The India We Want

“The India I want”? It is very easy to pen down a thousand words worth of ideas, which will theoretically turn India into a utopia. Corruption eradication, women empowerment, science funding, education planning, medical infrastructure, pollution reduction, tiger protection, environmental awareness, etc… the list alone can reach a thousand words.

Rashtrapati Bhawan now illuminated by solar power

Photo courtesy: green.in.msn.com

The Rashtrapati Bhawan (residence of the Indian President and the largest residential palace in the world) has now earned itself an ISO 'green building' certification for having emerged as India's first urban habitat with excellent eco-management systems. 

Meet the Bishnois

The Story

The blue painted houses, the warm weather throughout the year, rich history, hospitality, the regal fort, the four gates, cows happily sitting on the road, and the traffic passing by, with ease. .. that’s Jodhpur for you.. my city, a place where humans and animals happily coexists. Situated at the brink of the Thar Desert in western Rajasthan, Jodhpur was founded in 1459 by Rao Jodha and is a well known tourist destination in Rajasthan. It is also a place of old and firm indigenous ecological thoughts.

India shows the way forward by banning captive dolphin shows

In a bold move to protect the well-being of dolphins, India has moved to ban dolphin shows.

Van Mahotsav: A week for the trees

So we in India are currently celebrating the Van Mahotsav (Festival of trees). Van Mahotsav is an annual tree-planting festival in India, celebrated in the first week of July. This movement was initiated in the year 1950 by India's Union Minister for Agriculture, Kulapati Dr. K M Munshi (yes there were times when we had such politicians).

Are you worth it?

The date June 29th, 2013 will be remembered by animal welfare activists throughout India. This was the day when India joined Israel and many other EU countries to ban cosmetic testing on animals, and became the first South Asian country in doing so. But many still are unaware of the horrors of animal testing, and many still support it in the name of science. Here's something which attempts to bring things into perspective.