Digging out trouble
The sacred groves
Khasis in Meghalaya help in environmental regeneration
Return of the green
A retired police officer takes up the task of restoring greenery in a remote Naga village
When modern wisdom fails...
The tree court started out as a great idea, but is little more than a paper tiger today
In search of an alternative
Drastic reduction in the cycle of shifting cultivation and soil erosion are forcing the Karbi tribe of Assam to explore sustainable agricultural …
Struggling to survive as
Marginalised by developmental processes, local people are fighting for their right to manage forests
Coming to grips with survival
Moulded plastic handles enable the farmers of the Tahirpur leprosy colony in Delhi to harvest high yields
The range of rage
How the villagers of Pujara Ki Chowki foiled hamhanded attempts of the state forest department to force-start a plantation on a forest already …
The fruits of water
Orchards in Vansda transform distant dream into reality as people unite to store and use the water that would usually run off
Training villagers in organic farming
Despite the general reluctance of farmers to adopt organic farming, one village in Tamil Nadu is using these techniques successfully.
From bonded labourers to green crusaders
Impoverished tribals living in the shadow of the Sahyadri hills show how degraded land can be revived by simply working unitedly
Carving oases in drought-prone Kutch
The Shree Vivekananda Research and Training Institute has made a name for itself, helping villagers in Kutch district. Among its innumerable …
Second-hand is better
Junked aeroplane tyres are being used on camel carts in Rajasthan, making life easier for both the villagers and the animals
Fisherfolk thwart bid to reclaim wetlands
A unique fishing cooperative that salvaged the wetlands leased to them by the Calcutta Port Trust has successfully fought off attempts to …
"Power" to the people irks Bengal villagers
Villagers near Calcutta contend they have been unfairly done out of their land by a private thermal power plant project
Death by starvation
About 11 million people in Orissa and Bihar have become victims of a famine that has occurred despite adequate food stocks in the country.
Skilled hands turn waste bark into art
The planting of commercially valuable chir trees has become embroiled in controversy in Ultar Pradesh's Almora district. But a local …
Building self-reliance in children of the street
Butterflies, a non-government organisation, is helping street children to organise themselves and operate a restaurant in the Capital's main bus …
From miracle cures to holistic development
A doctor whose aim once was to treat poor patients, now helps Soliga tribals to assert their rights and choose their own way of development.
Working children find a home in Bangalore
A voluntary group helps street children by organising them into associations and building a home for them.
Trekking to balanced development
Gandruk, a small Nepali village on a popular trekking route, will be visited by more than 80,000 tourists before the year ends. But an unusual …
The swaraj dream
Urbane intellectuals join hands with proud Gond tribals in an unique exercise to chalk out planning and development in adivasi hamlets
The ground for grassroots technology
A Delhi-based agency has improved the standard of living of a Himachal Pradesh village by providing it simple devices at subsidised rates
Scuttling scabs
The days when the word leper was almost an invective, and the disease itself considered a scourge, are over. Patients, voluntary workers and …
A silent white revolution
Women living in a non-descript village in Gujarat revive a defunct dairy, earlier run by men. Today, not only do they churn out 100 per cent …
