India, Dec. 25 -- Albert Einstein once famously said, "Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe." Few lines capture our collective thinking and behaviour more aptly. Have we not inflicted enough environmental damage already that we now seem determined to wound ourselves further-by decimating the Aravallis, a landform that has existed for eons, long before the first human ever walked this earth? The Supreme Court approved redefinition of the Aravalli Hills has ignited a serious environmental controversy, with implications that extend far beyond cartographic precision. By adopting a new benchmark that recognises only landforms rising at least 100 metres above their local relief as "Aravall...