Paradise lost

Care for cover

A highway in Karnataka stands testimony to the efforts invested by a couple in the environment

Banking on self-help

Chhotaudepur has devised a successful collective water management system: water banks

Ropeways of solidarity

The women of Kangra in Himachal Pradesh have crossed the bridge to freedom that comes from collective action

Fanning the flame of science

At a recent convention held in the Capital, the Bhartiya Jan Gyan Vigyan Jatha took stock of the ways to popularise science among the common people

Unconventional approach to AIDS control

Voluntary groups in Madras are taking up the onus of increasing AIDS awareness among various groups including students, blue-collar workers and …

Ridding Delhi's brothels of HIV

An organisation of sex workers struggles to combat the spread of AIDS in Delhi's red-light areas.

Bringing up parents

Norway's young eco-cletectives are the youngest environmentalists anywhere, and have an octopus as their club mascot

All workers unite

...especially in the gigantic unorganised sector, and suddenly the labour fringe becomes the mainstream

Turning a new reef

Once liquour-sodden, the fisherfolk of a Kerala village are replacing destroyed natural reefs with artificial ones

Till joys

Women in 3 districts in Tamil Nadu discover how to make money and ban booze -- for the first time

Living on a minefield

Plans to set up lignite and China clay mines in the biologically diverse and rich Madayipara plateau of Kerala's Kannur district has its …

Together we stand

Will the National Alliance of People's Movements be a whiff of Fresh air blowing in winds of change, reforming the way the country views development?

The dam sham

Even as protests against the Bakun Dam Project grow more strident, the Malaysian government remains adamant on its decision to go ahead with it

Benchmark for success

The Songhai Centre in the Republic of Benin is a model for food self-sufficiency and sustainable development

An urban dream

Goans come together to protect the irreplaceable rain trees of Panaji against a callous government

A tale of two villages beguiled by JRY

The panchayats of Sonrai in Uttar Pradesh and Palana in Rajasthan share a Jawahar Rozgar Yojana experience. Both ignored the water needs of the …

Has lifting subsidies depressed fertiliser use?

A survey reveals that while using fertilisers, farmers are seldom guided by their price alone.

Too little of a good thing

The increasing demand for organic food is causing shortages and adulteration

Beach poison

Think Jap, be Indian

An automobile mechanic solves a dusty riddle

Dam opposed

High-gear protest

Chain reaction

Spirited battle

Heady with confidence, tribal dwellers of an obscure Kerala region confront the liquor dons