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Gurudas Nulkar

Marx and crisis of the dead tigress

[1]. The tigress had crossed our line of tolerance for other species. In the Western Ghats, the earth movers closed in on the forest....

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Ecological pessimism or economic ignorance?

“In the long-run, we are all dead” said John Maynard Keynes. Thanks to our obsession with economic growth, Keynes’s long-run may not be...

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BS-III vehicle ban: The curious case of the government backing auto-makers

Sale of BS-III vehicles banned by Supreme court from 1st April 2017. Most certainly a welcome move but a pity that decisions in the...

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Bill Gates Annual Letter 2014 – My objections

I enjoyed reading the Bill Gates Annual Letter 2014 and the Myth-busting that they do. The irony is that the Bill and Melinda Gates...

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Ecology and Economics – the uncomfortable relation

Listen to what two of the 10th class texts have to say (2012 class school text books) Lines from the textbook of Economics “…economic...

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How I contribute to the Environment – My 7 R framework

“Save the environment!” “Go Green” “Love Nature” There is no dearth of such slogans one hears these days. In fact, its quite the “in...

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Don Quixote was right after all ! The truth about windmills.

“This year, your company successfully installed 12 windmills in the Satara district. This has reduced the carbon footprint of your...

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Assault on the Bottom of the Pyramid – the impact of the single-serve sachet.

Markets at the Bottom of the economic pyramid Sachets at a shop The discovery of the huge untapped potential market at the bottom of the...