Written for The Alternative, 24 Nov 2015 In a documentary entitled Waste= Food, William McDonough, an architect and Michael Braungart, a chemist, introduce the concept of Cradle to Cradle (C2C) […]
Do it Yourself: And you wont throw it away so easily!
Written for The Alternative, 17 Nov 2015 The mind and body were designed to work together in the human being. Activities such as cooking, gardening, sewing and sport require coordination […]
The Process of Forgiving
Written for ‘Positive News’, HongKong. It is not unusual to have moments in life when one needs forgiveness. Often, even though we may have been forgiven by others one finds […]
The Green Swamy
Written for ‘Positive News’, HongKong. The Sonda Swarnavalli Samsthana is an 800 year old matha ( a Hindu monastery) which carries down the ancient tradition of Adi Sankaracharya – the […]
Its raining Gold !
Chandamama, Oct 2006 Clink! Clunk! What was this falling out of the sky? Little shiny pieces of metal, yellow like the sun. Pooja picked up one of them. ‘Wow!,’ she […]
Sugandhi smells the spirits of Nature
Chandamama, April 2006 Sugandhi was a peculiar young girl. Ever since she was an infant she would always want to know how something smelt. Whether it was a flower, something […]
Colours of Nature
The Hindu, 23 Feb 2007 Holi marks the end of winter and the coming of spring. Many colours are made up of chemical colorant with a base of asbestos or […]
Colours of liberty
The Hindu, 18 Mar 2007 The packaging of natural colours for Holi brought some colour into the lives of women prisoners in the Yerawada Central Jail this year. WHAT would […]
Celebrating the koel
Photo: Jayant Atrey, Yavatmal, India The Hindu, 9 Sept 2005 We live in a world where we have no time to marvel at the mysteries of nature. Do you sometimes […]
Is there wealth in water hyacinth?
The Hindu, 8 June 2007 Is the water hyacinth a formidable threat to biodiversity or can it be used beneficially? The common water hyacinth is a plant that has travelled […]