Dam of defiance

The Chikkapaclasolagi barrage, on the River Krishna in Karnataka, is said to be the country's first "people's dam". But having built …

A great panic

Overextended banks crashing, leading to recession. 1873 revisited

Spring in a box

A village in Maharashtra solves its water crisis by building underground boxes to tap spring water

Orchards in desert

A simple technology assures continuous moisture supply to plants, helps grow orchards in water-scarce areas

Throat balm

Rasam soothes aching throats and upset tummies

Temples of doom

The Mayans penchant for building places of worship brought their downfall

Rogues tamed

In a unique operation, forest departments of two states use trained elephants to capture crop-raiding tuskers in the forests of southern Maharashtra

India's climate dilemma

Will India toe the US line of capping carbon emissions from farming?

Water stress

With about 4 per cent of the water resources of the world, India should have been a water-adequate nation. However, in 2011 India turned into a …

How Shell drums created music history

A date with the Valley

Migratory birds flock to Kashmir despite the damage caused to wetlands by flood

Underwater ship graves

Seventy years after the largest seaborne invasion in history, World War II shipwrecks still pose environmental risks

Call of the wild

Wild foods are a way of life for many tribal communities. Sadly, they are being muscled out by cereals and cash crops

Energy wise, resource foolish

Most eco-friendly claims of Indira Paryavaran Bhawan are hogwash

Tourists, not trash

How a popular tourist destination in Sikkim became the first village in India to ban bottled water and manage the trash left behind by tourists, …

Last pangolins

The world is running out of time to save its only scaly mammal

Fishing in new waters

Fisherfolk in Odisha try their hand at dairy and poultry farming

The secret gardens of Malabar

An English translation has been made exactly 300 years after the Hortus Malabricus was written, new, sinister designs seem to lurking behind it - …

Flush, but don't forget

Death Inside The Factory Gates

Asbestos makes homes, but it also causes cancer. The "indestructible" substance is increasingly being cast aside by developed countries,…

Rooted to earth

India's disregarded wolves

The king of dry grasslands has nowhere to go

At atom's mercy

A treaty that prevents WHO from reporting on effects of nuclear radiation

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