Environment

Every year, around June, we wait with bated breath for the familiar pitter-patter against our windowpanes that heralds the arrival of the rains in Mumbai. When the first showers are delayed, we are filled with restlessness — we worry at the disruption of nature’s seasonal rhythm. In a poetic outpouring, ANURADHA MAHINDRA, Founder-Editor, Verve, voices the thoughts of many, as she shares her own experience of waiting….
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As Earth Month comes to an end, we bring back some standout features from our two Environment issues, which explored the many faces of the relationship between humans and their surroundings. These stories are repositories of conversations and thoughts that we hope empower readers with the understanding that even a simple shift in perspective is a step toward making the climate crisis a less intractable problem
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As days of isolation stretch ahead of us in a locked-down world during the pandemic and we remain bound indoors, travel writing takes on its age-old task of memory-making. Award-winning journalist Shalini Singh — who’s covered the better part of the country and the globe to break stories on climate change, development and its effects on our environment — reminisces on the spiritual nature of her work and how being out on the field is actually a journey within
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A recent survey conducted by the organisation revealed that the constant cycle of exhausting work and travel made city dwellers too tired to socialise, and hence, feel lonely in the long run
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Shaunak Modi photographs beautiful corals, zoanthids and sea sponges against Mumbai's skyline
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Featured in Discovery Channel India’s Planet Healers, Absolute Water, Chakr and Rudra are striving for a cleaner future through creative technology
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