Taking the magic out of miracles
Promoting a more rationalist attitude to life at a mass level, that's what the Jan Vigyan Jatha sets out to do
Value addition
A Pune teacher develops a calculator made out of cardboard for as little as Rs 15, which can even handle mindbending logarithms.
Saved from the axe
Spirited village women in Himachal Pradesh save a clump of deodar trees from being chopped by mercenary woodcutters.
Pouring prosperity
The micro-watershed development project in Maharashtra has put a stop to what was earlier an annual ritual of deserting the drought-prone …
Victims of ignorance
Drifting with nature
Natural farming is the only hope in sight, says a farmer from Hoshangabad
Five-star exploitation
Water for slums
Hoarding the rain
Check dams have marked a watershed in the chronically parched village of Hivare in Maharashtra
Planting trees instead of feeding brahmins
Even death ceremonies in these 1,200 villages in orissa's Puri district have been transformed
Home where the blackbuck roam
The religion of the Bishnoi community in Punjab has protected the blackbuck
Major battle for minor stuff
Trilbals dependent on the jungle's gifts fight it out in Bilaspur district
Bihar's rural Nightingales
Healthcare receives a boost in starkly poor villages
Planting trouble
Kids in aid of bilbies
More than a cuppa
Joint forest management makes Darjeeling's Makaibari estate an environmental treasure
Building a green roof
10,000 trees in 66 years, an octogenarian revives greenery in a village in Bihar
Going the bio way
The Biovillage project provides rural folk the finance and technical knowhow to cultivate for the market while conserving water and soil
Fostering change
The socioeconomic scenario of Panch Mahals in Gujarat has improved due to the active participation of tribal women in a forestry programme
Tall promises
The benefits of a watershed develqpment programme in Anantapur fail to trickle down to poor farmers
Friends of the river
Clearing the Ganga, is their mission even if it means fishing out scores of bodies from the river
Forests, fuel and fodder
From deficit to surplus: a success story of joint forest management from Sakwa, a tiny village in south Gujarat
Educating the underprivileged
A review of our educational and training policy is desperately needed to educate tribals, the backward classes and the poor
Return to haven
A couple decided to give up the city life and experiment with a sustainable, agrarian lifestyle. Their efforts are bearing fruit after 15 years …
Learning made easy
The Education Guarantee Scheme of the Madhya Pradesh government is a new approach to encouraging rural children to attend school. And the scheme …