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

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Comic film on workings of big-business tobacco industry

British American Tobacco's documents smoked out

NGOs face obstacles in Eurasia, Eastern Europe on Internet

Water conservation slogans mandatory on Bhopal's hoardings

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Vidarbha's theatre of the jungle

PLAY>> atmahatya Directed by Sadanand Borkar Vidarbha

Extracts from 'Red Sun, Travels in Naxal Country'

Extracts from Red Sun, Travels in Naxal Country by Sudeep Chakravarty....

Colour of desire

Book>> A Perfect Red: Empire, Espionage, and the Quest for the Color of Desire by Amy Butler Greenfield, HarperCollins, New York 2006

Living with hunger

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

Snippets

Book review: Water: Perspectives, Issues, Concerns

This is a work of encyclopaedic scope. The subjects it deals with range from an in-depth study of the treatment of water in the Indian …

Plastic interest

The lie of the land

The Bhakra Nangal project's success is rooted in myth, says a new study

Radio programmes a hit in Pakistan occupied Kashmir

Exploring Mekong expedition

Book>> Mad About The Mekong by John Keay, Exploration and Empire in Southeast Asia Harper Collins London 2005

High nicotine in US cigarettes perpetuates tobacco pandemic

New car from Maruti sold through Pete Seeger

Limited agency

Book>> NGO Diplomacy The Influence of Nongovernmental Organizations in International Environmental Negotiations Edited by Michele M Betsill …

Demand charter from children for education, health sectors

Report>>Ensuring Universal Access To Health and Education in India, Wada Na Todo Abhiyan, Delhi 2007

How indigo spread

Indigo Plantations and Science in Colonial India by Prakash Kumar, Cambridge University Press, Rs 995

Polluted and revered

>> Dirty Sacred Rivers, Confronting South Asia's Water Crisis, by Cherly Colopy, Oxford Unversity Press, Rs 1295