Signal, interrupted
By allowing high-rises around an advanced weather radar in Mumbai, IMD sets a bad example for the rest of the country
Green buildings: it’s common sense
Frenzied growth in real estate and changing lifestyle in Indian cities are inciting resource guzzling. Architects have innovative ideas to build …
Watery grave
Encroachment is killing Guwahati's only river and wetlands that can save the city from perennial floods
East Africa’s Masai giraffes more endangered than previously thought; here’s why
The Great Rift Valley has divided the Masai giraffe, preventing interbreeding & exchange of genetic materials
Conserving nature leads to higher net economic value: Study
It also pointed out that conservation and restoration did not universally provide greater net value than intensive human usage
Future cities: New challenges mean we need to reimagine the look of urban landscapes
But we must open up the opportunity to conceptualise these futures to a wider and more diverse set of people
Extreme weather, land-use change drive animal movement
A recent study says that land-use change interacts with climate to determine species redistribution
Baiga Tribes Get Habitat Rights for the first time in Independent India
Ramesh Sharma, Convener, Ekta Parishad gives an insight about the indigenous primitive tribes of India. Out of 76 primitive tribes Baigas …
When alienation ruins
Sandalwood smuggling, epitomised by Veerappan, has become a collective phenomenon involving entire villages, which even the ban on sandalwood …
Helping women irks men in Haryana district
A non-govemmental organisation attempting to help women in Haryana's and Rewari district is hampered by caste factors and male chauvinism.
Tribals solve problems through self - reliance
The Budakattu Krishikara Sangha, with its emphasis on people-oriented strategies, has improved tremendously the lot of the tribals in and around …
Poetry born of struggle
Whether the revolutionary passion of his early verse, or the more mellow vision of his later work, Jnanpith award-winner Subhas Mukhopadhyay's …
A school with an ecological curriculum
For 45 years, a school in Kausani has been inculcating ecological consciousness in hill women
For better living
To clear the persistent ambiguity governing the concept of sustainable development of urban centres, attention must be paid to present and future …
Foreclosure of a Dream?
The Adarsh Gaon Yojana was set up to empower some 300 villages in Maharashtra. After eight long years, it is yet to show results. The people …
The answers within
Swadhyay, which literally means study of the self, is a movement that has introduced realistic social change in India's rural communities
The curious case of panchayats in Delhi
The Nagar Swaraj Bill will usher in decentralised governance in the city state, but what happened to rural panchayats?
Living near forests might improve mental health, but urban greenery not effective: study
Scholars find surprising results after studying the relationship between local geography and the structural integrity of brain
Areas selected for smart city development are heat islands: study
The study has found that agriculture and irrigation are two dominant drivers of urban heat islands in India
Putting out a helping hand
A film made by CAPART depicts the work done to generate employment among women in West Bengal's Bankura district.
Artificial reefs swell fish catch in Kerala
Helped by a grassroots organisation, the fishing village of Thumba near Thiruvananthapuram is successfully creating artificial reefs to increase …
Peasant women list their woes to scientists
At a recent conference, women farm workers got a chance to discuss their problems with agricultural experts.
Breaking the rural barrier
The Centre for Application of Science and Technology to Rural Areas, set up in 1974, was a bold effort at bringing appropriate technology to the …
Novel approach to primary education catches on
New instruction methods have resulted in efficient primary schools in rural Andhra Pradesh, posing a challenge to the approaches adopted by the …
THE BIG BAD WHITE MEN
To villagers in Bihar, the Dunkel Draft and GATT are not proposals or agreements but a couple of angrez out to play havoc with their lives.
