The city pays, the value leaves: the economics of India’s data-centre boom
The states competing to attract AI infrastructure are waiving taxes on its heaviest input at the very moment that input becomes the fastest-growing load on the grid. The incentives do not add up. On 29 July, the government told Parliament that AI data
In the Kishtwar Himalayas, a Four-Year Camera Trail Reveals a Hidden Stronghold for Snow Leopard
In the high mountains of Kishtwar, in areas where the paths become narrow and villages are replaced by scree and snowfields, a series of camera traps has been quietly carrying out over a four-year period what human observers seldom are able to do:
The Bamboo Bae’s Sustainability Story
Sustainability touches many aspects of our lifestyles and culture, and one is the materials we handle and use from day to day. Renewable materials, rare only some decades ago, are gradually replacing plastics in many articles and applications. We take a look at
World Earth Day: The Things We Use, The Things We Leave Behind
40% of the world’s plastic waste comes from packaging.The problem is that it usually shows up at the end of things. After the food is eaten. After you or I open the package. After something small and useful has already served its purpose.
In Villages Where Mental Health Is Rarely Discussed, the LiveLoveLaugh Foundation and Bisleri Are Starting the Conversation
In many parts of rural India, struggles with mental health rarely make it to the doctor’s desk. For many, such struggles linger at home, unnamed, often misunderstood, and quietly endured. Which is why a partnership between The Live Love Laugh Foundation and Bisleri
How Jindal Foundation’s #HerKadam is Supporting Women, One Step at a Time
When we talk about women’s empowerment, it often sounds like a big idea. But on the ground, it usually begins with something much smaller a skill learned, a first income earned, or the confidence to make a decision. That is the space where
This Swedish Mall Is Changing How the World Shops
Let’s be honest here: Most shopping malls feel the same. The same bright lights, loud salesmen convincing you to buy their lavender shampoo that is on a 60% discount ‘just for today’, racks of identical products stacked in endless rows, waiting to be
Dhanbad Diary: Observations from India’s coal capital and its forgotten edges
Dhanbad today exists as a city of striking simultaneity, where visible markers of economic ascent and deeply entrenched deprivation almost press against each other, demanding to be read together. On one side are the unmistakable signs of a city on the move: sprawling
Miles, mountains, and a mind that does not quit—Pooja Krishnamoorthy is India’s quiet force of endurance
Conviction often reveals itself quietly—not in grand declarations, but in the steady resolve to keep going when the path is uncertain, demanding, and deeply personal. Pooja Krishnamoorthy’s journey as an Indian endurance runner is one such story. It is not merely about distance
Team CB On Ground: Observations from DS Group’s CSR Work in Udaipur, Rajasthan
Over the years, having been part of assessment teams for social programmes, I have had the opportunity to closely observe a wide range of interventions across rural India. While many are well-intentioned, fewer are meaningfully aligned with local realities, and rarer still are