Fair distribution

Women's self-help groups run ration shops in Chhattisgarh

Varsha-GD

Panchayat s in Karnataka can now gauge rainfall

Fag end not near

The battle against tobacco consumption may just have begun

Surviving time

Tamarind paste, mud burial or klih : these preserved manuscripts

Proper channel online

Software helps Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation tackle public complaints more efficiently

In deep water

A national programme on restoring waterbodies is mired in flaws

Young states push for growth, ignore environment

The relatively younger states in India are making a big push for industrialisation. In the process, they are eating into fertile agricultural land,…

DIRTY SEX

Every 10 years, the census of India comes out with a damning statistic: the country's abysmal female-male ratio. As per the 2001 census, there …

Scripting a struggle

Tribals fight for the right to write their way

The rare blood groups

Shelf Destruct

URGENT CALL

The morning after

Human excreta is rich in soil nutrients. In a year, one person craps 4.56 kg of nitrogen (n), 0.55 kg phosphorus (p) and 1.28 kg potassium (k)&…

Double take

Scientists are flocking to Umri village in Allahabad district to study the reason it has so many twins. But ALOK GUPTA unravels the twin troubles …

Oil at sea

The forbears of BP’s recent oil spill at the Gulf of Mexico

Not ready for swine flu

With over 600 deaths this season, experts say India needs more research on the H1N1 virus before it is in a position to combat the flu

Helpline for birds

Meet the brothers in Old Delhi who treat birds maimed by kite strings

New insight into Africa's history

So much to give

A village in Kerala, encouraged by its progressive library, leads the way in organ donation

Climbers on call

Trained to climb palms, they revive Kerala’s coconut industry

A new Northeast magazine

Grassroots Options is about development or the lack of it in the northeast

One big family

As we peek into our past, the number of our ancestors seems to double in every generation. For every human being has two parents, four …

Sourcing water from fog

Humans usually source water from rivers, wells, ponds or underground aquifers. All these sources are ultimately fed by rain (scientists prefer …

Just use it

The fibre of the banana tree is a sustainable resource to manufacture paper

Mastering wildlife

A non-governmental organisation starts a post-graduate course on conservation