Tag: disaster

• Is nature a dustbin or a dumpyard of our activities?

  The case of severe air pollution Among all activities that we do all day long in our homes, we try to keep things in order and places tidy. We arrange our rooms, our clothes, our food etc etc., because we care about these things. We decorate places to improve their aesthetic beauty. But, what is…

  AnupamSinghal_the_dreamer

  Dec 17, 2025

  A better tomorrow, A figment of my mind, Dreams for humanity, sustainable development, Sustainable future

  air pollution, calamities, capacity, climate change, death, disaster, diseases, dust, dustbin, farming, food, home, industries, nature, pollutants, pollution, soil pollution, utility, waste, water pollution

• Don’t kill the canary in the coal mine!

  Canary is a small bird, size about 4-6 inches and weighing just about 15-20 grams. It is like a “chidiya”, belonging to the same order/family as that of the house sparrow. It is yellow and looks beautiful, and it has a melodious voice. But, that is not what it is famous for. It has a…

  AnupamSinghal_the_dreamer

  Sep 7, 2025

  Sustainable future, The values of humanity, A figment of my mind, A better tomorrow

  alarm, bird, canary, canary in the coal mine, carbon monoxide, coal mining, disaster, early alarm, humanity, miner

• Are there any limits to growth- material and spiritual?

  If you are living in disaster-prone areas like Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir etc., you would have witnessed the fury of nature in person, whether in the form of thunderstorms, cloudbursts, landslides, floods or earthquakes. And if you are not living there, you must have atleast read or heard about such news, if you…

  AnupamSinghal_the_dreamer

  Aug 17, 2025

  A better tomorrow, A figment of my mind, Dreams for humanity, India of our dreams, Random moorings, spirituality, Sustainable future, The values of humanity

  antropocene, climate change, cloudburst, deforestation, development, disaster, Earth, ecosystem, EIA, himachal pradesh, humanity, infrastructure, landslide, limits to growth, material development, planet, politics, politics of development, resources, spiritual development, spirituality, sustainable, sustainable development, The Club of Rome, uttarakhand

• The “Karma” conundrum- 2.0

  Whenever there is an unfortunate and tragic event, a debate sparks off on the sidelines regarding the Karma-fal (कर्म-फल) theory. The proponents of this theory claim that every outcome is predetermined as per our own actions (Karma). It is onto us how to perform the Karma, but we cannot determine the outcome. And even of…

  AnupamSinghal_the_dreamer

  Jun 18, 2025

  A better tomorrow, A figment of my mind, philosophy, Random moorings, spirituality

  disaster, fal, goal, God, karma, life, mindset, motivation, outcome, rebirth, spirituality, theory