Perpetual Thirst

It has been 45 years since the first national water supply programme. This and many thousand crore of rupees later, more than half of India's …

Common sense delivers

Murli Mohan Sharma opted out.

The flush, the city and the river

For the modern Indian city, the principle behind management of water and waste is a simple one: flush and forget. Not surprisingly, most cities …

Drying up of an empire

Water crisis behind the decline of Angkor Wat

Water woes in wet Kerala

More than 2,000 mm of rain in 2003 but crops destroyed and farmers committing suicide; crores spent on 31 irrigation projects but villages going …

Unrealistic approach killing rural sanitation programme

Injustice gets nastier

An open letter to Devendra Fadnavis

As the new chief minister of Maharashtra wins the trust vote in the state Assembly, these are a few things that need his urgent attention

India's gold follies and food security

Why are lawmakers so ready to forego huge tax revenues on gold but baulk at spending on food for the poor?

Ecologically mindless

The flush toilet system and the sewage system, which goes with modern day personal hygiene and cleanliness, are part of the environmental problem …

Waste: Uncovering the Global Food Scandal

Poor count

Defining poverty is crucial to make the food security bill effective

Curse of excess

Once a parched city, Jodhpur is today facing a deluge

Renal emergency

Sri Lanka’s north-central region has been facing a health crisis for two decades. A large number of people in the region suffer from …

Catching rain

Mizos turn to rainwater harvesting as alternative option

Will welfare schemes win votes for UPA?

An analysis of Brazil’s last three elections suggests that peopleÔÇêdo vote for parties for such initiatives, but only when …

Pure myth

When was the last time you drank water straight from the tap at your house to slake thirst on a hot summer day, without hesitation. Chances are …

Rajasthan mine workers form cooperatives

Low Pulse

Spiralling prices of pulses have shown India’s dependence on imports. Pulses are integral to India’s diet but not its food policy. As …

Channels of change

Two villages in Uttar Pradesh have reversed the trend of migration by digging six kilometres of channels to bring water to drought-hit farms

Water ATM

Sarvajal makes clean drinking water accessible to people

Monsoon-friendly Assam reeling under drought

Food crisis grips Bangladesh after flood and cyclone Sidr

How rural kitchen pays

Local procurement for anganwadis can revive rural economy in a big way

Against the flow