Drought politics

U R Ananthamurthy's iconic classic about the struggle of an idealistic civil servant trapped in a highly political environment has greater …

Echoing the soul of rural India

Mud Laurie Baker Publisher: CAPART, New Delhi Price: Rs 25

Nio wrecks the US

Forced migration

A disaster the world prefers to forget

Science after the tsunami

Tripura roused

Government wakes up to the need for disaster management

Death at your doorstep

Riveting saga of a river that gives -- and takes

Goutam Ghose's Padma Nadir Majhi depicts how poor fisherfolk, already vulnerable to nature's whims, are exploited by fellow-humans.

Space mirror "illumines" Europe by night

A Russian attempt to light up the night by using sunlight reflected from a huge space-based mirror failed to come up to expectations but could …

Dealing with disasters

For appropriate disaster management, it is essential to give due importance to political, social, economic as well as environmental aspects. …

What caused the landslides in Uttaranchal?

Debris flow is a natural occurence. Environment-friendly town-planning can reduce its impact on human settlements

Under siege

A deadly cyclone causes large-scale devastation in Orissa. Authorities fail on all counts

Costing a lot !

Picking up the pieces

And now, politics over Kosi

Coarse correction

Bagmati breaches embankment

Probe may put Buta Singh in a fix

South Asia

Disaster resilience in risk-prone Asia needs realistic policy and financial planning

Developing Asian nations must prioritise on building resilience strategy before such disasters strike, says ADB report

How people turn to social media during natural disasters

Social media has redefined communication and made it even better, especially during emergencies

Five stories you may like to read on Himalaya

The states of Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh are not new to floods and landslides. There has been continuing concern over protecting the …

Moving mountains

MOUNTAINS OF THE WORLD — A GLOBAL PRIORITY·edited by B Messerli and J D Ives· published by the Parthenon Publishing Group, UK&…

Disastrous state

Floods, cyclones, heat waves and droughts have made Orissa the disaster capital of India. Is it just natural or is the state paying a price for …

Delhi is earthquake prone

The 2001 Bhuj earthquake was something of a watershed in Indian disaster preparedness. Several state governments, most so in the Northeast, and …

Averse engineering

Trapped! Between the Devil and Deep Waters The Story of Bihar's Kosi River by Dinesh Kumar Mishra People's Science Institute, Dehradun and South …