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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Scientific Indian
My friend, V Nanjundiah, of the Indian Institute of Science us in Bangalore has asked me a very pertinent question: why cannot Down To Earth cover more on Indian science? I am sure it can; I
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Artisans the untold story
Despair and devastation stare India"s artisans in their face, as resource crunch, modern civilisation and government apathy combine in an onslaught on their teetering citadels. Down To Earth presents an exhaustive analysis
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Attaining autonomy
Tribals in India have finally succeeded in achieving their long cherished ambition of self rule
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Scuttling scabs
The days when the word leper was almost an invective, and the disease itself considered a scourge, are over. Patients, voluntary workers and ordinary villagefolk are labouring shoulder to shoulder to, root it out through an eradication programme
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Drowned in apathy
THE meeting of the National Water Resources Council (NWRC), convened by Prime Minister P V Narasimha Rao last month, was a total failure, as no decision was taken on any of the long list of
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Rocky rendezvous
The enigma behind the world. of asteroids could be unravelled once and for all with NASAs recent launch of a search probe
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"Some power is better than none"
With the country, reeling under an intensifying power crunch, and various authorities only predicting a darker future, the search for alternative energy sources becomes that much more important. N B AMIN, chairperson of the Gujarat based Sardar Pate
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No conversion!
A court order honks trouble for those that have tampered with their cars' catalytic converters, but prosecuting authorities seem stranded at crossroads for want of adequate rules to bring culprits to book