delhi air pollution Archives

Delhi’s Privileged Flee the City to Escape Pollution. But What About the Rest?

As Delhi’s pollution levels escalated post Diwali, I took a bus to the mountains. There are many who’ve left the city permanently to escape its toxic air. But what about the millions who cannot afford this luxury, who live on the roads?

Tauseef Shahidi July 15, 2016

Earth

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.

Adhirath Sethi June 21, 2016

Earth

What if We Stopped Complaining about Delhi’s Pollution & Fought It? I Decided to Cycle

While cycling in New York, I felt a sense of great pride in being a part of the two-wheeled, non-carbon-emitting vehicle tribe. I realised that maybe it was time to unleash my inner Greta Thunberg on Delhi, a city desperately in need of some eco-warriors. What happened next will shock no one.

Rupha Ramani May 11, 2016

POV

With Oxygen Bars in Delhi, Are We Now Living in a Sci-Fi Dystopia?

Welcome to the era where dystopia and our world overlap. An oxygen bar for a choking city might have felt like a far-flung science-fiction trope when we were kids, but today, it’s the reality in which we live.

Deepak Gopalakrishnan March 22, 2016

Earth

Did the Chennai Water Crisis Make You Uneasy? You Might Be Afflicted with Eco-Anxiety

The Chennai water crisis has been a wake-up call for many Indians. Those of us who lived somewhere comfortably between “sab chalta hai” and “jugaad” are now a seriously conflicted lot, worried about the future of the planet. If this spurs us into action, eco-anxiety might not be such a bad thing.

Runa Mukherjee March 21, 2016