Counter Productive
The post-Pokhran sanctions on Indian scientific institutions by the West could be a blessing in disguise for the country and its scientists
Convenient yardstick
Despite its disproportionately large carbon emissions, the US wants proportionate restrictions on the developing countries
Resurrecting a tradition
The tank system in India needs to be revived to maintain water reserves. This can be achieved through a central body such as the National Tank …
A kill for life
While whales must be conserved as a rare species, hunting the marine mammals is felt necessary for maintaining ecological balance
"Hello, there are leftovers"
The environmental costs of development projected by a World Bank study may be staggering, but a lot has been left unaccounted for
Wanted: a green spin doctor
Although considered a sensitive pressure group, the British Green Party badly needs to recover from languor and gain gloss
False start
Pollution control agencies are as toothless as the automobile and fuel industry is apathetic to deteriorating urban air quality
Losing ground
Across the world, the deserts are advancing, threatening the lives and livelihoods of about one billion people
Everybody wants to be green
Politicians and businessmen appear concerned about the environment these days. Their speeches and interviews are laced with expressions like '…
What price the constitution?
Breakthroughs in genetic engineering have led to questions on the ethics of suchexperiments. Should scientists alone be steering the decision-…
The Net profit
Today the Internet gives people a new voice as well the power to use it. People are communicating directly with government officials and …
Making a start
Ground realities alone will determine the future of Himalayan biodiversity and the people of the area
Catching viruses
Brand new infectious maladies such as Jacobson's disease have begun to plague the world, despite better sanitation and medication in developed …
Caught by the horns
The closure of the Idgah abattoir gets under the skins of meat eaters in the Capital, who have turned into unwilling vegetarians
When the birds come home
A symbiosis between bird and man provides a welcome winter home for the blacknecked crane, rediscovered in India after four decades
And miles to go before we meet
The North-South divide is not a fabrication: for three-fourths of the world, it is a fact of daily existence. Ignoring it will not make it …
Litany of disillusionment
Ravaged by ethnic strife, environmental disaster and crushing poverty, Ethiopians anticipate an uncertain future.
Global lungs or firewood for the poor?
Indiscriminate felling of trees to meet human and animal needs is not only depleting India's forest wealth at an alarming rate, but also …
Writer's block
Science journalism in India suffers from a lack of understanding among writers and a reluctance on the part of scientists to explain their work
Opium dreams lull most youth in UP district
Opium and its derivatives hold almost complete sway over the lives of most of the youth of Uttar Pradesh's Ghazipur district, where the Union …
Catch a tiger by its pug
Accurate tiger census methodology assumes significance in the context of the recent controversy over the declining number of tigers in the Indian …
Superheroes of Manila's traffic
Converted World War II vintage jeeps, called jeepneys in the Philippines, are the most popular mode of public transport in Manila. They are …
Looking beyond hype and nostalgia
To most modern Indian writers, the environment means trees, birds and animals -- and human beings, in aesthetic or metaphysical communion with them.
Arunachal's green could soon turn brown
Acquiring prime forest land near town and highway and then selling it at an exorbitant price has become routine in the state
Child weavers toil till the day is done
Trapped and exploited by dollar-hungry exporters, a child carpet-weaver's work ends when the sun goes down. Only then is he free to have his …