pollution

Environmental gains for Southasia need not end when factories reopen.

The aftermath of an industrial accident at a Vedanta coal power plant.

Awadhendra Sharan's 'In the City, Out of Place' might be the most important book on Delhi in recent times.

Delhi has become an informal electronic waste management hub.

Amidst the hype around the ill-effects of fossil fuels, that is often ignored is the challenge of providing all citizens of Southasia access to clean and cheap energy.

Synthetic pesticides are not only present in our rivers, agricultural fields and groundwater – they are also within our people. We can ban these chemicals, but what is out there is already out there.

The fog over the populated plains of northern South Asia is thicker and lasts longer than in earlier decades but few are bothered to locate the cause behind this distressing trend. Meanwhile, hundreds of millions …