Opinion

Growing Up With Fables, Waking Up to Landfills

Growing Up With Fables, Waking Up to Landfills

“Beta, finish your rice or the Waste Monster will come for you!” That was my grandfather’s favourite warning when I was a child growing up in 1990s Patna. His stories were vivid and slightly terrifying. Clouds that talked, rivers that laughed, mountains of trash that swallowed towns. At the time, I thought of them as […]

The Growing Burden of Chronic Diseases in Developing Nations: An Urgent Call for Action

The Growing Burden of Chronic Diseases in Developing Nations: An Urgent Call for Action

In recent years, the world has seen a marked rise in non-communicable diseases (NCDs) — chronic conditions such as heart disease, diabetes, respiratory diseases, and cancers. This trend, once primarily associated with high-income countries, is now escalating at an alarming rate in developing nations. Non-communicable diseases are now a leading cause of premature death and […]