As India assumes the Presidency of G20, Harsh Jaitli, CEO of Voluntary Action Network of India (VANI), a national network of Indian voluntary development organisations, speaks at length about the importance of having a robust C20 platform in an interview with Shalini Yog Shah.

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.

It is time to cover the entire cycle of waste generation, collection and dumping, and also question excessive consumerism by the affluent.

The global community has limited time to act on climate change mitigation if it wants to avoid the irreversible, catastrophic impacts. For India—heavily reliant on fossil fuels for its energy needs and industrial growth, while also being highly vulnerable to climatic impacts—the next three decades will be critical in every aspect.