The Seed Supremo

The Beej Bachao Andolan boasts of a collection of native seed varieties that could put any genebank to shame

Surviving time

Tamarind paste, mud burial or klih : these preserved manuscripts

Gods' own country

Land rights -- and their divine connection

Shell life

Himachal farmers discover pearls in their backyard ponds

Crusaders of science

A conference for the common good the mainstream media ignored

Himalayan water-sharing system endangered

Modern practices are threatening to break up an unusual water-tapping and water-sharing process in Himachal Pradesh. Devised hundreds of years ago,…

Quarrying for trouble

Controversy over Himachal limestone mining The subject of limestone mining in ecologically fragile Himachal Pradesh has become a political …

Herb dealers

In Himachal Pradesh's Kullu district is the Great Himalayan National Park. An eco-development project meant to benefit people of Tirthan and …

Greening a state

Himachal Pradesh chief minister has broken all bureaucratic shackles and initiated eco-friendly programmes in the state

Pollution prototype

Industry's impact on Baddi may soon be repeated across Himachal

High altitude dams cause low apple yield

Dams are robbing Kinnaur of its big cash crop—apples

Western disturbance to impact many parts of India

A wet weekend is in store for northern and central India

A Himalayan Sell Out

Keeping small hydro projects in Himachal out of the purview of no objection certificates means power producers are not accountable

Floating islands of the world

Floating islands have fascinated us since ancient times

Apples go higher in

Weather does not support traditional sweet varieties in lower regions; sour varieties replace them

Flakes for inspiration

Desert healer

Ruhi Kandhari travels to a cold desert in Himachal Pradesh to see how a former bureaucrat is greening it

Another world is possible

Optimism is a great friend but a bad guide. The Asian Social Forum meeting in Hyderabad, India, deliberately avoided this truism while …

Of plants and bees

Depleting honeybees threaten biodiversity

Tapping wastewater

Put into effect in earnest, the law on wastewater recycling can provide lasting relief to a parched Delhi. samreen farooqui delves into the issue

Safe as houses

Earthquakes don't kill; badly built houses do. A look into houses in India that have withstood several earthquakes

Popular medicine

Farmers say 'no' to Ranbaxy expansion plans

Beating the drought

How some villages stayed afloat even as neighbouring lands parched

A system in shambles

Weak, corrupt and ineffective implementing institutions make compliance and enforcement of environmental laws abysmally poor in India. Can …

Strangers in their own land

The final notification of the Great Himalayan National Park has jeopardised the livelihood of a tribe of migratory pastoralists. It has also …