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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Exhausting concerns
The automobile industry is worried about a proposed legislation that may soon make it mandatory for manufacturers to fit vehicles with catalytic convertors to control pollution levels
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Pilot studies
Eight USAID funded studies have been completed
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The joke's on the panchayat
The recent <i>panchayat</i> elections in Madhya Pradesh was the latest edition of the mock ritual of decentralisation
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Fired by tradition
Punjawas in the villages of Kaithal are products of centuries of mastery over fire : the kumhars have learnt to manipulate the physical gradient of a punjawa so that the rising heat from constantly
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In defence of the lowly idli
British criticism of the Indian diet focused chiefly on rice. Yet "(I)dlis shine like the cool rayed moon": the humble flying saucer, the staple South Indian food, inspired the Jain poet Terkanambi
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External funding
Of the total World Bank aid of $9.9 billion for agriculture development in India upto 1990, about $350 million went to forestry. Since then, projects worth $282 million have been finalised and
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Lighting up tumours
New chemical compounds have made radiographic imaging for tumour detection cheaper
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Conversion to a safer life
NEERI's catalytic converter converts auto exhaust into carbon dioxide and water vapour
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The grass returns
How a village in Rajasthan greened its pasture despite official hamhandedness
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The difference is in the recipe
IN INDIA, the determination and articulation of the country's stands on international issues have been the exclusive mandate of diplomats and bureaucrats. No matter how critical an issue, the people