First food: business of taste
Good Food is First Food. It is not junk food. It is the food that connects nature and nutrition with livelihoods. This food is good for our health; it comes from the rich biodiversity of our regions; it
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Rain drain
HARVEST of Rain, conceived by Anil Agarwal and Sunita Narain, is a cohesive and well-researched film. Its main thrust is the near destruction of traditional methods of storing water as a
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Road, yes. Trod, no
Controversy reared its head once again on the East Coast Road (ECR), a 700-km-long highway being constructed from Madras to Kanyakumari. Activists of the ECR action committee (AC) were assaulted
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"We hope to encourage alternative lifestyles"
Having successfully brought the plight of the peasants and tribals of Narmada valley into international focus, MEDHA PATKAR continues her crusade against the ills of mindless 'development'. Apart from being the leader of the Narmada Bachao Andolan, she h
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Friendly plastic
A K NANDA, a young scientist from Berhampur in Orissa, has developed a commercially viable process for production of bio-degradable plastic sheets and films using starch. The polythene films
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Official blindness
THE NGO sector of Orissa has vehemently opposed the bureaucrats of the health and family welfare department of the state after they returned Rs 33 crore out of the Rs 60 crore grant for the
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Nettin' in the bad guys
The Internet is fast becoming a powerful weapon in the hands of voluntary groups for tying up in knots the hitherto omniscient international business shoguns, forcing them to retreat ... because now the world knows of their dirty games
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Citywards ho!
Out of more than half the world population that are wannabe urban Bourbons, larger number of women and children will have to rough it out
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The genepool war
The recently concluded FAO meeting on the control over plant genetic resources, their conservation and sustainable use has left the North and the South bracing up for a major battle in the days to come
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Borne again
Why is malaria, an easily preventable ailment, showing signs of resurging in all its fury, and what are we doing to contain its marauding steps?
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Muck to moolah
A village based approach to wastewater management is ecologically sound and opens up a clear route to economic upliftment of the communities... one of the farmers