@PEEUSH TRIKHA

True if we generate less amount of plastics or use at least half the amount of what we use now a lot of toxic waste and pollution can be reduced. But we have to share this thought in our country with a 1.25 billion minds which I am trying to do through various fora. Many have shared this article and it has been again shared by…[Read more]

Yes, God of Small things is for serious readers. I am serious about readings 😛 🙂

Yes “The WHite Tiger” bought many laurels and fame to Arvind Adiga!

@IchchheMrityu
Yes, that was the name of Arundhati Roy’s book. It is not a book which everyone will like, but for those who do like serious and off the routine literary works, this is a good book(and award winning too).

I also think a lot like you.
We ought to waste less, and not throw garbage, except in the garnage bins.
Segregation, Sorting and proper utilization of different types of waste- biodegradable, fruit/veggie waste etc could be turned into big business if we all think seriously and collaborate.
Government should give tax concessions to corporations-…[Read more]

One more case of someone not being prepared and paying the price with his life has taken place and this incident made me revisit the post to highlight the issue again. People tend to forget things very easily if things are normal and smooth. When problem comes as a bolt from the blue which often happens this fashion in emergencies they start…[Read more]

@lookat

I do not know the country in which you reside. In our country you do get a twenty liter bottle which has to be returned to the shop from whom we buy the water to be replaced by a fresh 20 liter plastic bottle. The clean the old bottle will before refilling the bottle with fresh water and capping it then selling it back to customers. We…[Read more]

I have been purchasing cases of 24 plastic bottles of purified water from the supermarket. Is there a better solution for me to get purified water that would not involve the purchase of an average of 48 individual 12 oz. plastic bottles? I do know that the plastic bottles are recyclable but the caps must not be sent with the bottles and that even…[Read more]