Empire destroyed India’s boom

Published on 27 March 2016. Empire destroyed India’s boom Kartar Lalvani misses the point in “What did the British ever do for India? Almost everything” (News Review, last week). It was the fabled riches of India that brought the British to India. Before their...

The language of greetings

Published in the Independent on 15 January 2016. The language of greetings Glasgow Central MP Alison Thewliss has suggested that handshakes should be replaced with first bumps to avoid the spread of germs (14 January). The origins of handshakes was to test the...

The effects of meat-eating on climate change.

On 29th December 2015, The Independent published the following letter from AIA Patron, Nitin Mehta MBE, about the effects of meat-eating on climate change. Dear Sir, The article by Tom Bawden (24 Dec), regarding the potential of mass migration and human suffering due...

GLOBAL THREAT FROM LIVESTOCK

GLOBAL THREAT FROM LIVESTOCK 29 December 2015 The article by Tom Bawden (24 December) on mass migration and human suffering due to global warming makes sobering reading. What is often overlooked is that the biggest cause of global warming is the methane gas produced...

Climate Change

The Independent asked its readers to suggest to the government for its green paper–ways of stopping climate change and ecological disaster. The following was published in the paper on 28th October. Sir: The Government should actively encourage people to give up...

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