Unwrap the secret of health

Oriyas fight winters with a delicacy covered in turmeric leaves

Healthy fast food

Sahyadri tribals eat buckwheat to stay fit

Rolling back the architect

Durganand Balsavar’s designs incorporate community demands even at the cost of violating architectural principles

A thousand utility leaf

Sudeshna Saha shares benefits and recipes of a herb, sometimes used as an ornamental plant

Exploring the similarities in human action

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Losing the edge

As the world increasingly resorts to natural, plant-derived cures for illnesses, the wealth of India's traditional medicinal systems lies …

Going back to the past for a better future

The Tarun Bharat Sangh is helping drought-hit villagers of Alwar district of Rajasthan grow crops by reviving a traditional system of dam …

Common sense about common salt

In earlier times, a mixture of salt, herbs and spices or a simple dose of salt by itself was considered a prime cure for a range of illnesses.

Patent fears

Scientists in Karnataka are forced by the administration to abandon efforts towards documenting the biodiversity knowledge of indigenous people

"Ayurveda has no lobby"

David Frawley, director, American Institute of Vedic Studies, New Mexico, USA spoke to Vibha Varshney about ayurveda in the US

How about some baby crocs?

The fern adds flavour, nutrition to the food of Maharashtra’s tribals

Popularising a science

Princely act

Do men fall ill more often than women?

Oriental antidote

Stealing what is ours

Farming system developed

Fusion project

Preserving wisdom

Home truths

Tragic potion

Herbal drug stuck in IPR jam, tribal group biggest loser

Website on Caribbean Indigenous and endanged languages launched

Dark bean’s bright side

Megha Prakash shares the benefits and recipes of black soybean

Ancient story new discovery

Poor man's saffron

Loaded with immunity-boosting properties,parijaat flower is used in various delicacies during the onset of winter