
Plastic waste dumped across a green Himalayan hillside
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A large accumulation of plastic waste and other discarded materials is visible on a grassy hillside in the Himalayan region of India.
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Sapna Bhatia on India's western desert flora, the vilayati keekar or Prosopis juliflora problem on the Delhi Ridge, Kupi luwak and the civet coffee and other stories from the Indian cultural, food and foraging landscapes. Kair is used to be achaar and the sangri subzi vegetable, from the caper family, or Capparis decidua or sepiaria. When the Capparis sees its existence is in trouble, it flowers extra much, and seeds all the more as well. "Akal says I will come seven times this year, and the Capparis says I will flower seven times". When villagers see the tree flowering, they know it will be a drought year. My friends from Spain told me we could cure the fruit like Olives! Sapna Bhatia, ace desert botanist tells us that this tree reduces cholesterol, has selnium, magnesium and other very g
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