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  7 million people die of air pollution every year. 844 million people around the world lack basic drinking water access.  These numbers are only going to get worse as we progress to a more [...]

College years can be a difficult time for students as they juggle academic pressure, family expectations and competition with other students. They face decisions that can have lifelong [...]

I was born into a family that likes to recognise itself as upper middle class. An upper middle-class household is one where there is enough and not enough at the same time! My parents brought me [...]

#PlasticWala Before we can effectively and collectively curb the menace of plastic use, it is important to understand the complexity of plastics we are all using! The first step in this process [...]

Plastic. Who can escape the ever expanding tentacles of this demon? It’s everywhere around us and aren’t we all just tired of listening to the same old voice asking us to stop using plastic? We [...]

#PollutionWala In late January, the 2018 Environmental Performance Index (EPI) was published. It was put together by researchers at Yale and Columbia Universities in collaboration with the World [...]

How many times as kids did we experience the utter pleasure of buying new clothes on festivals and certain occasions in a year. Nowadays, the sense of satisfaction is driven not by the necessity [...]

Whenever I do not have screens to distract me, I get this compulsion to read everything that I can get my hands on. Whether it is me sitting on a toilet seat and reading information on soap [...]

Whenever I am dealing with municipal solid waste management related issues, waste reduction is my topmost strategic approach. Particularly, waste that is easily avoidable and most harmful for the [...]

Have you ever made the choice of picking an antibacterial soap over any regular soap because it seems safer? Have you ever come across a media message on the magical benefits of a soap that kills [...]