Time we rejigged the mental healthcare delivery model in the rural
– LiveLoveLaugh may be doing just that
Sitting with a motley group of people ” motley because the group featured a celebrated film actor, media representatives with varying levels of understanding of the subject in focus, an ex-corporate honcho, a young and enthusiastic non-profit team from the city, an equally
Let us talk about failing, about things that may have been, and things that aren’t how they seem to be
I will tell you what phony is? A soft drinks-and-instant-snacks major sending out a press release on its campaign for promoting whole grains in our daily diets. The manufacturer of fuel-guzzling SUVs planting saplings to offset its carbon emissions. Any company, NGO or
The consumer in me, the me in this consumer
Some quick notes on being a conscious consumer
If there’s one thing I know with ever more certainty today, it is that I could know much better about stuff. The good stuff, you know. The kind of stuff that is good for the earth. The kind of good that is way
We aren’t talking much about the environment
Except on Environment Day, that is. Sounds as cynical as it gets, I know. Hopefully it is also actually as cynical as I mean it to be. Just the other day, at Delhi’s Lodhi Garden – child and I were doing some
There’s no breaking this chain of thoughts
So, there’s an obsessive compulsion to check the news every hour (two hours at the most?). Terrifying as the news is, the need is there. Maybe partially to prepare oneself for whatever is unfolding out there and then get a fuzzy idea about
The contradictions of excess and less, and the non-blessings in disguise
So much is happening in the world, it’s all quite too much. Somewhere women are being conferred with the Nobel for chemistry and physics, elsewhere someone is getting raped and all but butchered. People are dying of hunger and other people are fearful
The sustainable fashion edit
Featuring (some of) India’s most sustainable clothing brands
So, I was looking up some numbers concerning the fashion industry, in particular its current value and future projections. As per a study (by Kantar) released early in 2020, in terms of clothing the global market should increase by 3.9% each year until
Walk the sustainability talk. Applicable to consumers and businesses
Here’s the thing, the situation, and the dilemma, if you may. For any sector/industry that is polluting, or heavy on the carbon footprint thing, or guzzles way too much energy, or is just intrinsically not sustainable business, and therefore either should be phased
Degrees of indifference, the age of social-media emotions, and other miscellaneous outpourings
In a fair, ideal sort of world, my Facebook post urging people to take an affirmative stand for the cause of good air to breathe will get at least a fourth of the likes/comments/shares conferred on a post celebrating the awesomeness of someone’s
A fight for peace, happiness and all things not warlike
The world is not the same anymore. I know, I know. Who doesn’t! What’s the point in stating the obvious though? Also, when has the world been the same anyway? Things have always been happening to it. Sometimes to shock, sometimes to restore