Bengal’s women voted fully conscious of their gender, socio-political existence: Experts

Mamata Banerjee’s persona and increasing awareness led Bengal’s women to vote as independent individuals, experts said

Missing women voters: 21 mln can't exercise franchise this Lok Sabha polls

Excerpts from The Verdict: Decoding India’s Elections by Prannoy Roy and Dorab R Sopariwala; published by Penguin Random House India

25 years of Kudumbashree: How this Kerala women’s collective intervened to empower women, fight poverty

Whenever Kerala plunged into a deep crisis, be it floods or the pandemic, Kudumbashree has been there with the state and its people through thick …

Civil society organisations should count on their huge social capital and invest it into future actions

Civil society organisations are often targets of political interference and manipulation, which can limit their ability to operate

Veganism: Why we should see it as a political movement rather than a dietary choice

The change aimed at is a world without industrial animal agriculture, which needlessly & harmfully exploit animals  

Discovery of contemporary India

Book>> Churning The Earth: The Making Of Global India• Aseem Shrivastava and Ashish Kothari • Penguin Viking, 2012 • Rs 699

People power

Kerala launches a movement -- of the people, by the people, for the people. Whether the movement will stand the test of time is yet to be seen,…

Politics menus environment

Environmental concern has never been a political issue in India. Is it appropriate to expect a change in the mindset of leaders in the …

Corporate farming

Pakistan's proposal to allow multinationals into its agriculture sector may be bad news for the environment

Skin-deep Hinduism

Desperate Hindu extremists are making a mockery of the real problems that the river Ganga faces

Identity crisis

Rightwing parties provide an illusion of certainty: the one thing that many Europeans reeling under new pressures are hungrily groping for

Weathering the drought

Meteorological Department attempts to get its act together after bungling with monsoon predictions

Negotiating the future

The upcoming climate negotiations at The Hague may turn out to be the most crucial till now

Dinosaur age ministers

New York mayor announces plans to make city green

From the blurbs

Coming out of coma

A decline in its funds and erosion in its mandate have made the United Nations Environment Programme virtually ineffective. Bharat H Desai looks …

Environment Minister Anil Dave passes away at 60

He was known for his work towards conservation of the Narmada river

Rhyme and reason

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Water of contention

Water policy dams locals

PM mouths concepts which exist nowhere in the document

Old-style corruption better?

Coronavirus has put scientists in the frame alongside politicians – and poses questions about leadership

While science-based leadership may be popular in these times of coronavirus and Donald Trump, scientific input can only ever be limited in …

Lok Sabha passes Women’s Reservation Bill with two-thirds majority

It will grant 33 per cent seats to women in the Lok Sabha as well as state assemblies, once it becomes law  

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?