<div dir="ltr">Dear Vandana and colleagues,<div><br></div><div>Thanks for the nice article on being a good ancestor. For those interested about the increasingly important role of South Asia in shaping global environmental discourse, I am attaching my latest article in Cell Press journal "Once Earth" which will appear on 22nd Jan. It uses our work on reactive nitrogen (if you remember my TACC webinar months ago) and traces the Indian and South Asian developments alongside the global developments to show our region's growing prominence and potential for future environmental stewardship, if not global leadership.</div><div><br></div><div>Best wishes,</div><div>Raghuram<br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><p style="font-size:12.8px;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><font face="arial narrow, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9pt;color:red">*************************************************************************</span><span style="font-size:9pt"></span></font></p><p style="font-size:12.8px;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><font face="arial narrow, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:9pt;color:rgb(31,21,229)">Prof. N. Raghuram,</span></b><b><span style="font-size:7pt;color:rgb(31,21,229)">Ph.D</span></b><b><span style="font-size:7pt;color:rgb(54,95,145)">.</span></b><span style="font-size:9pt"></span></font></p><p style="font-size:12.8px;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><font face="arial narrow, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:9pt;color:rgb(64,64,64)">School of Biotechnology, GGS Indraprastha University</span></b><span style="font-size:9pt;color:rgb(64,64,64)">,</span><span style="font-size:9pt;color:rgb(64,64,64)"></span></font></p><p style="font-size:12.8px;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><font face="arial narrow, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9pt;color:rgb(64,64,64)">Sector 16C, Dwarka, New Delhi - 110078, INDIA.</span><span style="font-size:9pt;color:rgb(64,64,64)"></span></font></p><p style="font-size:12.8px;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><font face="arial narrow, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9pt;color:rgb(64,64,64)">Emails:</span><span style="font-size:9pt;color:rgb(68,68,68)"> </span><span style="font-size:9pt;color:rgb(31,21,229)"><a href="mailto:raghuram98@hotmail.com" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(0,104,207)">raghuram98@hotmail.com</span></a>, <a href="mailto:raghuram@ipu.ac.in" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(0,104,207)">raghuram@ipu.ac.in</span></a></span><span style="font-size:9pt"></span></font></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><font face="arial narrow, sans-serif" style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:9pt;color:rgb(64,64,64)">web:</span><span style="font-size:9pt;color:rgb(68,68,68)"> </span></font><font color="#0068cf" face="Arial Narrow, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12px"><u><a href="http://www.ipu.ac.in/usbt/btraghumain.php" target="_blank">http://www.ipu.ac.in/usbt/btraghumain.php</a></u></span></font></p><p style="font-size:12.8px;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><font face="arial narrow, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9pt;color:rgb(64,64,64)">Phones: (91-11) 2530 2308</span><span style="font-size:9pt;color:rgb(64,64,64)"></span></font></p><p style="font-size:12.8px;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><font face="arial narrow, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9pt;color:red">*************************************************************************</span><span style="font-size:9pt"></span></font></p><p style="font-size:12.8px;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><font face="arial narrow, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9pt;color:rgb(64,64,64)">Chair, <a href="http://initrogen.org" target="_blank">International Nitrogen Initiative</a></span></font></p><p style="font-size:12.8px;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><font face="arial narrow, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9pt;color:rgb(64,64,64)">Editor-in-Chief,</span><span style="font-size:9pt;color:rgb(68,68,68)"> </span><span style="font-size:9pt;color:rgb(31,21,229)"><a href="http://www.springer.com/12298" target="_blank">Physiology and Molecular Biology of Plants</a></span><span style="font-size:9pt"></span></font></p><p style="font-size:12.8px;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="color:rgb(64,64,64);font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif;font-size:9pt;line-height:13.8px">SC Member, UNEP </span><a href="http://nutrientchallenge.org/" style="font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif;font-size:9pt;line-height:13.8px" target="_blank">Global Partnership on Nutrient Management</a></p><p style="font-size:12.8px;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><font face="arial narrow, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9pt;color:rgb(64,64,64)">Co-Investigator, <a href="https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=NE%2FS009019%2F1" target="_blank">UKRI-GCRF South Asian Nitrogen Hub</a></span><span style="font-size:9pt;color:rgb(64,64,64)"></span></font></p><p style="font-size:12.8px;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><font face="arial narrow, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9pt;color:rgb(64,64,64)">Trustee, </span></font><font face="arial narrow, sans-serif" style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:9pt;color:rgb(64,64,64)"><a href="https://www.sustainableindiatrust.org/" target="_blank">SIT</a>, </span></font><span style="color:rgb(64,64,64);font-family:"arial narrow",sans-serif;font-size:12px">President,</span><span style="color:rgb(64,64,64);font-family:"arial narrow",sans-serif;font-size:12px"> </span><a href="http://scon-iari.org/" style="font-family:"arial narrow",sans-serif;font-size:12px" target="_blank">SCON</a><span style="color:rgb(64,64,64);font-family:"arial narrow",sans-serif;font-size:12px">, </span><span style="color:rgb(64,64,64);font-family:"arial narrow",sans-serif;font-size:12px">Vice President, </span><a href="http://phssfoundation.org/" style="font-family:"arial narrow",sans-serif;font-size:12px" target="_blank">PHSSFSS</a></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Jan 15, 2021 at 10:41 PM <<a href="mailto:singhvan@rcn.com">singhvan@rcn.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div><div style="font-family:"times new roman","new york",times,serif;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font face="times new roman, new york, times, serif"><span style="font-size:12pt">Dear All, </span></font><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"times new roman","new york",times,serif;font-size:12pt"><br></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"times new roman","new york",times,serif;font-size:12pt">I thought you might be interested in this news article about teaching people to think long-term.  I've tried similar approaches in my classes and have also done workshops on speculative futurism.  An 'anticipatory competence' seems to be crucial for surviving and planning in an uncertain world. It would be interesting to share thoughts, critiques and ideas on this subject. What are the possibilities, benefits, gaps and flaws of the idea described in the article? </div><div><font face="times new roman, new york, times, serif"><a href="https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/10/30/opinion/how-be-good-ancestor/" target="_blank">https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/10/30/opinion/how-be-good-ancestor/</a></font></div><div><font face="times new roman, new york, times, serif">An extract is below. </font></div><div><font face="times new roman, new york, times, serif">Thanks, </font></div><div><font face="times new roman, new york, times, serif">Vandana</font></div><div><div style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 16px"><p style="font-size:18px;line-height:1.8;font-family:Georgia,Times,"Times New Roman",serif;margin:20px auto;max-width:50%"><span>Wittingly or not, Washington had identified a fundamental flaw in democracy: that the billions upon billions of people who will inhabit the future and will be impacted by our choices have no political voice. They are granted no rights or representation. Their interests can’t compete with the cut and thrust of a presidential election or the short-term cycles of 24/7 media. And since they’re not here, they can’t take direct action by leaping in front of the king’s horse like an English suffragette or staging a sit-in like a civil rights activist.</span></p></div><div style="margin:0px 16px"><div id="gmail-m_-5758707562359938890ad_position_ad_inarticle1" style="margin-bottom:40px;margin-top:40px;width:1199.33px;box-sizing:border-box;border:0px;color:rgb(118,118,118);clear:both;text-align:center"><p style="font-size:11px;line-height:1.8;font-family:BentonSansCond,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;max-width:100%"></p></div><p style="font-size:18px;line-height:1.8;font-family:Georgia,Times,"Times New Roman",serif;margin:20px auto;max-width:50%"><span>But the future is getting a voice in ingenious new ways.</span></p><p style="font-size:18px;line-height:1.8;font-family:Georgia,Times,"Times New Roman",serif;margin:20px auto;max-width:50%"><span>The Japanese town of Yahaba, population 27,000, is unremarkable except for the fact that it is home to one of the most pioneering and horizon-stretching experiments in the history of modern democracy.</span></p></div></div></div></div>

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