Seeds, and thereby food crops are at the very centre of a nation’s survival. It is no wonder then that corporations and governments have been trying for decades to control seeds. India as a nation has fought against the entry of...

Why do we need Clean Air Nation Movement? I travel everyday from my home to office and on the way sometimes I feel uncomfortable when I breathe. I wondered why does this happen, then after analysing the situation for a bit of time...

5 things you can do with a mask on! To find what else can we do, come join us at Dilli Haat on 18th October 2015 at 3 pm!  RSVP here 1. You can sneeze as many times and don't have to cover your face! via GIPHY 2.

Just another hazy, polluted day in Delhi. But despite the weather last Friday, the mood in the GP India team was sunny and full of anticipation. It's been almost two years since the Government started its clampdown on Greenpeace...

We won! On Friday, 9th October 2015, Greenpeace India won a chairman’s special mention awards for leveraging Internet tools to support environmental protection. We were beyond delighted! To get recognition for environmental...

Remember that moment in Lage Raho Munnabhai , when Circuit and Munna are behind the bars and Circuit asks Munna in sheer bewilderment-- Bhai, tujhe pucca lagta hai ki roz roz jail jaane se apna reputation badhega? ’ (Bro, are you...

In the last year and a half, Greenpeace India has seen it all.  Numerous court scenes, dramatic offloading incidents at the airport, corporate and government villains and ‘anti-national’ heroes saving the day! Our continued existence...

Today we have a compelling challenge and an opportunity ahead of us: to reset the work culture at Greenpeace India, starting now. The events of the last few months, and the independent audit that was commissioned as a result, have...

Is our future going up in smoke? It has been exactly two and half months since the New York Times, South Asia correspondent wrote a woeful story about our capital’s toxic air and have finally fled the country in order to safeguard...

India’s economic structure has been built over centuries on a stable ecological foundation. Our current government, however, believes the opposite... that a stable ecology is predicated on a strong economic foundation.  It is this...

When I was younger, Independence Day simply meant a day off school. A day where my mother would wake me up to listen to the Prime Minister’s early morning speech from the Red Fort. And then some of us would get together, climb to the...

Today is World Elephant Day  and almost to the day, a couple of years ago I was in Chhattisgarh working on a project to understand the impacts of coal mining on elephants and tribals. The local group with whom I worked with mentioned...

Greenpeace India ought to be finished by now. We’ve had our accounts frozen, our reputation  smeared and our staff banned from travel. Mr. Rajnath Singh, the Minister of Home Affairs has done everything he can to shut down our...