Rice from dry river

Farmers in an arid Andhra Pradesh district revive traditional irrigation system to tide over drought

How to cure corruption in healthcare

Rx: Only an effective governing body, which includes medical and non-medical members, can stop the culture of kickbacks

Built to last

A Rajasthan village has cylindrical houses that help people cope with extreme weather events

Environment Day special: ACmageddon

Penny foolish, pond wise

Once parched, Dewas in Madhya Pradesh is now a lush green district

Forests for people

Newly democratic Bhutan pushes community forestry to tackle rural poverty  

Let the wind chase fire

Soligas of BR Hills say litter fire is the only way to salvage the sanctuary

A treasure too good to lose

Mexicans are fighting hard to save their traditional maize from the onslaught of GM hybrids and US exports

Channels of change

Two villages in Uttar Pradesh have reversed the trend of migration by digging six kilometres of channels to bring water to drought-hit farms

A Nationalised Nightmare

One of the main reasons given for nationalising the coalmines of India was to protect workers from accidents. What followed was large-scale …

Kerala's backwaters carry modern-day brunt

Their ecosystem is under threat but no one seems to care

Fatal attraction

Living with lions

Spam in fishing net

Good scheme in bad health

A little known community monitoring scheme could prove handy for the new government, which is readying to revamp the country's healthcare system

Out of favour

Focus on Alphonso has resulted in neglect of native mango varieties grown in the Western Ghats, some of which are on the brink of extinction

Tracking the elusive metallic spider

Sighted only twice in India since its discovery in 1899, the peacock spider is in huge demand as a pet in the West

Springing back to life

Two villages in Uttarakhand take lessons in hydrogeology to revive dry springs, end water conflict

Land of discord

Origin of the relentless strife in Bodoland lies in a series of blunders, right from colonial times

Banking on variety

Himachal villagers resist pine monoculture, reclaim forests for fodder

Loo and behold

Water ATM

Sarvajal makes clean drinking water accessible to people

Fish and a philosophy

A cooperative in Kolkata shows the way for urban sewage management

The anatomy of congestion

Travel today is relatively faster, and people across the world are travelling more than ever before. But at a giant cost: urban roads are choked …

High yields in Andhra's pesticide-free village