The national local elections
Bangladesh loses an opportunity to revive its most important local government—upazilla parishad—as competing national parties turn …
The cost of inaction
Cornered by the SC and buckling under pressure of protesters, the Delhi government dilutes household industry norms
Brazilian lessons for Modi
Dilma Rousseff's re-election as president is a lesson on facing development challenges in an unequal economy
Running on empty
Indian farmers are entering the GATT era riding on the bogey of ignorance. Some see GATT as the golden opportunity that will unshackle them from …
Aadhaar Bill finally becomes law
Opposition moves amendments to the Bill and questions government on its 'hurry' to pass the Bill; the latter however, overrides the objections to …
Champions of a new cause
National political parties are often accused of neglecting the environment. Recently, the Bharatiya Janata Party began campaigning against two …
Wildlife board discovers it has no say
Though touted as a statutory body with teeth, the National Wildlife Board was tamed by Union minister for environment and forests T R Baalu at …
Search for the lesser evil
A Down To Earth survey of the civil society shows that when it comes to the environment, no political party in India has anything substantive …
What ‘third-term fever’ tells us about the state of democracy in Africa
This year no fewer than 16 elections will take place in Africa, many of which involve removing presidential term limits. The motives are worth …
Mine games
Haryana's politics-mining nexus plays havoc with the environment (Read full article)
Lack of governance agenda
The disconnect between Left’s politics at the Centre and the states is clear—and a problem
A compromised consensus
Two new provisions in land acquisition bill promise to protect farmers. Are they foolproof?
Why India took 75 years to get its first tribal woman president
In the larger scheme of things, where global capital and politics come into the picture, tribal women’s voices are missing
Move to leash NGOs
Government and political parties see NGOs with suspicion. Arm-twisting has already begun
Corporate wastelands
Tamil Nadu seems set to gift community land to corporates under the name of wasteland regeneration
Coconuts: Goa's trees or grass?
Goa government's decision to derecognise coconut palm as a tree has left the state's trademark tree at the mercy of developers
The aam politician is a crorepati
Every other politician who is elected now is a crorepati, even those in the Aam Aadmi Party
Will he beat around the bush?
He may not have a clean environmental track record. But as president, George W Bush will have to tread carefully
Rise of third sector
NGOs’ relationship with the government has been redefined over the years with changing social and political scenario
South Africans are finally set to know who funds their political parties
Even as the Supreme Court of India is in the middle of hearing a petition on political funding here's looking at how South Africa is dealing …
Rush to form political parties in India
The rush to form political parties is triggered by Finance Minister Jaitly’s proposal in his budget speech to amend section 2 of the …
Everybody’s loss
Delisting fruits and vegetables from APMC Act in Congress-ruled states will not benefit farmers
A tinge of green
Issues relating to the environment, though not on top of the agenda, did make their presence felt in the just-concluded assembly elections.
INEVITABLE TRAGEDY
SOPAN JOSHI travels through Andhra Pradesh, only to find that beyond the immediate crisis of state-wide farmers' suicide lies one decade of …