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Wikipedia went offline on January 18 to protest the proposed anti-piracy laws in the US. In India, Facebook and Google are facing prosecution for hosting objectionable content. The two moves have again triggered the debate over Internet freedom. Down To Earth takes a look at the significance of the Internet in today’s interconnected world and the threats it faces

Science meets fiction

Down To Earth invites sci-fi buffs and writers to take its readers on a guided tour of the world of science fiction

Time-out

Negotiations in Durban were heated as the world searched for new ways to drastically reduce greenhouse gas emissions

The battle for a strong Lokpal

As the showdown between Anna Hazare and Centre begins what implications does it have for the relationship between the government and non-government organisations

Reporter’s Diary

Goa's dark side

Hidden from public eye, miners and politicians are ravaging Goa's forests and drinking water reservoirs, finds Sugandh Juneja

Ami’s dirty picture

The river Ami in district Gorakhpur, once known for its water that tasted as sweet as mangoes is today a receptacle of filth, sewage and industrial effluents, reports Bharat Lal Seth

Scientist meets bumpkin

Aparna Pallavi on what happens when farmers' innovations are brought to the notice of agriculture scientists

A hard rain’s falling

Sayantan Bera tells the story of a man and a state, paralysed inside the remote islands of Sundarbans

Gorakhpur's deadly curse

The Japanese encephalitis virus and enterovirus cannot be tackled unless the administration cleans up its act, observes Sonal Matharu

Tiger tour operators' incidental love: tribals

Kumar Sambhav Shrivastava's take on tour operators' claim that tourism in core areas of reserves is good for tribals

Editorial

Sunita Narain

Why excreta matters

Interview

‘No need to decommission Mullaperiyar dam’

Columns

Latha Jishnu

Small brother is watching you

Food

Gulp it down the cool way

Book Review

My genetic profile

Photo Gallery

Auto Expo 2012 makes a green statement

Blogs

No Kodak moments any more

Durban turning futile as EU buries head in sand

Let states decide

Indian Science Congress: time for makeover

Importing Disaster

Only plans, no integration

Kingfisher and Cronies

Four hops on Facebook

Crosscurrents

Profile

Food Blog


	Assam on a platter I have been hooked to Assamese food since school days when a friend took me to her home in Guwahati during vacation. For a perpetually hungry hosteller, the boiled rice paired with yellow lentil seasoned in hot mustard oil spluttered with a bay leaf... Read full story