Dehradun, Oct. 13 -- The Planetary-Boundaries shown on map

Around the World with the Most Travelled Indian

Scientists use a term called 'tipping points'. We also call it the 'point of no return' or if you want to be a little poetic, then it's the Rubicon for you. From this point, the fate of any particular person, thing or action is decided and you can't go back, even should you wish to. Scarily enough, these very scientists have defined certain planetary boundaries and quantified them in order to show where we are presently in terms of being within some of those boundaries, in flirting with a few and in blatantly crossing the red line with the rest.

As it turns out there are 9 such planetary boundaries that were defined around 16 year...