher than any other nationality. In fact, Uttar Pradesh alone has about 11… Continue Reading 
In a world’s first, scientists claim to have created a new generation of genetically modified pigs which they say are greener and fit for human consumption. According to its creators, the Enviro-pigs look, sound and taste like normal pigs, but are designed to be greener – each contains genes from mice and Ecoli bacteria which have been inserted into their DNA with absolute precision. Those genes make a small but important difference to the way these pigs process their food and so, their manure contains less phosphorus than normal slurry and poses less risk to rivers, streams and lakes,… Continue Reading |
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