Managing Editor, Down To Earth. He has been associated with the fortnightly since 1997 and has written extensively on rural affairs and development matters
Chocolate's sal connection
Richard Mahapatra reveals how a chocolate supports people in forests
Panchayat civil servants, not yet
States want them, but not willing to spend on their salaries
A real disaster
Rich states, fewer disasters, more calamity relief fund
On delicate ground
Demand to amend Forest Conservation Act looms large over talks between Naxalites and AP
Devolution is bankrupt
Now even the World Bank says money should flow to local bodies directly
Devolution meet a damp squib
Precious little achieved as states resist financial empowerment of panchayats