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How did you choose the title?The book is about a conflict of ideas and interests, and often the interests are driven by the ideas that people have, and the reality that people are living. That is what all the chapters show. It is about contested realities. Two things that come out from this book that should help us reflect on the future — China EPTFE waterproof and breathable composite material if you want to really win in tomorrow’s and today’s world on any of these issues, it has to be a very scientifically-contested debate. The core is science. But, then there is such an entrenched group. I wouldn’t even call it conflict of interests in commercial terms.

 It is an entrenched world view. Take pesticides. They have taken a view that pesticides are good for agriculture. It took us 20 years to get Indian scientists to actually accept that pesticides are toxins that could have health impacts.There is a powerful sentence in your book. "Air pollution — and in fact environmental degradation — is a great leveller. Even if we think that we can "run" away from pollution by moving to greener areas in our cities with less traffic, it does not work." Why is it so difficult for people to grasp this?This is because environmentalism as an idea has come from the West. And in the West, environmentalism has been differently situated and discussed differently from issues of inclusiveness and equity and justice. The environmentalism of the rich has been of garbage cleaners — first you pollute, and then you clean up.

 Whereas in our context, the environmentalism has to be different. You can’t live in a rich part of Delhi, not even Lutyen’s Delhi and believe that air pollution will not affect you. You can’t have air purifiers at home and say, "I am safe". You will not be safe. The answer to air pollution is energy for all. Because if there is a poor woman who continues to use cooking fuel which is biomass, it is going to kill her, but it is also going to pollute the same common air-shed. The fact is that inclusive growth is going to be critical for environmentalism in our world. I want people to understand the different notions of environmentalism.