蜜芽传媒

Insight, wit and analysis from 蜜芽传媒 correspondents, journalists and writers from around the world. Introduced by Pascale Harter

India thirsting

Many of India's faiths hold water, or water courses, to be sacred - from the great River Ganges to innumerable local shrines. But when it comes to water as a daily necessity, a resource needed for farming, cooking and cleaning, there's much less reverence - but even more intensity. In places from the holy ghats of Varanasi, to the fields of Rajasthan and the city slums of Delhi, Jill McGivering has been seeing just how hard life can be when the wells and taps run dry.

Seoul sweltering

The South Korean government is keen to sell itself as 'green' - preserving water, air and soil quality wherever it can. Part of that drive is expressed in measures to save energy, like limiting the use of air-conditioning and heating in government offices. But what about quality of life for its employees, though?

Lucy Williamson recently hosted a visitor whose quest for somewhere cool and comfortable revealed what happens when strong energy-saving initiatives meet even stronger social ideas about appropriate dress...

(Image: Indian women watch their children swim in the River Ganges in Varanasi, India. Credit: AP Photo / Rajesh Kumar Singh)