Home is where AIDS care is in Uganda
Instead of treating AIDS patients in hospitals, an organisation in Uganda is effectively extending health care to them in their own homes
The axe and human civilisation
The use and abuse of wood is a major theme in the history of humankind according to a new book, A Forest Journey
The wisdom of indigenous healers
Medicinal Plants of India - Vols I & II S K Jain and Robert A DeFillips Publisher: Reference Publications Price: US $94.95
Driving home a point without any solutions
Our Country, The Planet -- Forging a Partnership For Survival Shridath Ramphal Publisher: Island Press, Washington D.C. Price: US $15
Weaving a common destiny
The weavers of Kabir Basti had just two resources: wool and their own talent. With this they transformed their lives
Statehood first, ecology later
Jharkhand's leaders have successfully pressurised the Centre to consider granting autonomy to this region. But they have still not …
How green is the dollar?
WORLD DEVELOPMENT REPORT 1992- DEVELOPMENT AND THE ENVIRONMENT Publisher. OUP for the World Bank Price: Not stated
The grand old man of Kannada
SOME PEOPLE live in years, others in deeds. At 91, Kota Shivarama Karanth has done both. Journalist, litterateur, dramatist, playwright, …
The revolutionary who transformed health care
ZAFRULLAH Chowdhury draws inspiration as much from Hippocrates as from Mao Zedong. To the first, he owes his medical ideals and to the second, …
Chipko: an unfinished mission
In 20 years, Chipko has acquired many facets, primarily as a conservation endeavour by the poor, a struggle for local control of natural …
"There can be no development without women"
REACHING Doongri, a picturesque village perched 1,750 m above sea level in the Pindar valley in Chamoli district, is a daunting task. The nearest …