Catching the wind
Modern designers of interior climate control can learn a thing or two from traditional windtowers and windtunnels
Thinking ahead
Body ache? Try green dosa
A creeper found in south India is an answer to several common ailments, says Sumana Narayanan
Inundated by colonial misconceptions
The benefits that can be derived from controlling flood waters intelligently have been wasted, largely because of wrong, archaic notions about …
Noteworthy
Santhal trio pulls right strings to keep alive a dying tradition
Crafted tales
Startups are connecting artisans to the urban consumer by providing them an online market to showcase their craft
Call of the wild
Wild foods are a way of life for many tribal communities. Sadly, they are being muscled out by cereals and cash crops
The Bill of contentions
The secret gardens of Malabar
An English translation has been made exactly 300 years after the Hortus Malabricus was written, new, sinister designs seem to lurking behind it - …
Rooted to earth
Kagga in peril
This rice can tolerate brackish water but is on the brink of extinction. Can government save it?
Rice from dry river
Farmers in an arid Andhra Pradesh district revive traditional irrigation system to tide over drought
Healing a tradition
A low-tech online network connects traditional healers and patients in Bhopal
Out of favour
Focus on Alphonso has resulted in neglect of native mango varieties grown in the Western Ghats, some of which are on the brink of extinction
Springing back to life
Two villages in Uttarakhand take lessons in hydrogeology to revive dry springs, end water conflict
Japanese biopiracy of our Ballia barley
Japan’s Sapporo brewery patents Indian barley gene without giving benefit to farmers
Crazy for GI? Think again
The protection of Geographical Indication is not a guarantee that the artisan or producer will benefit; traders can corner the premium
Bitter ABS medicine for AYUSH
Manufacturers cry foul as they receive notices from state boards to pay royalty
Hunters turn protectors
Traditional hunters Phase Pardhis are part of an initiative to save critically endangered lesser floricans
Blind to rain
Drugged by chicken
Antibiotics in meat make disease-causing bacteria resistant to cures
Pursuing a nationalist IPR policy
India has enough laws to protect its intellectual property rights. It is the implementation that is wanting
Time for climate lesson
A Nepal school that imparts practical knowledge to farmers
Shark in a soup
The fish, high in demand for its fin, is dwindling in the Indian waters. Will a mere ban on finning protect it?
A journey called change
Their struggle for survival and progress has shaped the understanding of environmentalism both at the national and global levels and influenced …