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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…
The key reason I set up Chintan was because I couldn’t find a job that would let me work on the issues that bothered me the most. So, without realizing it, I traded peace of mind for freedom of thought and action. Chintan began work in 2002: I was the only volunteer. That Chintan even exists is a small miracle, because for about 8 of these years, I have lived half the time in Delhi and half the time in the USA, Poland or Pakistan.
I have a Masters in Modern Indian History from Delhi University and a Masters in International Public Policy from SAIS, Johns Hopkins University. What I value about both is the way each of these have trained me to think. History tells me how change happens, and why the subaltern shapes our world today. Public Policy taught me to argue from data, and also, where the role of data inevitably ends, and ethical decision making remains the only tool.
I’ve been passionate about environmental issues since as long as I remember. My father took me out for walks in the wilderness, and sometimes, he would point out the names of the more colourful birds. Later, I made our home in New Delhi a sanctuary for all manners of creatures. We planted trees where we could, and cared for lost dogs and ailing birds. I read about the great, ferocious fights to protect the planet’s beautiful forests and trees-always awestruck by the magnificence of the natural world.
Fortunately, I’ve taken some of my own advice. I am often laying out my arguments in the public realm. I write a weekly column Greenpiece, for the Hindustan Times, and contribute to Scroll.in, India Today and Dainik Jagran, amongst others. I keep my connect with the wilderness by birding as often as I can. And I nurture my love for the visual arts by seeing, reading and thinking about it. All of this coupled with Chintan makes my life fun to live.
Thank you Address by Bharati Chaturvedi, Founder of Chintan on winning the first ever The Secretary Of State's 2012 Innovation Award for the Empowerment of Women
What's wrong with plastics? An Indian perspective. TEDx Talks, Santa Monica, November 2010, contributed by Chintan.
Bharati Chaturvedi, Founder and Director of Chintan Environmental Research and Action Group in New Delhi, India discusses about her organization and her "Moment of Obligation".
May 13, 2019
The Down to Earth, quoting the Lancet, points out that cancers have gone up by 112% between 1990 and 2016. Also, that India’s share in cancer deaths is over 8%. Air pollution is among the causes.
April 14, 2019
India’s urban planners and citizens seem wedded to the notion that land not used for a tangible purpose is ‘wasted space’.
December 30, 2018
In the real world, vegan is rarely pitched as home food with minor modifications.
April 29, 2018
Who doesn’t know that we are in a deep agrarian crisis? The 2019 political manifestos have in fact, been particularly mindful of this. But can the stated promises really transform agriculture? Let’s imagine a best case – that the manifestos are all somewhat implemented. What next? I still don’t think it will make the change we need.
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…
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…
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…
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