Year: 2014

  • No firework this new year

    No firework this new year

    The year 2013 is approaching its end. As the days are passing by, we can’t help but look back at the things that took place in this year. The past year hold a lot of good and bad things for all of us. Some of us found the true love of our lives after a…

  • Stop buying to stop killing

    Stop buying to stop killing

    This planet of ours is indeed a very beautiful place and so far the only place where life can flourish in this entire universe. The beauty and diversity of this revolving body is simply breathtaking. Earth is not just inhabited by simply humans but it houses, nurtures and flourishes an entire ecosystem which included loads…

  • Biomass Energy: Reviving the traditional sources through Modern Technology

    Biomass Energy: Reviving the traditional sources through Modern Technology

    Traditionally, the biomass, specially fuel wood has been used as an important source of energy since pre-historic days. Biomass is an organic substance, living or dead that has potential biochemical energy stored in its bonds and interior. This is a form of renewable solar energy stored in all plant materials everyday in the process of…

  • ECONOMIC APPROACH TO THE ENERGY PROBLEM

    In addressing and considering issues related to energy and environment from the perspective of development economics, it is very difficult to anyone to remain objective. Energy and environmental issues have, perhaps more than any other recent economic topic, stretched the computational and analytical capacities of economist. In this article, I introduce the economic dimensions of…

  • Fury of the Nature

    Fury of the Nature

    Nature has always been compared to a mother. Like a mother nurtures her child right from its birth, like a mother makes sure that the child gets necessities like food, clothing and shelter, like a mother struggles to keep her child healthy in the same way, Mother Nature has also taken all the care to…

  • ENERGY POLICY

    ENERGY POLICY

    In recent years, both developed and developing countries have become increasingly concerned about managing economic growth without depriving future generations of a sound base of natural resources and a healthy environment. It is clear that sustainable development depends upon the implementation of energy policies which incorporate environmental needs while at the same time providing for…

  • Earthquake – a shaky killer.

    Earthquake – a shaky killer.

    The Earth became a hospital place after thousands of years of geological and biological processes. The Earth underwent a rigorous and continuous process of formation and destruction to become what it is today. The land was formed by powerful movements of the tectonic plates. These are the land masses which are continuously in motion deep…

  • Bhopal Gas Tragedy – A tale of injustice

    Bhopal Gas Tragedy – A tale of injustice

    Bhopal gas tragedy is not an unknown terminology for anyone here. This incident is taken to be the most disgusting industrial accident ever. Well calling it an accident would be an understatement. The company i.e. Union Carbide India Limited was working on unethical grounds and whatever that happened on that night was something that they…

  • PROPELLING GREEN TECHNOLOGY- LEAPS TAKEN IN CHINA

    PROPELLING GREEN TECHNOLOGY- LEAPS TAKEN IN CHINA

    Going by the layman’s definition, green technology is technology that applies scientific knowledge to the production, maintenance and development of products and services that benefit the environment or do not harm it in any way (the much harped-on definition from our school days!). To be classified as a green technology the product or service must…

  • Seven Wonders of the Natural World (Old)

    Seven Wonders of the Natural World (Old)

    Is there anyone out there who has not heard of the Great Wall of China, the Eiffel Tower or the Great Pyramids of Giza?  I am sure the answer is no. We have heard about these monuments since our childhood and we have been awed by the magnificence of their existence. These were the structures…