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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Cosmetic concern
At a time when USA is banning MTBE , Indian public sector companies, with the blessings of the petroleum ministry babus, are promoting its use
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Empower civil society
Fiscal incentives for the middle class would help mobilise Indian money for NGOs. They would not have to depend on foreign funds
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No mood for a party
While the buzz of e commerce has been accepted, the discordant noise of environment has been conveniently left out
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Breathing in WTO's world
If EURO II norms are not applied to the entire country by 2000, India may become the world s biggest dumpyard of obsolete, polluting technology
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Two-nation theory
In a country so sharply divided between wealth and poverty, luxury and survival, the widening gap between what politicians say and what they do will lead to disaster <br>
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Ecological poverty
As a first step, the new chief ministers should declare themselves the chief environmental officers CEOs of their states
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Sinha's trick
Sinha will make life even more miserable for Indians. Wealth will come about but at the cost of the environment
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International pressure and the civil society
Linking trade and environment benefits industrialised countries in every way. And they will promote their civil society to create a bigger and bigger fuss about it
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A road to nowhere
The government must undertake a serious study of human nature interaction before declaring any area a national park
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Way out of a fix
The heart of the matter is that the government must learn to work with the civil society, its media and the public