It started at 11 in the morning in Australia and about 7 am in India. It had been more than 4 hours since 6 activists had boarded the MV Meister which was carrying coal to Asia in an act of civil disobedience to stop coal exports from Australia. Greenpeace Australia Pacific has been campaigning...

The latest census had bared the inconvenient but hard truth that the number of girls in the country is decreasing at a rapid rate (914 girls: 1000 boys). Studies have not only highlighted the severely skewed sex ratio but also that if such a trend continues the situation will only turn bleaker. To...

Natural ecosystems ensure that vital nutrients flow from soils to food to people. Thriving ecosystems are the bedrock of healthy nutrient chains, the basis of all life on the planet. So what’s the issue? Degraded by human activity like unsustainable agricultural practices, ecosystems around the...

Been reading a lot of news about people committing suicide. Suicides in general seem to be increasing. A few weeks ago, a friend spoke of a patient of his who had been suicidal, and I realized that this blog has very little on the subject in spite of me having thought about it a lot. I have wanted...