Book notice: Hope in sight

Improving People's Lives: Lessons in Empowerment from Asia, edited by Mukul Sharma

High-yield variety

Bamboo is key to rural growth

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New ways

Observing jungle laws

The first historico-legal analysis of forestry regulations in Northeast India

Opportunity squandered

Survey reveals how MPs have made a thorough hash of development fund scheme

Home truths

Consuming trends

Deadly impact

More evidence?

Real Crass

Healthy dining: Organic restaurant

Apna Dhaba in Vadodara promises sumptuous food, and all of it is homegrown and organic

When the commons vanish

Wild disruption

Even low concentrations of pollutants can alter animal behaviour

Sinister pattern

Analysis of Asian studies highlights universality of air pollution problem

A flavour of risk

Caffeine in soft drinks linked to high blood pressure

Living with hunger

Ash in the Belly by Harsh Mander, Penguin Books, Rs 350

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Plastic interest

Review: ‘The Railway Men’ fails to elevate from soggy soap opera to crackling survival thriller on Bhopal Gas Tragedy

Multiple character arcs, unnecessary storylines turn The Railway Men into a YRF drama that thrives on high use of glycerine, misplaced suspense …

It's official now

Price mechanism is the only way to discourage the use of dirty fuels

Fresh look: Video Review

Changing Currents (six films, 26-minute each) produced by TVE International 2003 English

Sound knowledge

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More facts, more doubts

Monsanto ups the Bt cotton ante with a feel-good survey