Jaiman’s RSS Feed- Human and environmental effects of ‘mass-produced agriculture’
- Recent ceramics
- Street art
- Gurgaon Ki Awaaz starts streaming
- Buffaloes on zebra crossings – The Gurgaon story
- Manali to Leh cycling – What does it take?
- Water. For saving lives and changing lives…
- An argument against nuclear power in India
- Every Day Should Be an Earth Day!
- Hunger strike against corruption is over. Time for some introspection?
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Water. For saving lives and changing lives…
A little bit of clean water can save lives. And change lives. This short animation video show how important water is. For those who don’t have it. More info about the charity that careated this video. .
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An argument against nuclear power in India
It is interesting that almost exactly to the day of the 25th anniversary of Chernobyl, India has decided to approve a new nuclear power plant in Jaitapur in Ratnagiri district of Maharashtra. While experts have written tomes about it (and … Continue reading
Every Day Should Be an Earth Day!
Source:Center for American Progress
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Hunger strike against corruption is over. Time for some introspection?
To be honest I seriously considered going to Jantar Mantar, perhaps even participate in the fast. But I couldn’t. I kept following the event closely but I could not participate. Not because I want more corruption, of course not. For … Continue reading
The curious case of hunger strikes…
What inference can you draw form the following two facts: When Irom Sharmila sits on a hunger strike in Manipur she gets arrested for ‘attempt to commit suicide’ and is force fed (nasogastric intubation) through a tube in her nose, … Continue reading
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Tagged Anna Hazare, corruption, hunger-strike, Irom Sharmila, Manipur
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Cricket: The Collateral damage?
While ‘India’ was busy cheering its cricketers to win the world cup for the nation, some couple of hundred people, who had probably laboured through the day, hauling stuff in a under-construction swank high-rise, were sleeping in their shanties in … Continue reading
Are the Olympics a waste of money?
The Economist deserves credit for a very interesting poster campaign ‘Hosting the Olympics is a waste of money’. A careful reader of news might tell you that the governments can spend their time and money on better things. That these … Continue reading
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‘God will not allow man to destroy the earth?’ Really?
If you thought Lalu Prasad Yadav was funny, you should meet John Shimkus (new chair of the Subcommittee on Environment and Economy) of the US. Lalu pales… Shimkus is on record for dismissing the existence of global warming by citing … Continue reading
Will my cycling to work help save our environment?
For about a month now I have been using a cycle as my primary mode of transport (as opposed to a car). Thinking to myself that it is good for me, good for the environment and a political statement too… … Continue reading
Buffaloes on zebra crossings – The Gurgaon story
Our documentary film was first shown as part of an exhibition & seminar ‘What makes India urban?’ at AEDES Am Pfefferberg, Berlin, a gallery that focuses on architecture. In less than two decades, the rural landscape of Gurgaon has taken … Continue reading →