Tag Archives: CLIMATE

Jharkhand – an adivasi extravaganza(link)

Posted on November 24, 2012 by Rashid Faridi

While revising my old post about Santhals  found  this piece informative.Thought of sharing with you all.Read it here.

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Tigers on the “Verge of Extinction”(link)

Posted on November 19, 2012 by Rashid Faridi

The world’s tiger population is declining fast despite efforts to save them, and new strategies are urgently needed to keep the species from dying out, international wildlife experts said on Tuesday at a 13-nation Tiger conference held in Kathmandu. Read … Continue reading →

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We Will Have to Make Our Future Cities Both “Resilient” and “Sustainable”

Posted on November 15, 2012 by Rashid Faridi

Now-a-days ,there are two buzzwords-Resillience and Sustainable.David Bello, Associate Editor over at Scientific American, has an interesting post  looking at the supposed tensions between “resilience” and “sustainability”. His argument shows that precisely the characteristics that make many urban systems resilient … Continue reading →

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Nation State:Fundamental Unit of Political Power

Posted on November 13, 2012 by Rashid Faridi

Agressive Nationalism is, on the whole, seen as a bad thing, but the nation state is the fundamental unit of political power in the world so it’s worth examining some of the issues with it. The nation state is a … Continue reading →

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