The founder of greenkidsnow.org, this precocious environmentalist has taken the message of reduce, reuse, recycle to heart. Started by Pavan a couple of years ago with help from Shanti, the website is an attempt to connect with other green kids and start a movement of sorts.

By Isheeta Sanghi It has now been about four years since the move to India, and I think I have finally been through all the stages that one needs to experience to accept moving ...

You know you’re in Chennai when the pocket of the passenger in front of you starts blaring “Palaniappa, Swami Palaniappa.” The heavy set gentleman on the seat in front of me could have been straight out of central casting for the ...

This past week, torrential rains in Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh caused flooding, rendering hundreds of people homeless and thousands of others unable to travel or find food. The local governments approached Akshaya Patra and asked the organization to provide meals to ...

Writes Rhishi Pethe -Queretaro is a great place to learn about Latin and Mexican culture, which is in many ways similar to Indian culture in terms of family values, importance of traditions, spirituality, and extremely friendly people who are fond of music, food and festivals and like to have a ...

Writes Naren Pradhan - We took a train from Chennai to Kottayam in the district of Thekkady. My grandparents told me to expect a beautiful mountainous region in the clouds up in the Western Ghats range, a land full of sparkling turquoise waters, gigantic tropical trees, and plants bearing all ...

Writes Kashyap Deorah - Immigrants are a cursed species. The merits of the place we live in are taken for granted, and the merits of the places we travel to or stay away from monopolize our thought. No matter where we live, the mind always wants the best of both ...

I quickly discovered that there was really no safe way to walk to the plaza, which is literally 3 minutes from my office. San Jose city planners, in their infinite wisdom, had created a multitude of grassy verges that lushly deplete the city's water supplies, and had completely forgotten about ...

I discovered that there were some other unusual items which could also be composted, like milk and juice cartons. We end up with just a couple of garbage bags in our landfill bin each week and are waiting for the day when the City of Fremont figures out a way ...

Writes Ram Badrinathan - The emergence of Internet and online travel companies like Amazon, Ebay, Expedia and Priceline actually changed the paradigm of how consumers search, shop and buy all products, services by making each step completely interactive, immersive and experiential.