Opinion: NYT Cartoon on India is Jumbo Mistake

Swati Thiyagarajan | Tuesday December 08, 2015

We have a very short window to make a difference but no deal that is worth anything will be possible if countries do not pull the train according to their weight. So if we are elephants, then the United States is a T-Rex.

Opinion: The Stupid Decisions That Left Chennai So Vulnerable

Swati Thiyagarajan | Thursday December 03, 2015

The scale of the damage can be squarely blamed on shocking urban planning.

Opinion: What It's Like to Interview Sir Attenborough

Swati Thiyagarajan | Monday November 30, 2015

It reminded me of an old quote, "If you are a legend, you don't need to talk and walk it because everyone knows it already. If not, well what's the point of talking and walking it?"

Opinion: A Threat Much Bigger Than Terrorism. Do We Care?

Swati Thiyagarajan | Wednesday November 25, 2015

This world belongs not to us, but to future generations. It is a moral crisis when we hand to them an impoverished planet. If we do nothing, well, then, hell it is.

Opinion: You Can Call Me Pseudo-Sickular

Swati Thiyagarajan | Sunday October 11, 2015

So I am a beef-eating Hindu Brahmin, married to a South African of no religious affiliation.

Opinion: My Love Letter to a Tree

Swati Thiyagarajan | Tuesday August 11, 2015

How to ever feel lonely, if one has a tree to hug, asks Swati Thiagarajan.

Opinion: Let's Go Beyond Cecil and Ustad

Swati Thiyagarajan | Tuesday August 04, 2015

Walter Palmer, the dentist who killed Cecil is reviled, but the Kentucky Department of the US Fish and Wildlife Service a while ago shot a cougar in Kentucky. It was the first one seen in over a hundred years there.

Opinion: Cecil The Lion Has Exposed More Than Just An Idiot Dentist

Swati Thiyagarajan | Thursday July 30, 2015

One wonders if Walter Palmer, the wealthy US dentist, is any more accurate with a drill than a bow and arrow.

Opinion: On World Tiger Day, Think About This, India

Swati Thiyagarajan | Wednesday July 29, 2015

The animals pay a steep price by being forced into confrontational situations and being killed and hounded for it.

Opinion: How a Croc Likely Showed up on a Goa Beach

Swati Thiyagarajan | Friday July 17, 2015

Sometimes, let's appreciate the fact that we do share the beach with other fellow beings.

Opinion: When We Couldn't Stop a Whale From Dying Near Mumbai

Swati Thiyagarajan | Friday June 26, 2015

Though the beaching of whales and dolphins is common in India, we have zero protocol to deal with such instances, says Swati Thiyagarajan.

Blog: When The Child You're Meant To Have Is Already Out There

Swati Thiyagarajan | Monday May 04, 2015

I never played with dolls. I played house, had little toy vessels and a stove and so on, but no dolls. I liked mixing and making things in that dollhouse's kitchen but never wanted to feed those meals to a doll, a pretend baby.

Opinion: The Magnificent Elephant

Swati Thiyagarajan | Tuesday August 12, 2014

They celebrate birth, mourn death, live life to the fullest, writes Swati Thiyagarajan

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