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Somewhere in Chile's Atacama Desert, the driest place on Earth, a woman named Sonia Ramos Chocobar walks the land her grandmother once mapped. She traces the paths lagoon by lagoon, landmark by landmark. The lagoons her grandmother named have vanished. The flamingos that once gathered in their thousands have dwindled. The underground springs that fed her people's ceremonies and crops are now drained at hundreds of litres per second into vast evaporation ponds. These ponds, le

India is racing toward an electric future with strong government support. Tax rebates, FAME-II subsidies, reduced GST, and the ₹10,900 crore PM E-DRIVE scheme make electric vehicles (EVs) more affordable and accessible than ever. On the surface, this looks like a major step forward for sustainability and climate action. Yet, beneath this progress lies a troubling reality few discuss openly.