Death of a Neem tree

An open letter to the Prime Minister

Devolution is bankrupt

Now even the World Bank says money should flow to local bodies directly

Lake Manchar is dead

Pakistan's largest freshwater lake is drowned by effluents

Bamboo shoot

It is rich in nutrition as well as flavour

Sanitary by 2010

Participatory survey gives Bangladesh the confidence to prepone sanitation coverage target

A great sweep

Feisty women hill broom gatherers force the forest department to relent in a Orissa village

Worm wonder

Vermicompost has changed fortunes of farmers in a drought-prone Karnataka district

Human touch in credit

The growth of a women's group that moved from being a savings unit to a social voice

Hit for six

Kashmiri bat-makers face willow shortage

Success in a fistful of rice

Women come to the rescue of a village burdened by drought

Thinking out of a box

Recycling of tetra paks gets underway in Mumbai

Potent sleuths

In Taiwan, citizens turn pollution detectives

High on Chinese demand

Rampant illegal iron ore mining in Karnataka's Bellary district

Skeleton Lake

What happens when ice melts in the Roopkund tarn?

Wellbeing in Venice

Venice isn't just canals and aristocrats. anupam mishra gets off a gondola and stumbles into well workmanship and rainwater use

Stand up again

The tsunami is a chance to rebuild self-reliance and governance of the Nicobar Islands. suresh babu returns from the islands to tell nitin …

Optical camouflage may just be possible now

The ways of optical camouflage

Tsunami uncovers ancient sculptures in Mahabalipuram in Tamil Nadu

The tsunami uncovers ancient sculptures

Tilting at windmills

Us wind power project is held up by advocates of scenic beauty

Khoj: exploring spaces between art, science

Get on a diet coarse

50 years of dropping catches

At home in a cave

Mother's little helper

Agro-culture gets its due