Why shutting down Sterlite’s polluting copper factory in Thoothukudi is only a small victory

The Tamil Nadu government’s order may not survive a legal challenge unless it’s strengthened by citing the company’s gross illegalities.

Nityanand Jayaraman

· May 29, 2018 · 08:00 am

For Chennai to truly be a Creative City, music must leave the auditorium and fill the streets

The Unesco recognition for the city’s music tradition is an opportunity to cultivate a culture of listening to diverse voices.

Nityanand Jayaraman

· Nov 11, 2017 · 08:00 am

India’s new wetland rules threaten to destroy 65% of its water bodies rather than protect them

Notified in September, the rules will facilitate the development of wetlands as real estate, industrial sites and garbage dumps.

Nityanand Jayaraman

· Oct 12, 2017 · 06:30 am

Jallikattu debate: There are good reasons to criticise the sport but animal cruelty is the flimsiest

It's essential to recognise the agrarian cultural context within which the sport is organised.

Nityanand Jayaraman

· Jan 19, 2017 · 08:30 pm

Why engineering interventions won’t prevent another flood in Chennai

A reorientation of values in which common areas like canals, rivers and grasslands are valued more than ports, power plants, highways may help avert disaster.

Nityanand Jayaraman

· Sep 07, 2016 · 12:30 pm

There is no power shortage in the country – but the entire sector is in a mess

The power sector urgently needs better financial management and more investment in transmission and distribution infrastructure, not capacity addition

Nityanand Jayaraman

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Mukul Kumar

· Aug 18, 2016 · 10:30 am

Why is India so keen on importing US nuclear reactors that even the US doesn't seem to want?

The deals have more to do with the financial well-being of US equipment suppliers than with the aspirations of India's electricity consumers.

Nityanand Jayaraman

· Mar 31, 2016 · 07:30 pm

Unilever mercury poisoning case: Can corporations really be human?

The belated settlement with former workers of its Kodaikanal thermometer factory proves that the phrase 'responsible corporations' is an oxymoron.

Nityanand Jayaraman

· Mar 12, 2016 · 12:30 pm

Former atomic energy regulator explains why India needs to pause its nuclear power plans

Dr A Gopalakrishnan, the former chief of Atomic Energy Regulatory Board, spelt out the problems in a speech to the State Level Convention on Nuclear Energy in Chennai on January 30

Nityanand Jayaraman

· Feb 02, 2016 · 08:00 am

As floodwaters recede, the mistakes of Chennai look set to be repeated in Cheyyur

A proposed power plant in the coastal taluk of Tamil Nadu could destroy the natural ecosystem and have disastrous consequences.

Nityanand Jayaraman

· Dec 21, 2015 · 09:15 am

Try Swachhing this: What the sea returned to Chennai

The floods in the city have brought into focus its problem of water pollution.

Nityanand Jayaraman

· Nov 26, 2015 · 06:30 pm

Chennai floods are not a natural disaster – they've been created by unrestrained construction

The infrastructure of big commerce has replaced the infrastructure to withstand natural shocks.

Nityanand Jayaraman

· Nov 18, 2015 · 08:15 am