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
India
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Honing old homing skills
DESPITE India being a country with an ancient tradition of building houses which used little energy in construction and maintenance, the majority of our government housing and construction
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Patent parley
The Rao government has proved itself unconvincing in handling the Opposition on GATT related patent reforms
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Chipping mines
MINING for minerals is one of humankind's oldest industrial activities, and one of the most complex. Only very recently have computers found their way into the mining industry. Initially,
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Where light and thought become matter
Deepak Chopra, author of the American bestseller, Quantum Healing, uses the analogy of wave-particle duality in quantum physics to enunciate a theoretical basis of mind-body medicine. Light can
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GATTing drugs, not getting them
The latest durg price control order will boost the MNCs and deprive the common consumer by damaging the small scale sector
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Unleaded petrol stays
DESPITE widespread apprehensions about its potential health hazards, super-unleaded petrol is set to stay in the UK. In late March, the British govemment rejected the calls bya group of mps
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Barefoot doctors
Backward Bihar villagers receive healthcare from barefoot 'first aid physicians'
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The parching of India's Venice
Kerala finds its rivers drying up and beginning to die
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Homing in on tradition
Traditional models of architecture, especially for mass housing purposes, may yet be resurrected
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Tribal maladministration
THIS book throws light on the framework of administration of Bihar's Santhal Parganas district. It to give a comprehensive picture of development efforts in a tribal area. The study begins with the