Mud-puddling is a real thing. Mark these words, literally.

India is paying such a heavy price for the super El Niño! Cyclone Arnab: Over 89,000 evacuated, NDRF teams deployed ahead of Andhra landfall scroll.in/latest/1096686/cyc… via @scroll_in

Bottles are the most recycled waste items. They don’t need this! Let’s return low value plastics!

Really really really sad! Kuno cheetah cub dies of pellet injuries scroll.in/latest/1096688/kun… via @scroll_in

There is something completely wrong w the notion of white collar work today. People slog long hours as a norm. Minor illness like a flu without raging high fever is not a reason to stop working. There’s no time in any job to wander around doing nothing at all, during the early evening. You slog till late. Travelling home is drudgery- endless, exhausting and joyless. And worst of all, people never switch off. We can’t stay creative if we work ourselves into zombies. What societal change can we bring around so we work without all this mental load?

A spectacular view of Eye of Cyclone Arnab via satellite imagery at 8:45pm IST on 26th October, 2026. It is very likely to become severe cyclonic storm overnight. #AndhraPradesh coast braces for very strong impact starting tomorrow noon. #CycloneArnab #Arnab

Why did @Bharati09 and I launch ON AIR earlier this year? Three urgent reasons. Listen in. ON AIR is India’s only bilingual monthly webzine on air quality. Free to read and free to download from @ChintanIndia’s website. Want a copy in your inbox? Email: onair@chintan-india.org

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Sarus cranes mate for life, but habitat loss, shrinking farmland and climate change threaten their future. With around 13,000 left in Uttar Pradesh, their survival rests with India’s farmers. Watch Bharati Chaturvedi’s @Bharati09 video blog for ThePrint youtu.be/j2IVQeUTsSA

Avalahalli police in Bengaluru have registered a case against the driver of a garbage collection vehicle for allegedly running over and killing a 10-month-old female stray dog at Konadasapura village on October 16. thehindu.com/news/cities/ban…

Auspicious for the bird too, it’s on the decline.

And, thrilled to share almost 2 years later : Same tree, same ridiculously beautiful fragrance and the air is still OK. Finally, I am able to stand near this tree at night and take in the most calming scent possible.

How to get your banana plant to fruit in a flat. 3 steps : 1. Buy the sapling. Let it grow. 2. When it sprouts another sapling, repot it. Let it grow. 3. Repeat for 3 to 4 years. Of the 10 or 12 banana trees you’ll have, one will give you grandmotherly thrills. It’s that simple.

When I’m not sitting on the chairs, I use them to air my winter quilt. No fun owning something that can only be used in one way. Much better to figure out many ways to use household stuff for extracting its full value.

Govt should pull the owners and make them eat cattle dung on live national television. Then let’s see who repeats this again .

Priyagold biscuit maker’s license suspended for allegedly using cattle-feed bran as raw material scroll.in/latest/1096485/pri… via @scroll_in

Josie, the legendary lioness from Addo Elephant National Park in South Afric, who defied the typical "death sentence" of blindness for predators, surviving for roughly five years without sight. Her two daughters, Dawn and Duffy, acted as her "eyes". They guided her through the bush with soft contact calls, protected her from scavengers, and ensured she fed first after hunts. Even more striking, she lived to approximately 17 years old, significantly exceeding the average wild lion lifespan of 14–15 years.

Who do the relatively less-well off give their old clothes to? My mom’s attendant, a mother of 2 separated from her kids in Kannauj, UP, so she can earn for them, says people in her neighbourhood tend to pass on their clothes to brick kiln workers. “They are so poor,” she describes, “they can’t afford to buy clothes.”

There is no other material on earth that can do what a fleece does, and it grows on an animal that eats grass. It keeps a sheep alive on a Welsh hill in February, in sleet, with no shelter. It keeps a Bedouin cool in the Sahara in August. It keeps a person warm when it is soaked through, which is why mountaineers wore it to the top of Everest. It will not burn. Put a match to it and it chars and goes out, which is why it lines aircraft seats and theatre curtains. It absorbs a third of its weight in sweat and gives off heat while it does it. It blocks the sun. A wool shirt has the ultraviolet rating of a decent sunscreen. It does not smell. The surface stays too dry for the bacteria that make a shirt stink. It stretches a third of its length and springs back, so a sock holds its shape for years. It stops sound. Recording studios and classrooms line the walls with it. It stops cold in a loft as well as fibreglass does, without the itch. It soaks up oil, which is why the mats laid on spills are made of it. It dyes deeper than anything, which is why a Persian rug is still red after 300 years. It felts into a tent that a Mongolian family lives in through a minus 40 winter. And when it finally wears out, it rots into fertiliser, and the next sheep eats the grass it grew. Every one of those jobs now has a synthetic doing it worse. The sheep had all of them covered before the chemist was born, and it does it again every spring for nothing.

Not every stubble needs to end in smoke. Once known for frequent stubble-burning incidents, Shahjahanpur, Uttar Pradesh, is showing how practical solutions, farmer engagement and the right support can turn crop residue into an opportunity. From reducing farm fires to creating value from agricultural waste, our October 2026 issue explores how a district is moving from smoke to solutions. This issue also features an insightful conversation on moving beyond AQI to better understand health risks, research on how clean air can help reverse lung damage in children, and a look at emerging environmental concerns in Kashmir’s orchards. Read the October 2026 issue of ON AIR, India's only bilingual webzine on issues related to Air Quality. Download Here: bit.ly/3VZLWfs Cover Story: @ramji3789 @Bharati09 | @JamwalNidhi #ONAIR #CleanAir #AirPollution #StubbleBurning #CropResidueManagement #SustainableAgriculture #SolutionsForCleanAir