Environmental activists as politicians

Toothless at 10

A decade after their inception, Panchayati Raj bodies are yet to be granted adequate powers

Nepal's rhinos pay a price for political instability

Down To Earth completes 15 years

Wolf at our door

The US has made the world rewrite the climate agreement so that the targets are based on voluntary action, not science

Workers don’t count

The recent strike reflects how the workers’ bargaining power has been crushed, and the impotence of the Left to lead them

On air

Angry residents of Delhi flooded the chief minister's office with phone calls to protest against the withdrawal of a ban on polluting vehicles

No way out

Officials are now promoting a new paradigm for flood control. They are pushing for a huge dam in Nepal. Does it provide scope for further …

State of despair

Criminals followed corrupt politicians into grabbing contracts related to earthworks. Today, they fund political parties and virtually run the …

The shifting sands

At first the rivers and the people were both unfettered. Then the politicians came between them

A billion strong or weak?

Recently, India crossed the one-billion population mark. The question on everyone's lips is what does the future hold for babies born this …

Riots for water

Faced with a severe drought, the Gujarat government decided to reserve water from a dam for the town of Jamnagar. Rural folk of Saurashtra …

Strings attached

Centre's purpose of reserving 50 per cent seats for women in panchayat elections defeated by puppet candidates

Centre-state collusion

Why political justice is ignored in countering Naxalism in Chhattisgarh

Women and a nervous regime

Emboldened by SHG movement, reservation in panchayats, women emerge as key constituency

Battle over paper

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Heated exchanges

Global politics took an upper hand over planetary ecology in Kyoto

The Marlboro people

INDUNDATED by excuses

Mass-migrations remain the only way out for Bihar's flood-affected people

An open letter to the Prime Minister

River politics: Krishna changes course

Ticket to ride

For free flow, Ganga gets a plethora of regulations

Here’s an analysis of the government’s proposed Ganga Bill in comparison to the alternate people’s draft bill presented by activists

The Global South is on the rise — but what exactly is the Global South?

With an economic shift & enhanced political visibility, countries in the Global South are increasingly asserting themselves on the …

Political parties choose farm loan waiver for electoral gains, but at what cost?

Farmers have outstanding loan of Rs12.60 lakh crore, which translates to Rs 100,000 per cultivator