More dreams sans cars

From a loose concept to a concrete movement, the idea of the car-free city has evolved gradually

Owning the road

Cities without cars, pollution and traffic. A movement is spreading across Europe to drive cars out. People are beginning to say no to cars

Lavasa’s journey downhill

Rules were bent to concentrate development in the valley, lakefront

Bhutan’s experiments with happiness

The idyllic Buddhist kingdom believes that peace and happiness should take preference over material growth. In a world beset by inequities and …

Kind to Cash

A short stop motion that shows all the schemes that a human being (woman) can avil of in her lifetime.    

Brief history of a line

The official definition of poverty keeps changing. A look at how the concept evolved Illustrations: Sorit

Deadly target

Health experts blame Centre's over-emphasis on women's sterilisation for the Chhattisgarh tragedy

Planning for a mega - city

Heading towards a cliff

As India elects new government, the 12th Five Year Plan may no longer be pro-poor

Going Dutch

Handloom threatened

Textile ministry proposes change in definition of handloom. Weavers fear it can ruin the tradition

Justice delayed, denied

Five months after 14 women died in sterilisation camps in Chhattisgarh, there is no sign of justice being delivered to those who lost their kin. …

People's cure to climate woes

Ecologically vulnerable Nepal has framed its climate change adaptation plan with the help of communities

Promising water

The newer deal for a newer world

Before cars take over

Lost track

Ahmedabad authorities plan to scrap cycle lanes in upcoming bus rapid transit corridors

Planning in the air

Temporary solution, permanent jam

Change must be championed

The right right

Getting more with less

System of crop intensification, specially in rice, has shown sizeable savings in water and seed usage. Yet its adoption has not spread despite …

The god of ecological things

Job half done

25 per cent funds allocated to national rural employment scheme remain unspent

City on trial

Chandigarh resists luxury residential project but fails to rehabilitate its slum population to preserve its master plan