When Delhi’s summer heat is discussed, the focus usually falls on construction workers, street vendors, traffic police, and delivery riders who are exposed to the afternoon sun. Far less visible are the women who spend much of their day indoors. In South Delhi’s Dakshinpuri, where closely packed homes can retain heat long after the sun […]
In Delhi’s cramped neighbourhoods, keeping homes cool is often about insulation, fans and cool roofs—but one simple solution is frequently overlooked: ventilation. By helping hot air escape and allowing cooler air to move through the room, better airflow could offer low-cost relief from extreme heat, especially for households with limited access to mechanical cooling. When […]
Even outside the peak summer months, spells of high temperature and humidity can put significant stress on the body. When humidity is high, the body becomes less efficient at cooling itself through evaporation, increasing the risk of dehydration and heat-related illness. Dr Vikas Kaushal, a public health expert working with Chintan, explains how heat and […]
For Delhi’s waste workers, a battery-powered fitting on their manual rickshaws eased the physical strain of pedalling through the summer heat and left some energy for what came after work. By the time Manish Kumar returned home from work, he had little left for the evening. His children would ask him to sit with them. […]
North India is flooded as is South Korea. We have a good sense of what’s happened in India, but much less about South Korea. One thing we know for sure is both countries have been severely hit by climate change.
Seething at one’s Chief Minister (CM) is not hard. When you wade around your city, cellphone in hand, taking calls from slum-displaced women wondering if they will drown or die of thirst, anger at the CM is involuntary. It just happens.
The older generation of Indians who protected forests and wildlife as part of their every culture, are declining.
The well-known research of Dr. Shanna Swan in 2017, says by 2045, most people will rely on assisted reproduction, for environmental toxins, such as additives like phthalates from plastics, are disrupting the human endocrine system and are reducing fertility.
Delhi does not have a polluted air season anymore, sub-optimal air is a year-round phenomenon.
Birds are often unable to migrate when confronted with light pollution, because they get disoriented, fall prey to predators and travel the wrong way, among other things. This should worry us, because India offers important pathways for migrating birds.
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