: About Me

Someone once described me on a birthday card as abhorrent, uncouth, impatient, petulant, vulgar, grumpy, ignorant, crabby, crude, impetuous, conceited, headstrong, cranky, annoying, self-centered, pessimistic, malevolent, merciless, impulsive, egotistic and vain, selfish, ironic, contemptible, sadistic, sarcastic, mean, hot-headed, spiteful, idiotic and callous, but yet charming.

I'd like to think of myself as the opposite of everything mentioned except the last point.

I strive to articulate clearly on the issues that are on my heart and answer the questions that I personally seek answers to but can find none that satisfy my queries.

Writing's always been a major part of my life and whenever I reach an impasse in the many faucets of life, I sit down, pick up my favourite pen, pull out my writing pad and do what my teachers first taught me to do- write.

Well, nowadays, the pen's been replaced by the keyboard, but the essence of writing remains the same. The emotions, the feelings, the sheer joy in writing- they can never be replaced.

Politics, News & Issues > Climate Change Effects of climate change on society and the environment

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If there is one thing that refuses to respect national borders, it is the environment that we live, and thrive in. As the years have gone by, environmental degradation and preservation have become major issues because of the negative environmental impacts economic development and globalization has brought upon in many parts of the world. Examples are aplenty- increased industrial pollution that leads to global warming; the clearing of land or marshes to make way for companies looking to build a new factory, governments wanting to build a new town, or even farmers seeking to eke out more pr...

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