COP21 negotiators at work as devastating floods hit India

COP21 negotiators at work as devastating floods hit India

Negotiations at COP21 are proceeding, albeit at a frustrating pace. Whilst the delegates are tackling the most important agreement on emissions reduction in recent history, floods hit India in the city Chennai, the capital of Tamil Nadu state. The worst rains in a century have caused flooding that has killed over 260 people. Severe inundations

Indian cuisine, well-balanced flavours

Indian cuisine, well-balanced flavours

Ayurveda, one of the most ancient types of folk medicine, includes a theory on nutrition based on six fundamental flavours and three kinds of individual temperaments. The six flavours are sweet, sour, salty, bitter, pungent and astringent; the three types of dosha are Vata, Pitta and Kapha (or a combination of these) and are generated

From picking rags to the riches of waste management: this is I Got Garbage

From picking rags to the riches of waste management: this is I Got Garbage

India generates 175 million kilos of garbage every day. 95% of this ends up in landfills, where waste pickers sort through it to earn a living. I Got Garbage offers dignified work to the Indian city of Bengaluru’s 20,000 rag-pickers whilst improving the shoddy state of waste management. It provides technological tools for the waste