How to do more with less

We will fail in the effort to address the challenges of climate change and sustainable development unless we adopt an approach that emphasises conservation over consumerism

A song filmed on Hema Malini many years ago in the film Sharafat went: “Sharafat chhod di maine”. The lyrics and their tone implied that circumstances had compelled her to “abandon the path of decency”, as it were. I was reminded of this song the other day when speaking on kifayat, and the refrain that haunted my mind was “kifayat chhod di maine”. It was a gathering of high school children and teachers. I was not sure whether the students would understand the meaning of kifayat. I told them that they should ask their parents, who were bequeathed this value