The margins of development

Interview with Ujiyar Singh Dhurve, a Baiga tribal leader from Madhya Pradesh

What is the significance of habitat rights for the Baiga tribe? Will this move benefit the degrading jungles? A local leader tells Down To Earth

Bombay high court gives six weeks' time to Lavasa

Asks to submit documents to environment ministry by March 10

High Court’s blow to Lavasa

Urban poor to get flats in multi-storeys

Inklings of politics in urban India

Stressed city fathers

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Waking up to the horrors of child labour

Several groups are working among child workers in India, seeking to improve their working and living conditions

Farmers' long march to the city

A cash-strapped Chinese government is trying to prevent unpaid farmers from moving to the cities in search of more money.

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People collect rainwater without any support from the government. This saves the avoidable overuse of drinking water

The value of a raindrop

Rainwater is as usable to the industrialised North as to the underdeveloped South. As important to the poor, rural household as to the gardens …

Energy wise, resource foolish

Most eco-friendly claims of Indira Paryavaran Bhawan are hogwash

Whose flat is it anyway

Resettlement of slum dwellers remains confined to political agenda

For a green house

New coastal rules draft made public

Fishers say proposed CRZ notification does not recognize their rights

Lighting up hearts

A hospital for cardiac patients in Ahmedabad is sunlit to cheer up patients. It saves energy, too

Playing with sea

Flouting laws, over 90 hotels have mushroomed on what once was a pristine beach in West Bengal

Lavasa accepts green riders, finally

It had challenged the conditions, saying it would amount to guilt  

Mumbai sources out city planning

Dilli's world class pretensions exposed

At the outset, I wish to express my profound sense of shock and sadness at Sunita Narain’s unfortunate accident. I continue to pray and …

Stepsons of the Ganga

A fascinating account of the men who ply the emblematic boats of Banaras and embody its very essence

A thin green coating

No check on performance of green-rated buildings; developers pocket government incentives

Representing realty: Artist uses language and image to explore how development disfigures

The jigged jaw Puzzle

A new fossils throws open the debate on Homo erectus

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