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Music and Dance of the Tamils
The annual festival of classical music and dance held in Chennai has come to be known as the ‘December Season’, with exquisite renditions arranged from December through to January. It is the Tamil mon...
Eco Culture and Biodiversity
Biodiversity, a complex topic covering aspects of biological variation, includes a range of living beings, the relationship among them and with the physical environment; and the sum total of their gen...
New Environmental Issues
Greenhouse gases and its increase in the atmosphere with its consequent warming trend is well documented. Debate concerning global warming is not related to the initial warming, which is inevitable, b...
Kanchipuram
Anticipating the customary fog would play havoc with the flight schedules this winter we cleverly booked our travel to Chennai by the Tamil Nadu Express of the fourth of January to discover that we di...
Climate Change and India's Agriculture
Of India’s more than one billion people, about 68 per cent are directly or indirectly dependent on agriculture even today. Despite rapid technological interventions, about two thirds of India’s agricu...
ABC, Climate Change and Reduced Rice Harvests in India
Apprehensions about climate change continue to rise, despite our limited ability to make precise assessments of its impact. This is partly due to the complexity of chemical and physical processes at v...
The History of Climate Change in India
Understanding climatic changes of the Holocene Period (past 11,000 years¬¬¬¬) is crucial to assess the impact of global warming on the Indian environment. In the following discourse we provide an over...
Idyllic Bhoramdeo
Bhoramdeo was once the capital of the illustrious Phani Nagavanshi kings (10th-14th century AD), whose kingdom included the entire Kawardha District. Famed for its early medieval temples - Bhoramdeo,...
Combating Natural Calamities
General N C Vij, Vice Chairman, National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA), is a highly acclaimed military strategist and recipient of several awards for his exemplary service towards the nation. B...
Rice Productivity in India
Rice is grown in range of eco-systems under varying climatic and hydrological conditions - from waterlogged, and irrigated to rainfed situations. Based on the levels of productivity, the status of ric...