"Lessons in waste disposal from Lahore"
Ata-Ul-Haq is CEO of Green Technology Environmental Corporation, which set up Pakistan's first mega composting plant in Lahore in 2006. He tells Arnab Pratim Dutta that the model adopted for the
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Cheap thrill
a sudden spurt in public discussion in Delhi over worsening air quality over the last few years has brought into focus a few interesting points about controlling urban air pollution. This is not to
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India and climate change
Today the west knows that it has to take action on climate change, thanks to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (ipcc) and the Stern report. However, encouraged by the Stern report, it
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Knowledge initiative on Agriculture bad for farmers
While the country is actively engaged in discussing the nuclear deal, there is little dialogue on another Indo- us deal, which is being quietly implemented. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had signed
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Nicholas Stern on politics of climate change
In 2006, Nicholas Stern former chief economist, World Bank and advisor to the UK government, wrote about the economic threat from climate change in the Stern Report. He veers round to an uneasy
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Poor India speaks
book>> Caterpillar and the Mahua Flower, Tremors in India's Mining Fields
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Land and equality
in the past couple of years the land question has come more sharply into focus
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Jharkhand plagued by silicosis
Most of us regard the Egyptian pyramids as architectural masterpieces. Justifiably so: the monuments are among the world's finest heritage. But then how many of us know the fate of the workers
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Discussing Indo US nuke deal
Book>> The Indo-US Nuclear Deal, A Reference Compilation
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Salwa Judum: Nemesis of Chhattisgarh's tribals
Film>> India's Hidden War
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Tigers and tribals
Tigers or tribals?
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Nobel Peace prize 2007 prepares world for war against climate terror
interestingly, the unconventional choice of peaceniks, Al Gore and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (ipcc), by the Nobel committee has not created a public outcry. In fact, it has been
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Waterscapes: Cultural politics of a natural resource
Book>> Waterscapes: The Cultural Politics of a Natural Resource
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Indian farmers get short shrift as country imports wheat
In February this year, Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar announced that the country could export wheat in the near future. "If the current weather persists and the country's wheat production
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Remodelling India's fertiliser subsidy
india's fertilizer subsidy for 2007-08 is worth Rs 22,532 crore, which is estimated to be less than half of the requirement. So should the fertilizer subsidy be doubled? Or is it time to think
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Fight a guerrilla like a guerrilla
a primitive peasant rebellion is not quite in keeping with the modern India with its soaring Sensex, extravagant malls and industrious call centres. A ragtag militia of rabble-rousers mouthing Marx
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Coastal zone management notification '07 Better of bitter fare?
<B><font class="UCASE">report>></font> <font class="UCASE">Coastal Zone Management Notification
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India: be the party pooper
US President George Bush played host to a party of the top polluters of the world called to discuss climate change. He exhorted his guests that the world needed to act and called for a new approach
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Ecological reasons to oppose Sethusamudram project
before the Sethusamudram project began, many had cautioned the government against going ahead with the shipway. The ambitious project has claimed its casualty even before the first brick has been
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Politics of water resource management in India
Book>> The Politics of Water Resource Management in India