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 …
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
A dying tradition
Dearth of knowledge has frustrated attempts to revive a traditional but viable method of making iron.
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
A dying craft
The technique of producing iron from low-grade ore used by the Agarias was environmentally sound. But the community is marginalised today, and …
For the love of gond
How an edible gum works wonders for the taste buds as well as health, explains Pooja Singh
The wood femine
Decline in supplies has badly affected many traditional crafts. Woodcarving in Saharanpur is one of them. Despite a revitalised export market, …
Science of the Common people
A recent congress highlighted the relevance of people-oriented science and technology such as the management of water, forests and agriculture.
Oasis underneath
Local people in the arid Churu district of Rajasthan know how to store sweet rainwater for the scorching, parched summers
Some knowledge is forever
The validity of traditional ecological practices, in terms of sustainability, has to be examined scientifically
Sage advice
Africa's researchers and scientists discuss their traditional knowledge and developmental skills for better sustainability
Catching the wind
Modern designers of interior climate control can learn a thing or two from traditional windtowers and windtunnels
Unveiling the past
People are now realising that the solutions to many modern problems lie buried somewhere in our traditional sciences
Protecting the nation's patents
V K GUPTA , director, National Institute of Science Communication (NISCOM), tells VIBHA VARSHNEY how they set about building the Traditional …
Chinese ritual - Homage online
Chinese government departments have devised a rather strange solution to the problem of congestion and traffic jams. They have requested mourners …
The saas-bahu cereal
Aparna Pallavi took 20 years to understand Vidarbha’s culinary character. It lies in the staple
Leguminous affair
Boiled, roasted or deep fried... explore the many culinary delights of fresh pigeon peas
The rebirth of ancient wisdom
The role of dais, traditional Indian midwives, is being reevaluated as modern medicine finds their lore ideally suited to Indian conditions
Mud housing is the key
Mud's low cost and malleability makes it an ideal building material. But its use can be popularised only if such drawbacks as its …
The spirit of the sanctuary
Sacred groves - tracts of virgin forests - are vestiges of an ancient practice in which people protected a forest to avoid the wrath of its …
The other course
Traditional curative systems like ayurveda, homoeopathy, acupuncture... are being revived as alternative medicine. But in India and the Orient, …