Articles
Failing will-power in tackling global issues
- CMYK Printech Ltd | 2016
Source: The Pioneer
If we have to effectively tackle civic and environmental issues as urbanisation grows, we need a very different approach to local governance, which requires the strengthening of capabilities and capacity on the ground
Lessons from Castro's style of leadership
- CMYK Printech Ltd | 2016
Source: The Pioneer
One may criticise various aspects of Castro's leadership methods, but he created a society in which the basic aspirations, associated with a desire for safe, secure and knowledge-based living, were met adequately
Diwali will be 'happy' if environment is clean
- CMYK Printech Ltd | 2016
Source: The Pioneer
It is time that a serious movement by the citizens of Delhi and other parts of India takes timely and adequate steps to ensure improvement of air quality in general and prevent the defiling of Diwali
Paris deal remains an unfinished business
- CMYK Printech Ltd | 2016
Source: The Pioneer
The Paris agenda requires a sharp and early reduction of aggregate emissions of GHGs at the global level, and a sincere attempt to address the inequitable manner in which climate change has been dealt with thus far
Deviating from the Gandhian principles
- CMYK Printech Ltd | 2016
Source: The Pioneer
At the CoP next month, India plans to display Mahatma Gandhi's pattern of simple living. This is laudable. In reality, many Indians are adopting lifestyles which are at variance with the Father of the Nation's objectives
Indian farmers facing a Frankenstein moment?
- CMYK Printech Ltd | 2016
Source: The Pioneer
The US was perhaps the first country to see the rise of agri-businesses, which now wield enormous market power. Other developing countries, including India, too have followed suit. But they must learn lessons
Raising questions about the relevance of G20
- CMYK Printech Ltd | 2016
Source: The Pioneer
While terrorism was on the agenda of the G20 Summit and the leaders reaffirmed their resolve to fight it in all its forms, they didn’t seriously deal with this menace which affects almost every society represented in the G20
Life and living in the Anthropocene
- CMYK Printech Ltd | 2016
Source: The Pioneer
It is almost paradoxical that despite the wealth of knowledge that is now available to us from the work of the global scientific community, the world has not woken up fully to the risks posed by climate change
Redefining India's relations with Africa
- CMYK Printech Ltd | 2016
Source: The Pioneer
While diplomatic forays to African countries are important, India must seriously engage at the sectoral level so that it can contribute to human resource development and policies that ensure equitable growth
Controlling India's junk food addiction
- CMYK Printech Ltd | 2016
Source: The Pioneer
Developing countries like India have imported unhealthy food habits from the developed world. They must take cue from Chile that has taken an unprecedented step to fight obesity with a new food labeling law