Healthy fast food

Sahyadri tribals eat buckwheat to stay fit

A peek into granny’s kitchen

Jagdeep Gupta recounts the years spent in grandma’s kitchen eating bajra delicacies and the lessons on the nutritional importance of the …

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.

Feathers, nails, bones and blood!

Time has come for tribal medication to be revalidated

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 …

Campaign

A partial success

But escape clauses weaken radical decisions taken at the recent convention on biodiversity

What's cooking?

This is for starters

Data galore on Indian science and technology, not enough analysis says, Shobhit Mahajan

Unwrap the secret of health

Oriyas fight winters with a delicacy covered in turmeric leaves

Poor man's saffron

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

How about some baby crocs?

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

Princely act

Do men fall ill more often than women?

Technology gives traditional water-mills a lift

The gharat, a water wheel used for centuries by the Himalayan people, has now been modified so that it can empower several machines simultaneously.…

Beyond 'intelligence'

BEYOND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY: TOWARDS TRADITIONAL RESOURCE RIGHTS FOR INDIGENOUS PEOPLE AND LOCAL COMMUNITIES· Darrell A Posey and Graham …

Oriental antidote

Stealing what is ours

Farming system developed

Popularising a science

Fusion project

Folk cures

In Ethiopia, traditional healers can be a good alternative to an inefficient public health system

Preserving wisdom

Home truths