In my kindergarten days, we learnt that the Indian subcontinent undergoes six seasons, with the approximate duration of each being two months. These are as follows: spring, summer, monsoons, early autumn, late autumn & winter.

Environmental issues have received so much of attention in the past few years. They have been discussed, youth have been involved, emphasis is laid upon use of renewable sources, rainwater harvesting, forestation and the list continues.

Like most people, the River Yamuna did not constitute the core of my thoughts and imagination of life in the capital city of India for a very long time. A five-year residence, sprinkled liberally with numerous visits to pubs and glittering shopping malls on one hand and to “intellectually stimulating” seminars and discussions in the elite institutions of the city on...