Sudhir Nair, a Bangalore-based software professional, gets his travel expenses reimbursed by his company. But he prefers public transport to using his car. The reason: the low-floor air-conditioned Volvo city buses.
I am an engineer by training and have spent over a decade working in the water sector. Over the years. I have analysed, researched and documented national as well as international policies and practices on water management.
The moon must not be a tough challenge for Prof. M.S. Swaminathan who has battled odds since childhood to rise to be the top agricultural scientist of India.
As a young agriculture reporter with the Indian Express, Devinder Sharma had covered the success story of Sukhomajri, a village near Chandigarh, where villagers came together to prevent soil erosion and fight for their environment. One of the persons who made that possible was P.R. Mishra.
Apouch of organic brown rice or arhar dal, or anything organically grown is enough to remind us of Vandana Shiva-scholar and relentless campaigner of eco rights, who has made the term 'organic' part of uppity fashion. Her 'Navdanya' label of organic grains, grown in her Dehradun farm of the same name, has become a brand.
