Children teach elders with play on street

Against the opulent backdrop of the WHO building in the Capital, children of the Anna Nagar slum act out on the street their …

United, these survive, save and survive

A voluntary organisation is transforming the lifestyles of villagers by involving women in collective work. The men are also following suit, but …

Fishing cooperative 'dies' of too much prosperity

So successful was the Siandi experiment in cooperative fishing and prawn culture, vested interests just would not allow it to continue

A step towards health rights for women

Saheli, a Delhi-based women's organisation, has, for some time, been fighting against long-acting female contraceptives like Net-oen and Norplant-…

Village democracy, Mendha style

A nondescript Maria Gond village in Maharashtra's Gadchiroli district, can offer a lesson to urbanites on how to run a functioning democracy.

Contacts with young minds

Schoolchildren in Uttar Pradesh delighted themselves collecting leaves and plants for a unique biodiversity competition

Chemical-free abundance

After years of killing his fields with pesticides and fertilisers, a sapota grower rediscovered cultivation without chemicals

Villagers unite to conserve resources

The Academy of Development Sciences has brought tribals in the Konkan region of Maharashtra together to make efficient use of scarce resources.

Anti-muck drive

A tale of fortitude

Tribal women in an obscure block in Bihar churn out a success story

A revolution in white

A church-inspired people's dairy project in Kerala turns out to be a trailblazer

Brotherhood of greens

The desolation around Udaipur in Rajasthan is giving way to vegetation through the efforts of cooperative societies

Agenda: breast cancer

Anti-haven road

Greenhorn wisdom

Forest protection in a Midnapore village has created prosperity - and local heroes

Green salute

Scientists at Maida's polytechnic college are r6versing the trend of rural upliftment through urban-basgd planning

Out of the depths

Women water-users are determined to have their say in water management policymaking

Sea change in the forest

Tribals in Orissa's Eastern Ghats range are giving up shifting cultivation and fiercely protecting their forests

Rising above the muck

The residents of an unauthorised colony in Delhi battle all odds for a cleaner life

Water in the sand

Experiments in rainwater harvesting are recharging parched aquifers in Kutch

Organ thieves, beware

Washed, clean and green

The Vankars of Gujarat have reclaimed saline wastelands in Gujarat after 9 years of bloody struggle

Ground truths

Villagers in Nepal flummox experts by 'reading' satellite images

Tanking up on water

Renovating traditiona_1 village reservoirs, farmers in Tamil Nadu are pursuing a green dream

Hosiery havoc

Effluent treatment schemes get underway in a Tamil Nadu town famed for its hosiery units