The contours of repression

The government has consistently steamrolled opposition to the Sardar Sarovar project

Everybody coughs in Kumaon

... but the government has done nothing to monitor the prevalence of tuberculosis in the area.

Utterly unbutterly

Politicians dip their greasy palms into a successful cooperative venture to corner the cream

Woods for women

Poor rural women in India need easy access to and control over forests

Mean inheritance

Scavengery continues to remain one of society's ills in spite of laws created to abolish it

Pathogen paradigms

Foresight and planning are necessary to counter the new outbreaks of infectious diseases

Every drop counts

Better management systems hold the key to overcoming water scarcity

Patenting life

It's time to take a moral and ethical look at the human genome project initiated in India

Look what our neighbour is up to!

Myanmar has not sqandered its natural resources in an attempt to ape the West

ABC of environment education

The North's experiences in environment education are not useful for the South

Shrinking homes

The population of river dolphin has declined by 50 per cent since Independence

Stars in stripe

Is the ban on "tiger shows" at Kanha and Bandhavgarh really in interest of the big

When the state goes forestling

... people know that it is barking up the wrong tree

The dream remains confined to Garhwal

Feathers, nails, bones and blood!

Time has come for tribal medication to be revalidated

At the recieving end

Plastic Peril

Plastics are useful, but their use and disposal should be bound by a strong policy

Drying wetlands

Beyond the tigers of Sunderbans: A closer look at the leeches and the beautiful blue devil

Plugging the breaches

Can the people of the Sundarbans find a viable solution to the problem of flooding?

Wonderdrugs!

Misconceptions about steroids and the real reasons for their bad reputation

A thought for food

Experience shows that agriculture benefits far more from overall macro-economic reforms

A question of ethics

What does a doctor do when confronted with an hiv -positive case

The turmoil beneath

How landslides of the 1998 kind in Garhwal can be prevented

Inclement climate

Climate change discussions should focus on issues that are of importance to the South

Am I a junglee?

I don’t care about my looks, so why should you?