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THE COFFEE ECONOMY BOOMS, THE AMAZON FOREST VANISHES! SO, WHAT IS THE SOLUTION?

Coffee is the second most consumed beverage in the world after water. Also, coffee is the second most traded commodity after crude oil worth over $100 billion worldwide. That puts it ahead of commodities like natural gas, gold, oil, sugar and corn. We drink around 600 billion cups of coffee every year and around 25 million people including my father rely on coffee to support their families...

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SACRED GROVES OF COORG: HOW OUR FAITH IS CONSERVING NATURE AND PRESERVING CULTURE!

It was the first week of the new decade of 2020. I was visiting my parents in Kodagu, the hilly forested heartland of the Indian Western Ghats. This visit was an opportunity to reinvent my childhood memories in a neighborhood, which was surrounded by ancient Sacred Groves. I wanted to say to the world, how our faith is helping to conserve the wildlife-rich forests as a part of nature worship...

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SOCIAL POLARIZATION CHALLENGES! CAN THEY LEAD TO SOCIAL INNOVATION?

The process of segregation within a society emerging from poverty, social exclusion and income inequality has led to various social groups, from high-income to low-income. Each group will experience a different kind of upbringing and conflicting education. As a result, within the same society we see separate schools for different income groups. Many research studies have corroborated that students with higher income succeed more than those with low income...

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