Category : Viewpoint

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

Most commercially available cosmetics contain lard, gelatine and various forms of pig fat, lanolin (from sheep), carmine (that beautiful red stain, obtained by crushing cochineal beetles), beeswax, and other animal-derived substances. These typically help in easy transfer of product to the skin, lend

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

Tea estates in India span three predominant geographical locations: Assam, Darjeeling and the Dooars, encompassing thousands of hectares. Given that global warming is increasing, tea estates have a pivotal role in conserving biodiversity. It is estimated that 70% of tea lands in India

Think of the untapped potential of millions of poor children who have it in their genes to achieve great things, but fail to do so because they lack the tools to ignite their innate curiosity and express their creativity. Imagine these poor children

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

Sustainability has rapidly become one of fashion’s favourite buzzwords. In an age where the interdependencies of environmental catastrophe and social impacts are becoming increasingly clear, fashion has become an ideal vehicle to explore sustainability – a way to intersect our society’s love for

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

While Covid-19 remains the most impactful event from 2020, the year also saw bushfires, flash floods, earthquakes, locust swarms and cyclones – all connected with climate change one way or the other. The need to monitor and control greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions across

A country blessed with an abundance of water resources and large rivers is currently facing the terrifying possibility of becoming  a water-scarce country by 2025. That is the dichotomy facing India today. Understanding this, Pernod Ricard India has consistently pursued the goal of