Nature sends us no bill, so we ignore it in our decisions: Bhaskar Vira

Q&A with Reader, University of Cambridge

Bhaskar Vira teaches at the department of geography and is a fellow of Fitzwilliam College, University of Cambridge. He is also director of the University of Cambridge Conservation Research Institute. He tells Aditi Phadnis about the need to incorporate ecological wisdom into our everyday decision making.

Last week four Tibetan monks held prayers alongside the Naini lake, where mounds of dead fish were piled up because the water in the lake is drying up. But isn’t the matter beyond prayer? All over India, hills are facing an acute shortage of water. What is the solution?

I’m always a little wary