Elegy to the cotton farmer

Hello corporates, bye democracy

In the last decade or so, India has had an economic reforms regime, whose key mantras are privatisation and liberalisation. Our policy-makers …

Andamanese threatened by development

The indigenous population of the Andaman and Nicobar islands might very soon be extinct. Today the combined population of the four indigenous …

Food security is not charity

Give the poor a say in planning and executing drought relief works

Ways to weed parthenium out

Parthenium, a notorious weed, first sneaked into the country along with wheat grains imported from the us in the early 1950s. It has become a …

The holy book and the sacred list

The iucn' s Red List for prioritising species for protection is beset by serious flaws

Mission impossible

Can the UK juggle energy demands and Kyoto Protocol commitments

Tiger and Water

Lessons from Norse mythology

Past diversity, ecology and evolution have significant roles in conservation

Rs 4,000 crore vs Rs 10 crore

The emperor's new river-linking scheme is expensive

Biotechnology blueprint

Needs work before it can be a second infotech

At last

A bit of concerted action against artificial sweeteners

Demolish slums

But ensure good housing for all first

Tourism in Ranthambore is inimical to wildlife

Planters devils?

The debate over captive plantations for the paper industry rages like a prairie fire

Paper chase

PAPER is important, but so are forests. The proposal of the ministry for environment and forests to allow the paper industry to establish …

Does science need spiritualism?

At the time of Independence, India saw 'big' science and technology as the only way ahead. Perhaps with good reason. Fifty-odd years later, though,…

The haze is political

US scientists upto mischief on the eve of climate change talks?

Devolve further

Less populous and more homogenous, wards serve Panchayati Raj better

I paid through my skin

Only to find out that weight loss clinics are a sham

Miracles and methods

I once saw a miracle. It was near a ragged wall of broken rocks near Udaipur. One side of the wall had patches of yellowing grass, not taller …

Road to perdition for the Jarawas

The Andaman and Nicobar Islands in the Bay of Bengal are home to six tribal groups: the Nicobarese, the Shompens, the Great Andamanese, Onges, …

Doctored!

Ethics of science in practice

Heady days ahead?

Will cannabis be rethought fit for medical use?

People's power

Idukki district in Kerala shows that small hydel power plants can be profitable