Nation of grumblers

Drive against diesel

People in Nepal wage a war against polluting diesel three-wheelers

Hosting global NGO meet

Clueless in drought

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

Inclement climate

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

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KENYA

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One man, 22 years, a road

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

The tourist does leave a footprint

But eco-tourism could still be people friendly  

Rolling back the architect

Durganand Balsavar’s designs incorporate community demands even at the cost of violating architectural principles

UNDP report stresses people's participation

HUMAN DEVELOPMENT REPORT 1993 UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME Publisher: Oxford University Press, Delhi Price: Rs 190

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 …

21st Century faux pas

The people have to take a back seat if the government indulges in cosmetic measures to combat air pollution

Guiding growth

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

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

Local politics

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

Plastic purge

Chittaranjan township sports a new look as its residents say no to plastic carrybags

Thailand

Natives stall project

Troule in Black Sea

THAILAND

A year later

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

Poetic justice?

A Kerala village burns down a polluting bone crushing factory