Illicit Staple
Ritual offering, survival food, index of sophistication: what's pagan about northeast India's penchant for wild meat?
The Lewa Conservation Way
In East Africa,meat and tusk are livelihood for many. In this milieu, Lewa, Kenya shows how community involvement aids conservation
Taxman's hedge
Searching for the great hedge in the UK, Dileep Chinchalker uncovers the story of a hedge that ran from Torbela near Rawalpindi to Calcutta in …
A date with the palm
Savvy Soumya Misra spends a day with Mahoba’s palm collectors to find out why a card touches a raw chord amongst them
Little boxes of herbs
SUMANA NARAYANAN finds a 125-year-old shop selling herbal medicines in the lanes of Chennai
Left to quacks
Unauthorized medical practitioners find business where Bihar’s health machinery deserts polio victims
Potters’ wisdom for last journey
Agents Of Change, Animal Dung, Bihar, Scientists, Forest Conservation, Traditional Knowledge
Supermarket on a cart
IIM alumnus’ mantra for vegetable retailing—involve vendors, families
Potato test for government
The crash in potato price is triggering a wave of suicides in several states. Will the NDA government's ambitious Price Stabilisation Fund help …
Comfort backpack
An improved plucking basket promises to alleviate muscular pain and fatigue, two major health problems faced by tea garden workers
Mass death decoded
Environmental contamination and extreme weather events are responsible for most die-offs among animals, a new study suggests
Cleaning the suds
A study claims that surfactants found in soaps and detergents pose little risk to the environment. But is that true?
Keep the sunny side up
India plans to produce 22 gigawatt of solar power by 2022. But the country can harness much more solar energy if people start using solar-powered …
Ecotourism on the wing
Uttarakhand strikes a balance between conservation and employment by institutionalising birdwatching camps, says Ghazala Shahabuddin,who attended …
Brief history of a line
The official definition of poverty keeps changing. A look at how the concept evolved Illustrations: Sorit
Say hello to eco-justice
Jharkhand introduces e-trials and e-mulakats to save fuel, connect prisoners with families
Forgotten healers
Traditional medicine system has time and again proved its worth. Then why the cold shoulder?
A delicious affair
During a trekking trip to the Himalayan region of Uttarakhand, Chandra Prakash Kala discovers the succulent kafal fruit, which has found its way …
The Bandipur-Brazil corridor
In Bandipur: dung sold at Rs 3,000 a lorry load.In Brazil: a ravaged coffee crop. Asks nitin sethi : what's the relation?
Sewage power
Mumbai's Rashtriya Chemicals and Fertilizers recycles sewage to run the cooling towers of its plants
Coconut courier service
The economy of a village is built around coconuts—delivered free to a shrine via buses
Embodied energy demystified
Building materials are much more energy-intensive than perceived. India lags in taking steps to reduce their use
Insured by community
Death of a tribal woman in Madhya Pradesh prompts community to provide speedy insurance benefits to women during emergencies
Security threat to hornbill
Armed with a feather and a memory, Vivek Ramachandran pitches for saving the last 300 Narcondam hornbills from radar station