Environmentalist Ashish Kothari on the global group’s impact – or lack of it – on sustainable development.

G20’s think tank engagement group in its role has been able to navigate effectively on most issues, especially amplifying the voice of developing nations.

However, Hinduism also offers hope. It is imbued with features that make room for positive change and growth. Subsummation, the very feature that was (wrongly) used to undermine and absorb other cultures, is also Hinduism’s strength and herein lies Hinduism’s greatest paradox.

This article follows the journey of transgender individuals who have made Bangalore their home, migrating from the hinterland, and a neighbouring state, and how they have come into their own agency. Their struggle to be heard, and how they have integrated the voices of others and now made significant space for the transgenders in South India, negotiating and working with the authorities and society for their entitlements, gives a picture of the course of their path within the larger queer body politics and intersection of their work with other movements like that of sex workers and the disabled.

Creating a roadmap for sustainable food production and renewable energy systems for the world is one of the most important tasks before the Indian Presidency.