India today faces a paradox that borders on the absurd. In one household, a child might be stunted from years of undernutrition. In another, a teenager is quietly slipping into pre-diabetes. Thirty-five percent of Indian children under five are too short for their age, their growth limited by diets that lack essential nutrients, as recorded […]
May 26, 2025, was not an ordinary day for Mumbai. The city witnessed its earliest monsoon in 75 years and the heaviest single day rainfall of 107 years – 300mm rain in just 24 hours, nearly 15% of its annual average. Streets turned into rivers, local trains halted, schools and offices closed, and hospitals overflowed. […]
“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 […]
Picture a young mother in a bustling, crowded city somewhere in South Asia. She wakes up early every day, balancing the demands of her family and work while navigating an unforgiving environment. The searing heat burns her skin as she steps outside; the air she breathes feels heavy with pollution. Rain, when it comes, is […]
The effects of climate change on India are becoming impossible to ignore, and they’re showing up in a new place: our bodies. From breathing difficulties in smog-choked cities to changing diets in rural areas, the environmental shifts are fueling a growing epidemic of chronic non-communicable diseases (NCDs) that don’t just affect the elderly, but increasingly, […]
The 29th Conference of the Parties (COP 29) is currently underway in Baku, Azerbaijan, where global leaders, climate experts, and activists have gathered to tackle the pressing issues of climate change. This year’s summit, which runs from November 11 to November 22, 2024, is particularly significant as it highlights the crucial link between climate action […]
The world’s climate crisis has reached a crucial turning point, and the upcoming 29th Conference of the Parties (COP29) under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) is set to be a key moment in determining the future of global climate action. Taking place in November 2024, COP29 will bring together heads of […]
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 […]
