My god v your resource

Recent Supreme Court order in Vedanta case holds hope for tribal community life

Stones tell a story

Proper diet for children should include eggs to provide good quality proteins

Veena Shatrugna has campaigned vigorously against brahmanical influence on the ‘balanced diet’. She explains the politics of …

Therapeutic smoke

Holy smoke disinfects indoor air

Baiga agriculture can solve problems that plague modern systems

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Born again

Bapu's homecoming

Practical Spiritualism

Once poachers now guards

At Kerala's Periyar Tiger Reserve, deepa kozhisseri finds local tribal communities happily involved in forest protection and ecotourism

Bull to bull's eye

New Religion

The saffron-clad sadhus and former dacoits now find a ritual for social restructuring and acceptance: water harvesting. They are building "…

Living with lions

Where are the tapovans?

Both India and China are ancient civilisations possessing characteristic indigenous knowledge of conservation of natural ecosystems. The Chinese …

Blowing out a tradition

The ban on conch shell trading has sent the industry into a tizzy

The beacon

Several social groups are trying to restore the link between Hinduism and the environment

Erosion of values

...and how it leads to environmental degradation

Defiling the sacred

How the environment --- sacred to Hindus --- is bearing the brunt of pollution in the name of religion

Invasion of tiger reserve

Are religious pilgrimages only about faith and religion?

Pollution of Hinduisim

Simply put it is an amazing gap between theory and practice. Yet it is one of the main reasons why India's environment is as degraded as it is …

Ecological reasons to oppose Sethusamudram project

Water woes at Allahabad's Kumbh mela

SUBSIDISED KILLING

They may survive the drought. But they cannot survive government policies. When people have to abandon their livestock, they are reduced to misery,…

Back in f(l)avour

Entry of high yielding hybrid rice has spelt doom for traditional diversity in the Konkan belt. Thanks to a science academy, the ancient legacy …

Rivers, up close and personal

Over centuries people have learnt to live with rivers. They are part of our lives but over the past 150 years this association has weakened. A …