THAILAND

Diesel: no answer to global warming

INDIA

When alienation ruins

Sandalwood smuggling, epitomised by Veerappan, has become a collective phenomenon involving entire villages, which even the ban on sandalwood …

Food benefits are not for the poor

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Desert under siege

The Thar of Pakistan is an arid region troubled by long spells of drought, rapidly falling groundwater levels, abysmally low literacy levels and …

IN TUNE WITH THE MASSES

Before the elections, Congress's chances in Madhya Pradesh looked dismally thin. But an unusually high tribal turnout ensured that Digvijay Singh …

Indian science must stop merely aping West

Cynicism is perhaps the natural fallout of a long career within the government machinery. But when Yash Pal, one of the country's leading …

Waters of life

Tarun Bharat Sangh of Alwar is well-known for its work on reviving traditions of waterharvesting. But few know about the economic advantages of …

Reclaiming retail democracy

Time running out in Manibeli

Scent of good business

Herbs spell commercial success for villages in Jowahar Valley

Chaotic response to calamity

The killer quake struck unexpectedli in the still of the night. Entire villages were flattened and thousands perished. Though rescue and relief …

Goa greens oppose golf courses

Environmentalists in Goa are protesting the building of golf courses in the state, which they say will cause immense ecological degradation

Waking up to the horrors of child labour

Several groups are working among child workers in India, seeking to improve their working and living conditions

Less fuel, less smoke but more jaggery

Sugarcane farmers in rural Karnataka are making jaggery using an efficient and smoke-free stove designed and promoted by a school headmaster.

Weaving a common destiny

The weavers of Kabir Basti had just two resources: wool and their own talent. With this they transformed their lives

Farmers' long march to the city

A cash-strapped Chinese government is trying to prevent unpaid farmers from moving to the cities in search of more money.

DENMARK

People collect rainwater without any support from the government. This saves the avoidable overuse of drinking water

The value of a raindrop

Rainwater is as usable to the industrialised North as to the underdeveloped South. As important to the poor, rural household as to the gardens …

Dumpyard

Hazardous materials from Taiwan were dumped in a village in Cambodia about a month ago. UnsuspeoAng villagers now complain of a host of diseases

India needs the science of the common people

It's a paradox that while the government is busy opening up the telecom sector to multinational companies, technocrat Sam Pitroda, perhaps the …

Sunny jobs

Fuel for thought

Biogas generation helps save 112 tonnes of fuelwood use annually in a small Bhopal village

An award for the people

Three village communities in Rajasthan are awarded for their conservation efforts