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Gods must be dazed

Author(s): Kumar Sambhav S...

@KumarSambhav_S , Anupam Chakravartty

Issue Date: Jun 15, 2013

Chaos in the iron age

Author(s): M Suchitra, Sugandh Juneja

@sugandh84

Issue Date: May 31, 2013

Also Cover Story: Bellary to bleed again Goa next Bellary case file Infographics: function minesgraph() { var popurl="http://www.downtoearth.org.in/themes/DTE/htm/mines_20130515.htm" winpops=window.open(popurl,"","width=500,height=775,scrollbars=yes") } Mines produce more than permitted Photo Gallery: Burdened by mines Goa after mining ban

Himalayan destruction

Author(s): S Kumar

Issue Date: Jan 31, 2013

THE Himalayas are virtually under bombardment—of dams. They would have the highest dam density in the world, with over a thousand water reservoirs dotting the mountain range in India, Bhutan, Nepal and Pakistan, over the next few years. These projects would have serious ecological and social impacts and would spell disaster for the biodiversity of the region. All this for the much-sought-after hydroelectricity, officially dubbed cleaner and cheaper.

Toxic punch: heavy use of pesticides depleting local fish and bird populations

Author(s): Sayantan Bera

@sayantanbera

Issue Date: Nov 3, 2012

An average Bengali meal is incomplete without fish, many of which are local varieties not found or grown outside West Bengal.

Irongate opened

Author(s): Sugandh Juneja

@sugandh84 , Anupam Chakravartty

Issue Date: Oct 15, 2012

Missing the grass for the trees

Author(s): Ghazala Shahabuddin

Issue Date: Sep 15, 2012

I looked out from the observation hut and took in the soothing vision of lush green grasslands in the autumnal light of an October evening. A male great Indian bustard (GIB) had been displaying in a bare patch, puffing out his neck feathers and bobbing his neck in synchrony with his impressive booming call. Just then, I saw two wolves trotting through the grass about 300 metres from the bustard.

A promising pathway

Author(s): Pushpam Kumar

Issue Date: Aug 15, 2012

Now that the Rio+20 summit is over, experts and the public at large have got busy analysing its outcome document. The media has already declared the conclave on sustainable development, held in the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro between June 20 and 22, a failure.