We cannot turn the clock back

The need of the hour is to reconcile apparently irreconcilable interests

In Search of the Forgotten Rice Varieties

If the current trend towards genetic uniformity in rice varities continues, our food security will be severely imperilled

Green cussedness, anyone?

They did the impossible on land that held no hope

Another plague in the offing

The rash of leptospirosis cases in Mumbai during the current monsoon points towards the gradual breakdown of health services in burgeoning …

Chulhas vs LPG: Which is the cleaner fuel?

Five experts debate the economics, science, efficiency and effects on women's health...

Fortifying ecofront

Can existing constitutional safeguards adequately address the environmental concerns?

Where have all the sparrows gone?

Looks as if they are going the way of the dodo

Economy created by NREGA threatens a way of life

Double trouble in Bundelkhand

The cheap car spin-off

Sting in the tale

Judicial excessivism

A tiger in your bank

Fight over non-existent biscuits

The many-straw revolution

People’s power v thermal power

Sompeta shows people’s resolve to protect wetlands

A bad example from the US

A public sector technology transfer bill focuses exclusively on patenting

For common sense

Down To Earth articles on shahtoosh and Veerappan provoke comment. We decided to excerpt them. But first, the editor's rejoinder

Long road to justice

The new land acquisition bill promises much but has little to ensure delivery

Permitting wildlife science

Forest permissions haunt wildlife research

An urge to act

Will the new animal welfare Act balance interests of animals and humans?

Industries get long rope to rein pollution

There is a green tinge to Manmohan Singh's proposals, but he has failed to counter fallouts from liberalisation, such as waste from the food-…

Cupfuls of misery

Nothing more than a vote-catcher, Andhra Pradesh's cheap rice scheme has resulted in an ecological disaster in its drought-prone areas

A policy that kills!

The government's fuel pricing policy is the very essence of irrationality

Prince Charles' organic passion!

Organic farming gets royal patronage in England