New insight into Africa's history

Not ready for swine flu

With over 600 deaths this season, experts say India needs more research on the H1N1 virus before it is in a position to combat the flu

Earthwitness

Four people from different parts of India find themsleves on the frontline of the Earth's biggest, most complex crisis—climate change

Cross Hairs - March 1-15, 2015

Budget par chaiwale se charcha

Cross Hairs - November 30, 2014

News Snippets

No snooping

Google>>MAPS ÔÇó Brazil

Sexism rating

Films>> Sexism • Sweden

Scarcity as muse

Book>> Food • Soviet Union

Playthings for all

TOYS>>GENDER DIVISIONS • Australia

Back from the brink

A Kerala village grows organic pokkali rice after 25 years

Afghanistan defamiliarised

Book>> Minorities • Afghanistan

News Snippets

News Snippets

Neemm - manim, what else

The brouhaha about neern patents gets a forceful rebuttal

Letters

Letters

Jack of all traits

Monkey jack, a lesser-known cousin of jackfruit, finds use in kitchen, cosmetics and medicine

A parallel government

A group of Afghanistan’s tribal elders supersedes constitutional bodies during national crises

Livestock rearer deals with climate change

Pastoralist Voices on Climate Change, directed by Joana Roque de Pinho, Lindsay Simpson and Nicolas Tapia

The first predicted sighting

Pierre Gassendi became the first astronomer to catch a glimpse of Mercury on the basis of a prediction made by German astronomer Johannes Kepler.

Cross Hairs-16-28 February 2015

Cross Hairs - February 1-15, 2015

Cross Hairs - December 1-15, 2014