Letters - August 31, 2012

Organic elitism Big cities and towns are seeing a spurt in restaurants and shops selling all forms of organic products but the story of the livelihood of small farmers remains bleak (‘Organic universe’, July 16-31, 2012).

Letters - July 15, 2012

Politics of drought

Letters - May 31, 2012

Focus Rural The interview, “Tribal philosophy can’t be ignored beyond a point” (April 1-15, 2012), is highly relevant in the context of the ongoing conflict between development and tribal philosophy. Mahatma Gandhi was the first pre- and post-Independence politician and social activist to comprehend the importance of rural way of life. He wanted the state to protect it.

Letters - April 30, 2012

Give coffee a chance

The civil spring

It is a spring India’s civil society will remember for a long time. A series of government and judicial pronouncements this February has created a flutter among non- government organisations (NGOs) and activists working on key governance issues.

Grand distraction called river interlinking

Managing lakes

The Kirloskar Group is all set to play God.

'People's plan solved water crisis in Dhule'

Divisional Commissioner of Aurangabad Bhaskar Mundereceived this year's Vasantrao Naik Pratishthan's Jalsanwardhan Puraskar for his contribution to agriculture by linking of rivers in Dhule district at no cost. He spoke to Ramesh Raut. Excerpts On linking of rivers in Dhule

Polavaram project in legal wrangle

The multi-crore Polavaram project in Andhra Pradesh is currently embroiled in legal issues. But now, the project is being contested on technical issues as well. A study carried out by the International Water Management Institute (iwmi), an international non-profit research and development organization, has questioned the fundamental basis on which the project was designed.

Rains at bay

the proposed plan to link 37 major rivers in India may hit the very source of precipitation for these rivers.