Adeela Suleman’s book ‘Not Everyone’s Heaven’ shows how she is intertwined with Karachi

Conflating the mortal and the eternal, the sculptor has laid out the South Asian woman’s everyday unspoken war.

Bharati Chaturvedi

· Nov 07, 2021 · 08:30 am

With their powerful ideas, KK Aggarwal, Dinesh Mohan and Sunder Lal Bahuguna inspired me from afar

People don’t have to be our buddies or be on messaging terms with us to shine a light in our lives.

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· May 29, 2021 · 11:30 am

In Subodh Gupta’s paintings of forest fires, our ecological fears and fates get conflated

The global artist’s ‘Lonely City’ series calls attention to the burning of Earth’s lungs.

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· May 02, 2021 · 11:30 am

Anjum Singh (1967-2020): The artist who laid bare the circuits of colonised land and materials

Aggressive cancer didn’t stop her from working hard and living generously.

Bharati Chaturvedi

· Nov 27, 2020 · 11:30 am

It’s time India started a department for the Forgotten Resident Indians who build and run our cities

The country’s shadow citizens – domestic workers, waste pickers, labourers, construction workers, dhobis and many more – must finally be given their due.

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· May 06, 2020 · 07:30 am

Wetland in Gurugram is a perfect example of what is wrong with India’s urban planning

India’s urban planners and citizens seem wedded to the notion that land not used for a tangible purpose is ‘wasted space’.

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· Apr 14, 2019 · 08:00 am

Going vegan is a healthy option, but it won’t work for much of middle-class India

In the real world, vegan is rarely pitched as home food with minor modifications.

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· Dec 30, 2018 · 08:00 am

Why eating mock meat is a moral cop-out for any vegetarian

The idea of faux meat eclipses the very premise of vegetarianism.

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· Oct 31, 2018 · 11:30 am

Delhi tree felling: Should bureaucrats or citizens plan the future of their cities?

By protesting against the cutting of trees in the national capital, its residents finally staked their claim over the city.

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· Sep 16, 2018 · 08:00 am

Plastic waste is causing a sea of trouble by poisoning and slowly killing marine life

Can you imagine toxic styrene from the disposable plate at someone’s birthday party in the blood of a tiny sea creature?

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· Jun 05, 2018 · 07:30 am

As bioplastics get popular in India, a more genuine green choice is to boot out plastic altogether

For many types of plastic, the only valid alternative is a lifestyle shift.

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· Jun 04, 2018 · 07:30 am

India’s waste crisis: Clean-up drives are not the solution – they only address visual pollution

There is a lot that goes wrong even after we securely place our trash in the bin.

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· Jun 03, 2018 · 06:30 am