Safe or smug?
The awareness of the looming threat of bioweapons has evoked a serious response from all over the world, except India
Salwa Judum: Nemesis of Chhattisgarh's tribals
Film>> India's Hidden War Directed by James Brabazon Produced by Sandra Jordan 30 minutes
Marine feuds are festering sores in Kerala
Kerala's coast has become a battleground between traditional and mechanised fishing communities, jeopardising the marine ecosystem.
Stretching arguments to point of absurdity
SCIENCE, DEVELOPMENT AND VIOLENCE -- THE TWILIGHT OF MODERNITY Claude Alvares Publisher: Oxford University Press, New Delhi Price: Rs 195
Killer aid
Book>> War Games: The story of aid and war in modern times • by Linda Polman • Penguin Books • Rs 399
Climate change can trigger security concerns in South Asia
Climate change can trigger conflicts, violence and migration due to water scarcity, food insecurity, lack of shelter and livelihood constrains
Thirst for profits rises as disease spreads
Even as AIDS spreads throughout the world, Australians are determined to get their share of the profits from the use of a shrub that halts …
Latin Americans seek truce against EC curbs
Latin American and Caribbean banana growers are seeking to reconcile the rivalry between them, which is threatening to escalate because of new …
Consolidation against commoners
After land consolidation was introduced, the landless poor and agricultural labourers, who depended on common resources, faced tremendous problems
Deep Concerns
Environmental groups wage legal war to contain mining operations in Karnataka's Kudremukh National Park
PM, CM in title clash
Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee and Madhya Pradesh chief minister Digvijay Singh are playing the blame game over the settlement of tribal …
Hills of despair and hope
Book>> Unruly hills-nature and nation in India’s Northeast • by Bengt G Karlsson • Orient Blackswan, Social Science Press &…
Digging their own grave
Extracting minerals and ornamental stone in the Aravallis - despit its environmental costs - is such a flourishing economic activity that …
Panel to smooth North-South squabbles on GEF
A special committee is being set up to solve clashes between the industrialised and developing countries over national and international gains in …
A shredded project
After the proposed Nylon 6,6 plant in Goa was discussed threadbare and opposed by many, the Greens succeeded in having the project shifted out
Written in blood
The police firing on helpless farmers in Madhya Pradesh was one of the most grisly incidents in recent times. But the tragedy was precipitated by …
Farmers' uprising in Rajasthan
Four farmers killed in police firing while demanding more water for irrigation; anger still brewing
‘Independent India worse for tribals’
Widely respected in the civil society, B D Sharma spent his life fighting for the rights of tribals for about four decades. Excerpts from a …
Shifting Ganga creats islands disputed
In the post-monsoon months of September and October, the Ganga often rises to flood vast tracts of border land in Bihar and Uttar Pradesh. As the …
Intanki National Park- haven for encroachers’
Chunks of Intanki National Park in Nagaland are sold for Rs 2,500 a hectare as the forest department looks on. Sayantan Bera visits encroachers&…
Liquid pressure
Book>> WATER THE EPIC STRUGGLE FOR WEALTH, POWER, AND CIVILIZATION • by Steven Solomon • Harper Collins • Rs 580
Dying for a river
In Raigarh district of Madhya Pradesh, tribals are fighting to save their only source of water from an industrial house. A woman has already died …
A quiet Revolution
Six years ago, the Andhra Pradesh government decided to manage forests jointly with the people. This effort is breaking new ground in Naxalite-…
Uneasy truce
Stand-off ends between forest officials and villagers in Ranthambhore, but roots of the conflict remain
Darfur pays for its water
In 2006, Slovenian president Janez Drnov?ek sent filmmaker and political activist Tomo Kriznar as a peace envoy to war-torn Darfur. US pressure …