A Different Take on Health

India needs to improve its healthcare systems, and the recent Gorakhpur tragedy is just more evidence of the same. The question is not just of spending more bucks, it is ab...

Monsoon Deluge: Between Predictions And Advisories

The 29th of August saw Mumbai fall victim to a cloudburst, and, as the city went under, drowning in amassed water, one paused to think of the reason as to why our cities ke...

Preventive Measures for Public Health

With over 77 children dead in Gorakhpur due to a lack of public health services, the government does not seem to see public health as a political priority unless there are ...

Sustaining Sanitation

With the Prime Minister riding high on the publicity of the Swachh Bharat Mission, clean India seems to be an achievable dream today, but statistics say otherwise.

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Of Plastic, Planet & Pumped out Pollution

People around the world, undoubtedly, are prolific garbage producers. However, the amount of plastic waste being churned out have multiplied immensely. Scientists claim tha...

Derby Fly Plague Firm Misses Environment Agency Deadline

A recycling firm has failed to remove waste that caused homes to become filled with flies to hit an Environment Agency deadline. Fly swarms from the Shows Waste Management ...

The Waste-Side Story

An evening titled ‘Waste Narratives’ was recently held at the India Habitat Centre to mark the inclusion of waste pickers and informal waste dealers in the newl...

Trashing The Ragpicker

Raja is a waste dealer in Seemapuri in Delhi, who employs around 15 people to segregate mixed waste into paper, plastic and bottles. His monthly income of around Rs 30,000 ...

Celebrating Art - Kokuyo Camlin celebrates ‘World Art Day’

Mumbai, 18^th April 2016 – Celebrating and reveling in the arts, well-known stationery and art brand, Kokuyo Camlin has ce...