Clueless in drought

Everybody loves a good drought. Few understand it. Especially the Indian media

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Strategic alliance

The need of the day to save biodiversity

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Local politics

Book>>Inclusion and Exclusion in Local Self Governance edited by B S Baviskar and George Mathew Sage Publications, Delhi 2009 Rs 750

A thought for food

Experience shows that agriculture benefits far more from overall macro-economic reforms

Inclement climate

Climate change discussions should focus on issues that are of importance to the South

The tourist does leave a footprint

But eco-tourism could still be people friendly  

Going Dutch

Nation of grumblers

Dharna to defecation: The Indian art of protest

Through the centuries, Indians have evolved several novel ways to protest injustice. Many are still practised in India and some have even been …

Guiding growth

When nothing seemed to stop the desertification of the Banni grasslands, a government institution stepped in and showed the people how they …

Adieu polybags

Lone crusader

At personal risk, an unlettered farmer vows to stick to his forest protection programme

Together they conquered

A village committee in Orissa improves the fate of its poverty-stricken people with dedication and determination

Elusive bride price

ALOK GUPTA visits a Bihar village where people are building a road to get wives

One man, 22 years, a road

Fed up of state’s highway fixation, villagers connect themselves to the world

‘India budget weak in public participation; limited in transparency’

The country’s performance in terms of public participation and budget oversight by the legislature was rated “weak” in the survey

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Natives stall project

Troule in Black Sea

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A year later

...Orissa's coastal districts still lies in ruins