Food: Tangy delight

Kanji, a ready-to-serve traditional drink, can help you win a few hearts very easily. It is essentially fermented water, which is made yummy with …

Build it right to build it once

Dampness can debilitate a building and those living in it. Know how to get rid of it

Safeguarding local wisdom

A website on indigenous knowledge

Reviving rustic remedies

Ayurveda gets a shot in the arm in this unique NGO experiment

A dying tradition

Dearth of knowledge has frustrated attempts to revive a traditional but viable method of making iron.

Thought therapy

Spiritual healing is in. New Delhi's All India Institute of Medical Sciences is introducing it in its departments. Companies across USA are using …

Guiding myths

Folk knowledge is a treasure that has been passed on by word of mouth. It needs to be protected and documented before it is lost

The past fights cancer of the future

Traditional systems of medicine offer holistic and effective formulations to handle cancer

Plust friction

Patent injustice

Commercial interests profit from unprotected artisanal knowledges

Saviour of songs

Two good men

The healing touch

Centuries-old tribal knowledge about our environment is the wellspring of local health traditions

The fundamentals of Vedic mathematics

Though Vedic maths evokes Hindutva connotations, the fact is that it's a system of simple arithmetic, which can be used for intricate calculations.

A tradition is revived

Across the Palk Strait, Sri Lanka turns back the pages and rejuvenates its traditional indigenous systems of medicine

Here we come, eco-chums!

Indigenous support systems that have been nourishing the Himalaya for centuries have become the current buzzword for progress

Uber-Stone Age

Food>> Organic • Germany

Afghan ravioli with mint

Wards off stomach ailments and cold

Siddha's success?

Traditional knowledge: Let the people decide

Grandma's recipes

Hanging in balance

The future of products developed from the knowledge of indigenous communities is threatened

Candid camera

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Patently bad drafting

The amended patents act is replete with inconsistencies and vague terms

What ails traditional medicine?

Underutilisation of funds, says CAG