Hot water; hotter tempers
On April 10, a hot sunny day, Chennai’s Chepauk stadium became a fortress. Yellow barricades, armed policemen and security vans surrounded the venue. The Indian Premier League was in town, and the Chennai
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Toxic cocktail
Panel discussion on lifestyle diseases: India positioned on the wrong side of the health index, warn experts. Be it the luxury cars we drive or the houses we live in or the vacations we take or the clothes
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House grouse
The tiger needs more space, the lion a second home. And the government is confused The tourist is invading the tiger's home, taking away his privacy. The lion's quarters are cramped, it could do with
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Horn to die
September 22 is World Rhino Day. At sanctuaries across the globe, the species wallow in royal treatment to mark the occasion. At the Kaziranga National Park in Assam, however, it is death and destruction
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Raising a stink
Urban India sitting on a ticking garbage bomb For a few weeks in August, garden city Bangalore turned into a garbage city. This was after villagers living near the landfills in Mandur and Doddaballapur,
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Digging one's ore grave
The pain on the faces of farmers in Goa's Sirigaon village tells a tale. A tale of ruin. Their wells and lakes have dried up. The soil has been corroded. Lush farms have become mere memories. Memories
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Making every drop count
India has the highest number of deaths from road accidents, according to the World Health Organisation. In 2009, there were half a million accidents in India and 1,05,000 people lost their lives. Besides,
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Fast and furious
On August 30, relay hunger strikes by villagers against a proposed 2,640MW coal-fired thermal power plant at Sompeta in Srikakulam district of Andhra Pradesh would touch the 1,000-day mark. Another strike
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No rain nor shine
Failure of the monsoons has wreaked havoc in the lives of farmers in the Cauvery delta It is almost mid-day, and the sun is harsh. But that does not deter Kaliaperumal of Melamanganallur, who is waiting
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Slow poison
Maheshbhai Patel is busy attending to customers in his small grocery shop in Gujarat Industrial Development Corporation estate in Vapi, Gujarat. Although the stench coming from the nearby chemical industries
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Waiting for the rains
Barren land glares at you from either side of the national highway from Jodhpur to Jaisalmer. A few dry wild bushes and cacti line the tough terrain. Although there are random patches of ploughed land,