"Ideas are like time-bombs. You never know, when someone will read it and make change. The idea will then explode". This is what Anil Agarwal said constantly. His editorials and writings -- prose, policy and politics -- will remain our richest intellectual legacy. We present here for our readers a collection of Down To Earth editorials. Everything from participatory democracy to science policy to pollution and global warming...For you to read, use and cherish.

-- Sunita Narain, Down To Earth editor