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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Counting on origami
The Japanese art of folding paper into decorative shapes empowers tribals with the knowledge of mathematics
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The continuing irrelevance of Agenda 21
AGENDA 12 resources to the South have been consistently falling - and there hangs the threat of a further plummet. Even the North- initiated Global Environment Facility has failed to raise the
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The Unknown Hall of Fame
AWAY from the limelight, the unknown Bengali used skill and ingenuity to create and design.
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Inaction irks MEF
CONCERNED at the lack of action by 2 Delhi agencies on the Yamuna Action Plan launched in June last year, the Union ministry of environment and forests (MEF) has decided to refer the matter to the
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The double edged sword
Picture this: A doctor draws out cells from a foetus to diagnose if it will develop into a normal child. A simple and quick test of the sample indicates that the child could be struck with a debilitating disease for which there is no cure in its adu
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Surviving on wood
Collecting fuelwood provides a basis for survival for the poor around Dharwar
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Empowering the Disabled
Organisations strive to show that the world of a spastic child is no different than the one we all live in
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Power to the people
THE country took a big step towards giving more power to the people with the Panchayati Raj Act becoming operational on April 23 following all states and Union territories amending their respective
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Tools for sharing
"WE ARE not interested in how to kill pests or how cowdung cakes are to be made. We know all these things. We only want entertainment and cinema songs. Let the city dwellers who do not know anything
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Gene related disorders
* Fragile X mental retardation * Alzheimer's disease (Brain degeneration) * X-linked bulbo-spinal muscular atrophy * Myotonic dystrophy (Muscle disorder that later affects other body systems)