The Alternative Future of Energy
What if we really had all our electricity from the sun? It’s ok to imagine the realization of the utopia. Besides having a good time and feeling the pulsation of hope and positivity in your pulse, we get one step closer to the reality. A Realizable Goal: The world is actually getting one step closer each day towards having solar-sourced power for all our needs. The @American Solar Energy Society believes that as a realizable goal as well. At least not […]
The Flight of the Phoenix – The New Business Totem of Pivoting
It’s those times, right here. Times we’ve seen in movies, times we’ve lived in our nightmares, times we’ve goose-bumped over with friends. And now, it’s THE REAL THING. Not tucked “in the future”, not around the corner. It’s HERE and NOW. We’re living it. And suddenly many of us are without jobs or facing a daunting future. If you’re a first responder, your job is certain but your health, your life isn’t. We salute you for your service. If you’re […]
The Stiff Suit of the Half-Baked Phrases
If I’m an ardent supporter of simple language, what has that got to do with the environment, you’d ask. A valid question, no doubt. Let’s get down to the basics, first. Imagine the days of the radio before the television became commonplace and live matches became the norm. If you ever sat at the edge of your couch, listening to every word that came crackling from the transistor, you know that intense feeling. Words knitted images in front of you. […]
Global Wind Day to Usher in the Changes
It was just last year that I stood by a window in a highrise hospital window overlooking this breathtaking beauty of our city. The city of Houston with her rare asset of lush greenery. Then everything in Houston got categorised as either “before Harvey” or “after.” Harvey was the yardstick of history. And now, suddenly, Harvey is a nearly forgotten scratch on our memories. Now it’s either “before the pandemic” or “after” with a few significant days thrown in the […]
Sleek Sustainable Designs That Spell the End of Architects’ Nightmares
The wish list for urban living spaces is growing. Trending towards effective use of outdoor spaces, people around the world are resisting the feeling of being boxed in. Whether at home or the office, city folks have never wanted to be outdoors this bad. Where jungles of concrete typically win over green areas and rising real estate costs cram indoor square footage to a steep premium, optimum usage of the adjacent pockets of spaces becomes lucrative. Add in the logistics […]
The “Case” for Harvesting Water
Rainwater harvesting is in. Big time. It’s the perfect micro-collection system to meet the rising demands for fresh water in modern times. The entire responsibility of collecting, preserving and supplying water is no longer with the municipalities. It’s time to share that as a community. We can’t do without water. Never. Ancient civilizations thrived by the banks of rivers. With rising population, potable water became increasingly scarce. And that sealed the destiny of many ancient cities like Fatehpur Sikri, […]
You Are the Person We’ve Been Looking For
Guess what! We’re recruiting Aqua Ambassadors for America! We’re recruiting Aqua Ambassadors for America! If you’ve read the All About Water book and have played the online games and dabbled with our activities, then, believe me, you know more about water than gazillion people in the entire country. Yes, it’s true. Here’s what you already know: Keeping the faucet open while brushing teeth or scrubbing dishes is pure wastage Leeks should be reported It needs water to make anything […]
Legalese to Legal-Ease: The One Formula That Spares You the Law School Grind
Are you a professional who cannot tell the difference between a plaintiff and a defendant? Or catch the fine line that separates misdemeanor from felony? If you’re petrified by the legal jabberwocky, get real. Legal terms are here to stay. Without a choice. As a businessman, a government official or a company executive—you have to deal with legal terms. It’s weaving money matters with politics and every walk of civic life. Even in your personal domains, to tell […]
Innovation—a Conduit to Sustainability
To meet Innovative minds, we need to be where the innovation happens. Or at least where they throng to exchange their thoughts. I was at one such hang-out place a few days ago. It was a forum filled with high tide of good spirits and imagination, passion, and professionalism. The Houston Open Innovation Conference had masterminds discussing the future of education that churned innovation to block chains and crowdfunding. It was a high-octane platform of deserving project in a supportive […]
Concrete Bridge & Overpass Collapses In India Are Preventable
Didn’t it break your heart when you learned of the collapse of the Majherhaat bridge in Kolkata, a couple of months back? It must have, just as it did mine as I read it online, sitting across the globe, in Houston, in America. Unfortunately, it’s not the only bridge collapse we’ve heard of in India. Nor is it the last one to happen unless we do something concrete about it. As a retired mechanical engineer, at the ripe age […]
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