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AI’s Hidden Bill
AI’s Hidden Bill
I recently read about Google quietly moving its net-zero by 2030 pledge out of the spotlight on its sustainability…
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Outrage at VIP Darshan, Silence at Everyday Inequalities that shape India
Outrage at VIP Darshan, Silence at Everyday Inequalities that shape India
Every year during Ganesh Chaturthi, social media fills with posts about inequality in darshan lines. From Lalbaugcha…
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Drowned Cities, Collapsing Hills: What the Monsoon Is Really Telling Us
Drowned Cities, Collapsing Hills: What the Monsoon Is Really Telling Us
Over the past weeks, images have looped across our screens: trains cancelled in Mumbai after half a metre of rain fell…
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Kolhapur’s High Court Bench: A Victory for Social Equity
Kolhapur’s High Court Bench: A Victory for Social Equity
This issue of The Conscious Chronicle is a little different. Usually, I write to unpack social and sustainability…
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Ethanol’s race: Fast, but fair?
Ethanol’s race: Fast, but fair?
Earlier this year, we crossed 18% ethanol blending in petrol, within striking distance of the 20% target set for 2025…
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Water scarcity isn’t just an environmental crisis; it’s the new face of inequality
Water scarcity isn’t just an environmental crisis; it’s the new face of inequality
It was an image I could not shake off, a hand pump surrounded by hundreds of empty pots in a small village barely 15…
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When Health Becomes an Asset: The Financialization of Indian Healthcare
When Health Becomes an Asset: The Financialization of Indian Healthcare
The Big Bet on Your Health Last year, global investors poured more than $5.5 billion into India’s healthcare sector.
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The Luxury of Healthy Living
The Luxury of Healthy Living
Over the past few weeks, I’ve become increasingly aware of how expensive it is to stay well. Not in the dramatic…
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Kolhapuris, Prada, and the Truth About Cultural Appropriation in India
Kolhapuris, Prada, and the Truth About Cultural Appropriation in India
A few weeks ago, Prada, one of the biggest luxury fashion brands in the world, launched a sandal that looked very…
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A Loss We Should Have Stopped to Question
A Loss We Should Have Stopped to Question
When I first came across the news from Mokhada, Palghar, I expected it to shake us collectively. A young woman…
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When we started Indigena, it was with a simple belief: some of the most urgent challenges of our time can only be addressed if the right people sit…
When we started Indigena, it was with a simple belief: some of the most urgent challenges of our time can only be addressed if the right people sit…
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Continuum | A National Dialogue on Water Futures Date - 1st October 2025 | Venue - TISS, Mumbai Continuum is a quarterly roundtable where…
Continuum | A National Dialogue on Water Futures Date - 1st October 2025 | Venue - TISS, Mumbai Continuum is a quarterly roundtable where…
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India is living through a water emergency. Floods sweep across one state, drought grips another. Rivers are polluted, aquifers are sinking, and…
India is living through a water emergency. Floods sweep across one state, drought grips another. Rivers are polluted, aquifers are sinking, and…
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By 2030, India’s demand for water will be nearly twice the available supply. Access remains unequal. Restoration efforts are fragmented. And without…
By 2030, India’s demand for water will be nearly twice the available supply. Access remains unequal. Restoration efforts are fragmented. And without…
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Every year in India, unsafe water and poor sanitation cost not just lives, but futures. This is not only about ecology. It’s about whether families…
Every year in India, unsafe water and poor sanitation cost not just lives, but futures. This is not only about ecology. It’s about whether families…
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Too much. Too little. India’s water paradox. India today faces two extremes at once. Floods that displace entire communities. Droughts that…
Too much. Too little. India’s water paradox. India today faces two extremes at once. Floods that displace entire communities. Droughts that…
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Too much. Too little. India’s water paradox. India today faces two extremes at once. Floods that displace entire communities. Droughts that…
Too much. Too little. India’s water paradox. India today faces two extremes at once. Floods that displace entire communities. Droughts that…
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