KumKum Dasgupta

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Stories by the author

• Business as second nature: Biomimicry offers a framework to shift from replication to innovation using natural principles

  
  05 Jun 2026 12:06 AM IST
• When Digital India meets a dead end

  
  01 May 2026 11:57 PM IST
• Six yrs later, migrant workers still trapped in a cycle of exploitation

  
  17 Apr 2026 12:39 AM IST
• Budget signals: India’s ageing population isn’t a burden, it’s a $50 bn opportunity

  
  04 Feb 2026 11:12 PM IST
• If our cities are to deliver ease of living and doing business, they must start with cleaner ledgers

  
  05 Nov 2025 11:06 PM IST
• Jal Jeevan Mission: What lies ahead

  
  25 Aug 2025 07:53 PM IST
• Let a thousand murals bloom: How India’s streets are finding their soul

  
  22 Aug 2025 10:44 PM IST
• Stop blaming the dog — it’s the policy that bites

  
  02 Aug 2025 12:29 AM IST
• Take our breath away: How coal plants and kilns keep Delhi gasping while stubble burning takes the heat

  
  16 Jul 2025 11:22 PM IST
• Storms may soothe, but the heat has a longer forecast

  
  24 Jun 2025 10:55 PM IST
• How Indians engage with environment and its protection is best typified by this bizarre example

  
  04 Jun 2025 10:59 PM IST
• Unknotting Kashmir’s carpet woes: Hand-knotted Kashmiri silk carpets called Kal Baffi are making a subtle, yet striking, comeback

  
  20 Apr 2025 12:07 AM IST
• As climate shocks intensify, India must shift from reactive to proactive disaster management

  
  23 Feb 2025 11:08 PM IST
• Aga Khan IV: Philanthropist & cultural visionary who transformed heritage conservation in India

  
  05 Feb 2025 10:56 PM IST
• ReNew is committed to ensuring 30% women in its workforce by 2030: Vaishali Nigam Sinha, co-founder and chairperson of sustainability at ReNew

  
  14 Jan 2025 06:57 PM IST
• Rethink Retrofitting: Why policymakers must align projects with climate needs

  
  21 Nov 2024 11:00 PM IST
• Merc’s sustainability plans beyond auto tech

  
  17 Oct 2024 12:35 PM IST
• View: AI in India is about building safeguards, streamlining solutions and maximising resources

  
  13 Oct 2024 11:00 PM IST
• How Orb Energy is breaking financial barriers to solar adoption

  
  17 Sep 2024 02:39 PM IST
• Why new districts? Examining India’s rapid district expansion and its effects

  
  14 Aug 2024 10:45 PM IST
• India's construction sector is booming, but construction and demolition waste management is weak

  
  24 Jul 2024 05:34 PM IST
• Budget expectations & India's e-waste recycling journey: Insights from Recyclekaro's founder Rajesh Gupta

  
  11 Jul 2024 12:02 PM IST
• India’s burgeoning adventure tourism faces problems that, if not fixed, will kill this golden goose

  
  6 mins read5 Jul 2024
• View: Our cities need granular heat-risk data, hyperlocal heat action plans down to the ward level

  
  6 mins read30 May 2024

• Policy and regulations

  We aren’t China. Leave gaming time and spending limits to parents.

  
  3 mins read29 May 2024
• From Planet to Plate: How India's culinary diversity can help you beat the heat and combat climate change

  
  6 mins read28 Apr 2024

• Travel

  Europe must solve this problem for Indians. Else they will lose out big time.

  
  3 mins read24 Apr 2024
• ‘Train, empower, fund local bodies for better waste management’

  
  30 Mar 2024 02:29 PM IST
• World Water Day: HCL has committed $15 million over five years to bolster entrepreneurs focusing on water-related solutions, says Sundar Mahalingam

  
  22 Mar 2024 02:36 PM IST
• Spot the meta city lights

  
  6 mins read25 Jan 2024
• Google is an AI-first company, we also want to be AI-first philanthropy: Google.org's Annie Lewin

  
  31 Oct 2023 02:16 PM IST
• Women entrepreneurs cannot access financing at the same rate as men, says Shamina Singh from Mastercard

  
  04 Sep 2023 04:13 PM IST
• Rainwater harvesting the most commonsensical action with climate change hammering India

  
  6 mins read4 Aug 2023