Environmental Graffiti

The Onset of the Monsoon

In the west, the phenomenon that is the monsoon is hard to grasp because unless seen with one’s own eyes, so much rain at one time is just hard to imagine. Monsoon tourists describe it as a wall of rain or a sheet of rain – think of a giant tap suddenly being turned on to drench parts of the world. And mull over the fact that one good monsoon day in Mumbai, for example, can mean dousing the city in 800 mm of rain – Munich’s annual rainfall! Here’s the spectacle in pictures.

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The Rainbow Coloured Skies of India

India is for many a country of contrasts, extremes and in recent years, upswing. India Shining was the political slogan with which India started the first decade of the new millennium. It has always been a country of colours so, inspired by last week’s article on rainbows, we’ve arranged stunning pictures of Indian mood scapes according to the rainbow spectrum.

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Most Beautiful and Devastating Snapshots of Slums

One billion people – a sixth of the world’s population – now live in slums, and it is predicted that the number of slum dwellers will double within the next quarter of a century. Such statistics are as staggering as they are sobering. Yet beneath the shacks and lean-tos of corrugated metal, plywood and plastic sheets, communities thrive and individuals meet the daily challenges their lives throw up at them.

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