Jobs lost. Livelihoods destroyed — the impact of COVID-19 continues to be felt like a ricochet shot. The WEF estimates that 114 million people lost their jobs in 2020. For the longest time, this situation caused me sleepless nights. In my short career so far, I have been an HR…

Paris, 1942. Occupied France — One of the worst periods in French history July 16th, 1942. It is the middle of the night. Sarah is a young Jewish girl living in occupied France. One night as she is sleeping, she hears a pounding on the door. The words — Police, open up — cut through the darkness. She is startled and cannot understand…

What do forests bear? Soil, water and pure air I Remembering the Chipko Andolan II Part Four Life was living hell for the people who lived and worked off this land. It was the woman who struggled the most and it was their strength that was mobilized by activists like Chand Prasad Bhatt and Sundarlal Bahuguna. The movement was strengthened by the stirring verses of the Chipko…

What do forests bear? Soil, water and pure air I Remembering the Chipko Andolan II Part Three The first protest against ecological destruction began with the sacrifice of a single woman. Her name was Amrita Devi… The Thar Desert in Rajasthan is a sensitive region. The dry weather does not support much tree cover or vegetation. The Khejri tree is one of the few species found here…

What do forests bear? Soil, water and pure air l Remembering the Chipko Andolan II Part Two These great ideas were systematically rooted out of our culture with the intention of colonizing us, both in body and spirit. The environmentalist Vandana Shiva, who was an active spectator of the Chipko Movement, gives us insight into the origins of this school of thought… From the earliest of times…

I think my favorite genre of books have to be historical fiction. It really transports me to a different time and space, something I just can’t find in contemporary books. And this book is a treasure! I honestly couldn’t put it down. Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni is known for portraying woman…