Turning a new reef
Once liquour-sodden, the fisherfolk of a Kerala village are replacing destroyed natural reefs with artificial ones
Hark, the drunkard
You may freshen up your breath, but cops will soon be equipped with a microphone that can catch you by your voice pattern
Dew distilled from stars and rainbows
For centuries, humans have collected honey and put it to various uses, from a sweetener making alcohol
Leading the battle against the bottle
Several regional organisations are helping women fight against the sale and consumption of liquor.
Alcohol ads: Teens targeted?
A recent study in the US reports that magazines popular with teenagers such as Rolling Stone and People tend to carry more alcohol advertisements.…
Shame puts the cork back in liquor bottles
Campaigns by women have been successful in curbing alcoholism among their menfolk in Manipur and Andhra Pradesh, but similar efforts have failed …
The role of genes
... in the making of an alcoholic is established by measuring the preference for alcohol in genetically bred mice
Fatal syndrome
Would-be-mothers drinking themselves merry can cause serious birth clefects to the child in the womb
The alcoholic gene
Alcoholism and genes: a collaborative study is closing on in establishing a link between the two
Jeevika 2003: About common people
What do people do when their livelihoods are threatened? How do they deal with a world that pushes them to the margins? Such issues were raised …
A Green ban
Kanchanpur has some unusual people: drunk men and green women. Ignored and uncared for by the men, the region's lands were barren. Then, the …
COVID-19: Kerala grapples with alcoholism amid lockdown
7 deaths related to alcoholism reported as of April 2, 2020, with several in de-addiction centres
Support system: This Chhattisgarh SHG began to fight leprosy stigma; it has now made women self-sufficient
Sahara has got a liquor distillery closed down; enabled women to participate in local governance and improved livelihoods
Not so young at heart
Young hearts are more stressed out than they used to be. They bear much more pressure these days just to beat. Heart disease is no more an …
Sobering drug
Spirited battle
Heady with confidence, tribal dwellers of an obscure Kerala region confront the liquor dons
Fuelled by alcohol
Lead on the palate
Of highs and lows
A recent study confirms correlation between an enzyme and alcohol sensitivity in mice
A diet for the heart
Mothers' sins
Tricky thin, booze
Drinking to death
Alcoholics' genonymous
Alcoholism is linked to genes in fruit flies -- and humans
Mutually dependent