US, China count their poor afresh. India looks away

New leader, old challenge

India’s first PM born after Independence will face the old problem of poverty eradication

Kalam's kaleidoscpoe

Intellectualising poverty

Technology for the poor

Wasteland maps can help frame poverty alleviation programmes

Soft 'target'

PDS' poor politic

The forgotten class

Middle class-driven anti-corruption campaign does not acknowledge the poor

Powering people

Proliferating grassroots level activity in Orissa is empowering villagers, taking them closer to a fairytale end to unending tales of poverty and …

How do we view the Bawaria community?

Are the Bawarias of Rajasthan hunters, nomads or a tribe of criminals?

Why people want to be poor

Crisis in Chhattisgarh over implementation of food security law has crucial lessons for India's public distribution system

Job growth statistics conceal agrarian crisis

Limited democracy

Panchayati raj institutions have not given much justice to Dalits

Tuberculosis India-2014

Tuberculosis is no longer a disease afflicting only the poor. Its thrives on deprived/distorted lifestyle and on the offshoots of the so-called …

Brazilian lessons for Modi

Dilma Rousseff's re-election as president is a lesson on facing development challenges in an unequal economy

Government's U turn on poverty line

In defence of capitalism

Diluting MGNREGA does not make market sense

Anti-Naxal operations a cover for exploiting tribal people

Living energy

Bioresources, the energy and raw materials derived from plants and animals, could help end poverty.

Cycle of change

A new development programme in Palamau in Bihar, a rich land with poor people, can set the pace for a reversal of fortune

A government in denial

Cannot wish ecological poverty away

Should NABARD regulate micro-finance?

Environment: A People's Perspective

Justice is a central component of the conceptual transition from human development to sustainable human development and a similar concern for …

Past lessons, future strategies

Studying the history of human interaction with nature can be very useful in formulating resource management policies. It can also provide a …

Washed away

The draft National Environment Policy has little on coast management

Planning Commission's new toilets: lessons for us

Rise of livestock

Agriculture sector undergoes a historic change as livestock surpasses the economy of food grain