Greta Thunberg vs Vinisha Umashankar: How Indian innovation outshines western outrage & alarmism for climate action

In the global conversation on climate change, two young women from different continents have become symbols of youth engagement. Greta Thunberg, the Swedish activist who began school strikes in 2018, rose to fame with fiery speeches accusing world leaders of stealing childhoods and failing through “empty words” and “blah blah blah”. Vinisha Umashankar (sometimes misspelled Vanisha), from Tiruvannamalai in Tamil Nadu, India, designed a solar-powered ironing cart at age 12 and at 15, told COP26 le

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