Never equal

What does development-engineered displacement mean for the other half?

A critical appraisal

Water of life

Watershed management emerges as an effective ecological conservation method

Do or die development

Under siege

The Adyar creek and estuary in Chennai is falling victim to 'development'

DEVELOPMENT BLUES

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Silent communication

New computer software uses an eye-tracking device to type letters

Proactive technique

Bullock cart in its new avatar

Ideal for carrying agricultural produce and transport in rural areas

Control, alt(er) or we shift

Circuit breaker

it in India has failed to connect people to the information they want

Participatory pangs

Local governments and the problem of development programmes

Consumers for bytes

The Net administration is changing rapidly to serve business interests

Airport expands

At Jaipur residents' cost

What rural facilities are prevalent in your state?

DTE’s analysis of data from the Union rural development ministry produces an interesting map of the Indian villages; follow the …

Toiling unsung

Rural women manage the family and the field, yet most development programmes target just the male farmer

For a fairer science

science and policy-oriented research has in recent decades had to address knowledge systems hitherto considered marginal to the mainstream …

Pouring prosperity

The micro-watershed development project in Maharashtra has put a stop to what was earlier an annual ritual of deserting the drought-prone …

Foreclosure of a Dream?

The Adarsh Gaon Yojana was set up to empower some 300 villages in Maharashtra. After eight long years, it is yet to show results. The people …

Capturing imagination of stakeholders National Rural Employment Guarantee Act

BOOK>> Capturing Imagination of Stakeholders National Rural Employment Guarantee Act by K S Gopal Centre for Environment Concerns (CEC) …

Only plans, no integration

Prize of hard work

'Environment is not a matter of luxury; it is one of survival'

Down To Earth Editor Sunita Narain, named as one of the 100 most influential people by TIME magazine, calls for support to environmentalism …