A concession called SEZ, all for foreign exchange

Special Economic Zones barter away democracy

New mineral policy pushes privatization at people's cost

Problems behind the pugmarks

Translocating some lions from Gujarat's Gir sanctuary -- the home of the endangered Asiatic lion -- to the Kuno wildlife sanctuary in Madhya …

Revisiting Kalinganagar

Twice Unlucky

In 1962, it was the Indo-Chinese war. Now it is the creation of the Nanda Devi Biosphere Reserve. Once again, the Bhotiyas, who inhabit the …

In search of the missing

In the undivided Koraput district of Orissa, there exist 190 villages that have slowly been pushed off the map of India. Hurled by fast-track …

Landless poor march to Delhi. Then what?

Born at 44

Odisha village gets pattas after nearly half a century. Land reform programmes get jumpstart

Acquisition made easy

Swamphen vanishing from Bakhira lake

Misled about water

VidarbhaÔÇÖs farmers protest the Maharashtra governmentÔÇÖs attempt to build yet another thermal power plant by depriving …

The great wetland grab

Guwahati allows construction on wetlands, but will not spare poor settlers on hills. A photo narrative by Sayantan Bera

In search of the missing

In the undivided Koraput district of Orissa, there exist 190 villages that have slowly been pushed off the map of India. Hurled by fast-track …

Who messed it up?

Guwahati indicts poor settlers for flash floods, ignores damage on wetlands by construction work

Left in peace (L.I.P.)

Forget ideological shibboleths. The market is the great equaliser. Even politically

Tadoba tiger reserve An unsafe haven

Protest against Haripur nuclear plant in West Bengal

Under threat

A proposed dam is set to change the landscape in the Pindar ghati--host to the last free flowing tributary of the Alaknanda. Bharat Lal Seth …

India's poorest people live in the richest areas Comments from the dialogue on mining organised by CSE

A rose or a ladder?

Theirs to mine?

This is the question angry and beleaguered tribals in Orissa and Jharkhand are asking, as mining companies set up shop in the midst of their land …

Red said go

West Bengal's Left Front government is all set to displace farmers

Battle zone: Humans vs elephants

Afterwards, an eerie silence envelops the field. There is only the crop -- no longer standing -- and the heavy tread gouged in the mud. This is …

Why is the Left giving up Singur's arable land for Tata's cars?

Naxalism works