Upcycling of Plastic Waste and Water Pollution

Water is the most critical resource issue of our lifetime and our children’s lifetime. The health of our waters is the principal measure of how we live on the land. –LUNA LEOPOLD The German chemist Herman Standinger could have stopped himself from publishing his paper proving his theories of polymerisation, if he were aware of the

International Day for Biological Diversity: Modern Civilisation and Biodiversity Crisis

Kaushal Kishore |twitter @mrkkjha In the Indian subcontinent, there are six thousand species of the colourful flies. Sixteen percent of it is going to be extinct soon in the future. Disappearance of vulture and sparrow in the India that looks like a beehive on the map has been a part of news for last several

महात्मा गांधी के बलिदान का अमृत पर्व

कौशल किशोर | Twitter @mrkkjha बापू के बलिदान को 74 साल पूरे हो गए। आज़ादी के अमृत महोत्सव के दौरान इस पर्व की अपनी अहमियत है। धर्म संसदों में बराबर चर्चा के कारण लगातार सुर्खियों में बने हैं। हालांकि यह नफ़रत का व्यापार ही है। यही वजह है कि सुप्रीम कोर्ट के आदेश के बाद

Volcanic Eruption and Tsunami in the South Pacific

Last Saturday when we were celebrating Makar Sankranti in India, a series of volcanic eruption occurred in the Pacific Ocean. It disconnected more than a hundred thousand Polynesian people of Tonga from rest of the world. The volcanic eruption created lack of real time information related to situation on ground even in this age of information technology. 

पुस्तक संस्कृति: महामारी में भक्ति साहित्य का महत्व

महामारी में भक्ति साहित्य का महत्व: कौशल किशोर कोरोना वायरस के कारण इस महामारी से जूझते लोगों ने भक्ति साहित्य में दिलचस्पी लेना आरंभ किया है। वर्ष 2020 के आरंभिक काल में तालाबंदी के साथ टीवी पर एक बार फिर से रामायण और महाभारत जैसे धारावाहिकों का प्रसारण किया गया था। व्यावसायिक टीवी के इस

Political Economy of the Biodiversity Bill

Kaushal Kishore | Twitter @mrkkjha The winter session of the Parliament started with the withdrawal of the three farming laws that the Prime Minister Narendra Modi promised on the Guru Nanak Jayanti. That morning he has surprised many amog us with the announcment of the long awaited withdrawal of these controversial laws, however it has

Gangaputra Bahuguna

The Bahugunas often conveyed their message to restore the Himalayan landscape with the fruit bearing trees replacing the pine monoculture as the missing bit of the Chipko movement. As such the new generation needs to revisit his satyagraha on the ground with a purpose to grow the better kind of plants and trees in the suffering Himalayas, the challenge equally tough in its eastern and western parts.

End the annual flood of monsoon woes

Restoring the green cover, giving rivers back their floodplains and water harvesting are the only way to protect us from devastation In most parts of the world, the rain brings with it relief and joy. However, in India, the monsoon season brings with it a host of problems. For instance, a three-hour downpour on July

The Good News During Pandemic And Lockdown

Kaushal Kishore | Twitter @mrkkjha The locust swarm that hits many countries including India and Pakistan is an enemy of the crops in the fields. It has increased the difficulties many fold in certain areas during the pandemic and lockdown. The farmers are used to spray pesticides to save the crops from such enemies. In

COVID-19: Crisis of Reverse Migration

Kaushal Kishore | @mrkkjha Finance Minister has finally declared the twenty trillion rupees package in five sessions. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, while announcing the extension of lockdown into a fourth phase since 18th May, has declared much awaited stimulus for Indian economy. Idea of the self reliance with ‘Vocal For Local’ slogan fascinated many, including

COVID-19: The Third World War

Kaushal Kishore | Follow on Twitter @mrkkjha Sadly, I’m not connected to any member of the group chat on the social media that first discussed about the SARS like symptoms that latter confined half the world at homes or shelters, however, I’m seldom active on such platforms. Now think about the severe and acute respiratory

COVID-19: Trinity of Chaos, Inflation and Recession

Kaushal Kishore | Follow @mrkkjha In the second week of last December the corona virus came out of the Pandora’s box. This outbreak of the flu is known as COVID-19. Since then onwards Isabel Hilton keeps us posted in the China Dialogue. The city of Wuhan in Hubei province of mainland China is in focus.

Gandhian Satyagraha versus Political Suicide

Kaushal Kishore | Follow @mrkkjha After the couple of crusades of the Ganga Putras at Matri Sadan now the Ganga Putri has been fasting, a Satyagraha for Aviral Ganga between the two poles, Political Problem and Administrative Solution Last month, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar again wrote a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, addressing

The Maithili Literature between Language and Dialect

The Maithili Literature between Language and Dialect Kaushal Kishore | Follow @HolyGanga I am breaking at least the year long silence on the question of my mother tongue for Maithili Literature Tomorrow. Literature is impossible in absence of the language, which is impossible without the dialect or the mother tongue. Last year one day I’ve

Gandhi @150 Resurrection of the Mahatma

Kaushal Kishore | Follow @MrKKjha Shiva appeared weak and older this time. And this was my first reaction to her on the eve of Bapu’s anniversary at India International Centre. She approached to receive me as soon as saw us, and I have introduced my friend with the book, before recollecting our previous meeting when

They could have been Airlifted!

Kaushal Kishore | Follow @MrKKjha The Pulwama suicide bomber attack in Kashmir Valley on the Valentine’s Day is an unforgettable act of terror. The reaction on it is scattered here and there. The White House condolence message reads about the killing of more than 40 soldiers of the paramilitary force and at least 44 others

White Revolution and Crisis of Livestock Farming

Kaushal Kishore | Follow @HolyGanga India tops the world over so far production and consumption of milk is concerned. On 31st March, the milk production in the country was recorded at 146.8 million liters per day. In this the contribution from buffaloes are 51%, from high breed cows are 25%, from native cows are 20%

The Disappearance of Saint Gopal Das

Kaushal Kishore | Follow @MrKKjha The rumours of disappearance of Sant Gopal Das alias Azad Singh, who has started fasting in support of Gangaputra Sananda after two days of his last fast-unto-death, is in news for sometimes. His father Shamsher Singh, from Rajakhedi village of Panipat district, launched a protest on December 5 in the

The Corridor Connecting India and Pakistan

Kaushal Kishore | Follow @HolyGanga The foundation of Shri Kartarpur Sahib Corridor has been laid during the celebrations of 550th birth anniversary of Guru Nanak. In fact this is a small orifice of the ambitious project intended to turn into a roaring river in future. Undoubtedly it will render the opportunity to connect people living

Language Campaign versus Dialect Crisis

Kaushal Kishore | Follow @HolyGanga Nowadays proponents of Indian language are happy since Prime Minister Narendra Modi and External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj have delivered a series of lectures in Hindi on many platforms in India and abroad. Although Hindi and other regional languages are yet to get proper place in the central services, the