Mausam Bada Beimaan Hai: Our Weather is the Great Indian Unifier
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Mausam Bada Beimaan Hai: Our Weather is the Great Indian Unifier

Weather in India is as contentious as our language, cuisine, and politics. It is not just a conversation starter, it is where our differences go to die and find a new life. If we didn’t have the weather, how would we discuss our government’s corruption and apathy, based on that one pothole, with perfect strangers?
Activists Can’t Stop Climate Change, Only a Good Business Model Can
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Activists Can’t Stop Climate Change, Only a Good Business Model Can

With raging bushfires, melting glaciers, and toxic air pollution, our immediate future is looking a lot less like Rivendell and a lot more like Mad Max Fury Road. But along with activists like Greta Thunberg, we need companies to comply. Until someone finds a great way to profit from climate change, it’s unlikely to have the kind of impact we are desperate for.
Why Sophi Put His Gun Down
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Why Sophi Put His Gun Down

For Nagaland’s Angami tribe, hunting is second nature. But one legendary hunter put down his arms and built a wildlife sanctuary in Khonoma. This is his story.
Save Aarey: The Trees Are Gone but the Whataboutery is Here to Stay
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Save Aarey: The Trees Are Gone but the Whataboutery is Here to Stay

Ignoring the thousands of clarifications from the Save Aarey movement that it was in no way against the building of a metro shed, the city’s “whatabouters” believe there’s only one thing standing between Mumbai becoming a world-class city of the future and the dystopian nightmare it is today — anti-development hypocrites.