Transparency International Global Barometer Survey
If you had a magic wand and you could eliminate corruption from one of the following institutions, what would your first choice be? " The …
USA - all love lost
Neither the World Bank nor the US and the United Nations (un) are popular around the world. While there is still some hope of the World Bank …
Shockwave over Iran
Over the years, overseas-based Persian language satellite tv broadcasters have won over the hearts of a number of Iranians. And to make matters …
Film review: The turtle people
The Turtle People is ostensibly about a fishing community in village Kolavipalayam, Kerala, that help Olive Ridley turtles. Sea turtles are an …
Book notice: The last forests of Bangladesh
According to records, Bangladesh's forest cover has shrunk to a meagre six per cent from 20 per cent in 1927. The southern mangroves are perhaps …
Book notice: Indigenous Honeybees of the Himalayas
Nepal's native honeybees are an acknowledged vital cog in maintaining the region's biodiversity, as they naturally pollinate an assortment of …
Lascaux caves threatened by microbes
The Lascaux caves in France, which host fabulous prehistoric art, are being threatened by harmful microorganisms again. The invading fungus, a …
Website review: http://www.yaw.nhm.ac.uk/nhm/index.html
This web site is the brainchild of UK scientists, who have hit upon an effective method to counter the controversy surrounding the names of the …
Out for political mileage
The recent events in the Wayanad Wildlife Sanctuary in northern Kerala has had an impact on the state government. Why else would it crank up its …
Satirist Dario Fo sued
Nobel Prize-winning Italian playwright Dario Fo has been sued for defaming Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi in his new satire The Two-…
Website review: http://earthtrends.wri.org/
A must-bookmark site for anyone interested in environmental and development issues. It offers up-to-date facts and figures as well as analyses of …
Book review: Christopher V Hill's River of Sorrow
Imperialism is domination, says Christopher V Hill. And this domination is not just of people, but inevitably extends to "subordinating and …
Online activism: internet games
Video games on the Internet no longer spell just mindless escapism for misguided kids. Many of the most popular games today also involve role-…
Anytime is ad time
Companies rely on advertising to convince people to buy things they don't need. They also use advertising to salve their easily hurt egos. Four …
Save the Nu/Salween river
China's plan to build a series of dams over southeast Asia's second largest river has evoked a strong response from environmental, human rights …
Website review: One-stop source
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Book review: Deep and detailed
Indian Estuaries S Z Qasim Allied Publishers Pvt Limited, Delhi p420
I drink cola, therefore I am?
Film review: Massacre of the innocents
The Killing Fields: Orissa's Appalling Turtle Crisis, produced by Shekar Dattatri
Water, water everywhere
Play bandit
Not banal
Don't take it seriously
A damp squib