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Mint Hyderabad
|June 10, 2025
From quick commerce's impact on our diets to collective action for clean air, there's a lot on Luke Coutinho's mind
When American millionaire and longevity advocate Bryan Johnson called out India's air pollution problem on social media in early February, it was received by typical wringing of hands accompanied with breathless headlines. For Mumbai-based integrative lifestyle expert Luke Coutinho, it was just the wake-up call the country needed. In an open letter addressed to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and PM Narendra Modi, he'd written, "The air we breathe is no longer just air—it is harming our lungs, our hearts, and our future. We cannot ignore this any longer." In the letter, he exhorted everyone from parents and educators to fitness trainers and influencers on the need for collective action to demand "clean air, clean water, and clean food."
This story is from the June 10, 2025 edition of Mint Hyderabad.
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