Natural injustice

Ignoring ecosystem services will only push us to a faster ecological crisis

Slow train coming

The real picture of the economy says, be grounded THE aviation industry in India has been hit directly by the rising fuel price and a slump economy. The Times of India reported there were 18.5 per cent fewer flyers this September compared to last September. It is obvious that all the private airlines that mushroomed over the past few years are in the worst kind of turbulence. Middle class Indians, who were forced to become high flyers, have now started queuing up for slower trains.

Mobility empowers

Automobility enervates, because more cars mean more congestion, less mobility

Poverty as a posture?

The road to next climate negotiation turns hostile as some developing nations are upgraded

Travesty of public purpose

State governments offer incredulous incentives to lure Tata in the last few days Maharashtra and West Bengal witnessed two diametrically opposite developments. In Maharashtra, for the first time in the history of this country, affected farmers voted in a referendum on the upcoming Reliance special economic zone (sez). Initial results suggest that the majority voted against the sez. In Singur,

Talking agriculture

The terms in which India's agrarian crisis is discussed ensure that there is no solution a balanced, neutral story with both sides covered does not always the truth tell. But it is not easy to fit in people with several perspectives into a television studio. Much less when it involves commentary on live news that has to fit between breaks for commercials. The farmer's story did not stand much of a chance in the days of programmes like Krishi Darshan when Doordarshan was the only

Ask no questions, just pay the water bill

Consumers have no say in the bad plans made in their name

Prescription done, how about the cure?

When economic agenda governs public health, you get clichs instead of solutions

Himalayan blunder

Dam makers rake in the moolah irrespective of the amount of electricity projects generate TWO issues back this magazine had done a detailed analysis of the wind energy sector in the country. We told you how wind turbines were being installed in increasing numbers, but performed at a dismal level and generated electricity far lesser than their potential. The policy gave incentive only to installation and very little to actual generation. In this issue we analyze the business of dams: the hydroelectricity sector. And the findings are, if anything, even more shocking.

Future shock, this?

Prince Charles turns the heat on genetic modification