The relation between tanks and trees
For survival of the traditional water management structures, one must understand the linkages between the tanks and trees
Discovery of India
Anil Agarwal delivers his acceptance speech for the Norman Borlaug Award 2001
Nature's forecasters
Lighting up hearts
A hospital for cardiac patients in Ahmedabad is sunlit to cheer up patients. It saves energy, too
Hanging by a thread
Weavers of renowned Ponduru khadi are abandoning the craft
Textile therapy
A handloom trader experiments with traditional medicinal herbs for dyeing garments
Beating the drought
How some villages stayed afloat even as neighbouring lands parched
Tamil Nadu's tank rehab scheme does not hold water
Government approach to restoring traditional waterbodies of Tamil Nadu doesn't hold water
Ponds for strongmen
Village heavyweights use natural farming methods
On the wild side
Residents of Garhwal swear by the taste and health benefits of a lesser known vegetable
Herbs to heal cattle
In the absence of veterinary services, traditional medical practices for treating livestock remain popular in tribal villages
Blossoms with benefits
Heti flower adds variety to cooking when few options are available just before the harvest season in Maharashtra
Clay has curative properties
Meinhard Von Gerkan on GMP's entry into India
Meinhard Von Gerkan, a partner in the German architectural firm GMP, was in Delhi recently to prospect for ventures in India, particularly in …
Historian Heather Goodall on indigenous people, water in Australia
Heather Goodall, a historian at the University of Technology, Sydney, has a special interest in Australia's indigenous people--especially their …
Baiga agriculture can solve problems that plague modern systems
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Water is wealth
Excerpts from the Statement of Shared Concern by the participants of the CSE conference on Potential of Water Harvesting: Traditions, Policies …
The secret gardens of Malabar
An English translation has been made exactly 300 years after the Hortus Malabricus was written, new, sinister designs seem to lurking behind it - …
Sea through the eyes of fisherfolk
Fishers know something about the marine environment that others don’t, says marine ecologist Divya Karnad
A herb from Garhwal
Locals may not pay much attention to Bhilmoda because of its abundance, but the herb has many traditional medicinal properties
Vale of Apatanis
Surrounded by wooded hills in Lower Subansiri district of Arunachal Pradesh lies the small Apatani valley. Vikas Choudhary captures the life of …
Time to revive our traditional knowledge systems
It is time traditional knowledge systems, which were passed on orally through legends and myths, are revived so that local communities can prosper
Languishing in the cans
Films on successful technological projects and innovative government schemes have failed simply because there has been no effort to show them to …
The negotiators
Of India's 18 major rivers, 17 are inter-state. In all cases, the water is intensely fought over. In all cases, there seems no resolution. In …
Extinctions, an epic reality
The gripping non-fiction shows how reality is actually more dramatic than the imagination