A space of their own

A garden for blind persons that explores more than just botanical learning

Solar lighting systems successful in Rajasthan

Live updates Phailin Cyclone

When participation holds sway

Gouditikra in Orissa provides a model of how community participation can transform a village

"No" to sweet poison

Vexed with Hoechst

Barefoot doctors

Backward Bihar villagers receive healthcare from barefoot 'first aid physicians'

In black and white, but..

Vote for the environment

Reviving rustic remedies

Ayurveda gets a shot in the arm in this unique NGO experiment

Taken for granted

One-man show

An Army Captain-turned-farmer traces the silk route to success

A silent worker

How NREGA helped Panihari village

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

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