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The new order: How fast food took over our lives

India, May 10 -- In 79 CE, the Mount Vesuvius eruption froze fast-food counters mid-service. When archaeologists uncovered these thermopolia (literally, "hot shops"), they found them covered with pain... Read More


The new order: Mridula Ramesh on the riveting evolutions of fast food

India, May 8 -- In 79 CE, the Mount Vesuvius eruption froze street-food counters mid-service. When archaeologists uncovered these thermopolia (literally, "hot shops"), they found them covered with pa... Read More


A rot to answer for: Unpacking global food loss and waste

India, April 5 -- A2021 World Wide Fund for Nature study estimates that the world loses or wastes 2 kg of every 5 kg of food grown. An earlier Food and Agriculture Organization estimate put it at one ... Read More


A rot to answer for: Mridula Ramesh links food loss, climate, and cooking gas

India, April 3 -- A 2021 World Wide Fund for Nature study estimates that the world loses or wastes 2 kg of every 5 kg of food grown. An earlier Food and Agriculture Organization estimate put it at one... Read More


The Pralaya Prophecy: Read an excerpt from the new climate-fiction novel by Mridula Ramesh

India, March 6 -- There was a small printer in the corner of the room. Rajan took the book and spread it open. Swati moved to help him, while Lakshmi perched on the table. As the machine started to d... Read More


No losses, just grains: Can millets save the planet?

India, March 1 -- "A female elephant rubs against the white koothalam flowers, That have blossomed on dark green shrubs, Looking like white herons perched on the verdant foliage, Her skin is dotted by... Read More


No losses, just grains: Mridula Ramesh writes on the marvels of millets

India, Feb. 27 -- "A female elephant rubs against the white koothalam flowers, That have blossomed on dark green shrubs, Looking like white herons perched on the verdant foliage, Her skin is dotted... Read More