Away from the rat race

Villagers and rural communities, warts and all, can still be places where you can regain your lost spirituality and your moral equilibrium if you …

Debt trap

Cash-strapped Sri Lanka under pressure to let the US play a decisive role in conserving its tropical forests

Violence against healthcare workers in Mali doubled in 2022: Report

At least 26 health workers in Mali were kidnapped in 11 incidents while travelling to or from work

Celebrating the role of Indian NGOs in combating the COVID-19 pandemic

The World NGO Day is an opportunity time to take note of the huge efforts put forth by non-profits in battling the monster virus as well their …

CSR: Is India Inc spending responsibly?

Companies can bring meaningful changes in society through the huge Rs 13,624 crore corporate social responsibility funds

Modi and `mass movement'

As Narendra Modi's regime enters its mid-term, it is time to assess: has he turned governance into a mass movement?

Deep Concerns

Environmental groups wage legal war to contain mining operations in Karnataka's Kudremukh National Park

Sri Lanka clamps down on civil society groups

Activists say attack on freedom of expression is indicative of a deteriorating democracy

How much politics is too much politics for civil society

 Should non-profits contest elections? Should they be identified with parties? 

Delhi's walking medicine bank

Omkar Nath Sharma has made it his vocation to collect unused medicines and distribute them to the poor

Chulhas vs LPG: Which is the cleaner fuel?

Five experts debate the economics, science, efficiency and effects on women's health...

Gaps galore

BRANCHING OUT: JOINT FOREST MANAGEMENT IN INDIA Nalini Sundar et al • Oxford University Press • New Delhi • 2001 • 289pp

Why shouldn’t I be intolerant?

The circles of information have shrunk to what is most agreeable to listen to. It is no surprise that in all environmental conversations there is …

Contentious stocktaking

MAKING 'EM MONEY MINDED

Double whammy

Two proposed moves that could drastically alter forest management in India

COVID-19 warriors: How Synergy Sansthan has been dispelling myths

A non-profit in Madhya Pradesh is helping tribal people fight COVID-19 

Dissent and democracy

Forty years after the Emergency was declared, India must revisit its legacy of dissent

China eases litigation by NGOs against polluters

Government ministries also guarantee support to environmental protection NGOs

Prickly plans

Will those playing in MEF's new game be coopted?

Valley of despair

Unrestrained chromite mining takes Sukinda valley to the edge of an abyss

India stops fund flow to NGOs working on impact of coal projects

Three of four organisations have not received any notice from the government yet