Official doublespeak stumps Udaipur villagers
An Udaipur NGO has been summoned to court because a community hall it helped the residents of Vasu village set up allegedly encroaches on …
Will women in panchayats change Bengal?
West Bengal is making what could be another step towards village self-rule, where villagers, including women, will decide what is best for them, …
Rajstan tribals return to herbal healing
Jagaran, a voluntary body is seeking to re-establish traditional herbal medicines in an impoverished tribal area in Udayapur district.
Transforming a Karachi slum into a tidy suburb
The success of various programmes initiated under a pilot project in Orangi, a Karachi slum, has inspired its leader to predict the squatter …
The grapes of growth
After setting the trend of grape cultivation in Sangli district, Ganapathyrao Mhetre is all set to introduce organic farming techniques
A dying tradition
Dearth of knowledge has frustrated attempts to revive a traditional but viable method of making iron.
Solutions forever
Dharamitra, a Wardha-based organisation, has been working on many projects and, with active participation of the local people, is ensuring a …
Under the umbrella
A residential school in Chamtagora has relieved the anxieties of migrant workers native to the area, who spend most of the year away from their …
A never-ending battle
After four years and innumerable trips to courts of justice, Kodaikanal's skyline may not look very different. But for the Palani Hills …
Beyond backwardness
Villagers in Bidar have taken up the cudgels against industrialists and lax state officials responsible for turning this backward district into …
Ungreening the revolution
A programme initiated with much drum-beating, the green revolution has not just backfired but even eroded traditional systems of farming. Farmers …
Born again
The dense Melaghar forests in Tripura that were destroyed during the Bangladesh war have been revived through the efforts of the Acharya Jagdish …
A village betrayed
The people of Salehpur get a raw deal from the forest department of Haryana in return for the services rendered by them
Dirty RIVER blues
Children of Delhi rediscover Yamuna. And see how everything is being done to reduce it to a drain
Emerging alternatives
A novel project in Kerala tries to introduce a sanitation technology that promises a cleaner and healthier environment
Silk route to success
With the launch of a sericulture project in Vidisha, a district in Madhya Pradesh, the lifestyle of the rural women undergoes a metamorphosis
The spirit of water
Mahadapur goes green the 'group irrigation management' way
Oases of fertility
The Sarvodaya Ashram in Uttar Pradesh has helped regenerate of hectares of saline land.
Extinguished!
Conventional politics breaks up the fiery spirit of an ideal self-sustaining forest community
Flower shower
Reform begins at home
Die hard
Up in arms over water
Sunday warriors
Residents of Lucknow have taken up the task of cleaning the river Gomti
Cooling Earth
Municipalities in the Netherlands are exerting pressure on the national government to reduce carbon dioxide emission by half by AD 2010