Letters

Letters

Letters

Letters

Community management of ponds has been a success'

Mohit Kumar Ray, convener of Kolkata-based non-profit Vasundhara Foundation, says the city has been losing nearly 200 ponds each year for the …

After India, China rejects patent claim for hepatitis C drug Sovaldi

Activists claim that the drug was developed using previously published information and an existing compound

Food for nutrition, nature & livelihood

What societies eat reflects their position on the modernity trajectory

Build it right to build it once

Dampness can debilitate a building and those living in it. Know how to get rid of it

Rolling back the architect

Durganand Balsavar’s designs incorporate community demands even at the cost of violating architectural principles

New coffee house chain by Coke

Safeguarding local wisdom

A website on indigenous knowledge

Plust friction

Saviour of songs

Two good men

Uber-Stone Age

Food>> Organic • Germany

Afghan ravioli with mint

Wards off stomach ailments and cold

Siddha's success?

Traditional knowledge: Let the people decide

Sage advice

Africa's researchers and scientists discuss their traditional knowledge and developmental skills for better sustainability

Grandma's recipes

Hanging in balance

The future of products developed from the knowledge of indigenous communities is threatened

Candid camera

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Protecting the nation's patents

V K GUPTA , director, National Institute of Science Communication (NISCOM), tells VIBHA VARSHNEY how they set about building the Traditional …

Chinese ritual - Homage online

Chinese government departments have devised a rather strange solution to the problem of congestion and traffic jams. They have requested mourners …

What ails traditional medicine?

Underutilisation of funds, says CAG