Indian industrialists, from Bajaj to the Tatas and Birlas, have walked away with environmental rape, partly because they lack conscience

In a country so sharply divided between wealth and poverty, luxury and survival, the widening gap between what politicians say and what they do will lead to disaster

Sustainability is the result of a socio political process which encourages learning from past mistakes and forces decision makers to change mid course

Deve Gowda s statement that environmentalists mislead people reveals an attitude which is a serious threat to the environmental movement

Subsidies and low prices of energy do not help the poor, in whose name these steps are ostensibly taken; they merely fatten the urban and rural elite

Issues in which the economic interests of industrialised countries coincide with their ecological interests are acceptable in the UN; the rest is usually a sham

The media, especially the powerful visual media likes simple messages, because they are easier to get across. But by avoiding the complexity of issues, it becomes the victim of its own limitations

Public awareness, clear thinking and practical demands will help us monitor the government and fight for the changes that are needed

The Aral Sea crisis exemplifies " creeping environmental problems", and unless India's environment ministers devote more time to natural resource management, we will multiply tragedies like Kalahandi and Palamau

On global issues Kamal Nath was prepared to take positions unpalatable to his bureaucrats and worked closely with CSE. But he was not willing to go far on national issues, especially on the crucial one of participatory natural resource management