The elections to the Lok Sabha and other states, and the unusually hot summer. [...] The weeks running up to the elections, the process itself, and a review of the results will be discussed in the next issue of the IIC Quarterly. [...] We suffered the extended and blistering summer, and once again spoke of the enormity of climate change. [...] Three articles in this issue, on the Sundarbans by Pinaki roy, the river Teesta by the Late abhijay Karlekar, and birding by asani Bhaduri, are once again reminders of the urgent need to prioritise the environment and nature. [...] at the other end of the spectrum are the lives of waste pickers through the eyes of 50-year-old Baydabai who reckons she has spent 40 years in waste collection.
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