Cyclone to Covid: SEEDS co-founders explain how India can fight disasters

Gupta and Sharma talk to Geetanjali Krishna about why India is always in the midst of some disaster or the other and how people could build resilience

There was a time when Lunch with BS would be held at a nice restaurant, with assiduous servers ensuring that plates were never empty and glasses were always full. Today, I log on to Zoom, ask my husband to bring me a plate of food and wait for my guests, Manu Gupta and Anshu Sharma, to come online. Co-founders of SEEDS (Sustainable Environment and Ecological Development Society), the duo is recognised as one of the foremost authorities on disaster management and mitigation in the country. As the screen flickers to life, I muse that it is fitting that in the