Silent sufferers
Indifferent primary health care in developing countries could lead to mental depression taking the form of a mass illness
Save the sea
...by encouraging local participation of fisherfolk to arrest overfishing and damage to the eco-system
The daily bread
Bangladesh's flood victims have little or no work, and little or no money to buy food. And even the foodstuffs that are provided to them under …
Fuel for thought
To reduce the level of carbon in the atmosphere, growing and using biomass as an energy substitute for fossil fuels is of greater advantage than …
Whale of a problem
The world has again failed to agree whether whaling should continue or a moratorium should be placed on hunting the sea mammal
Alluring corridors
Conservation of lengths of forests, harbouring native animal and plant species, is a powerful concept that can involve people and attract funds
Starting afresh
For the writer, the environs and celebrations will be very different when the new millenium dawns
Trim that FLAB
The bureaucrat is a generalist and gets to head departments that should be managed by specialists
Gifted writers
The life of a journalist on the motoring beat is replete with foreign trips, cash and expensive gifts, all in exchange of a slippery pen
Serving in god's name
This dedicated band have abandoned their egos and selfishness to go about performing social service without any fanfare
Mucking around the Taj
Is there any point in keeping an architectural beauty radiant while the rest of the city goes to pot?
When the hills turn blue
... it is the elusive kurinji flowering in the Western Ghats, blossoming faithfully every 12 years
A taste of dry death
As the Gujarat forest department persists in planting a weed that sucks dry all the water in its vicinity, the Little Rann of Kutch gets...
To feed the cattle of the West
Extensive soya bean cultivation in Madhya Pradesh to supply fodder to the West has cut a swathe of degradation
'Spare parts' for sale
Unless Indians realise the nobility of donating their organs after death, the illegal trade in organs from living people will continue to flourish.
The credo of an economist
Long-term economic growth is impossible through any act that pits humankind against the environment
USA faces up to the biodiversity challenge
The US President reiterates that the one world, one environment theme is the only way to protect the planet.
Exploring India's rural market potential
With rural disposable incomes outstripping urban ones, there is a lot of scope for the expansion of the rural market base.
Green issues need equitable entitlements
Now that the Cold War is over, concern for the environment will play a vital role in international relations in the foreseeable future.
Debt-burdened Indonesia bows to World Bank
Large foreign debts have forced Indonesia to give in to World Bank pressure and adopt structural economic changes.
Delhi's two faces: One rich, the other poor
The slums in the capital city will keep on growing unless the villages around it are allowed to prosper.
Revitalised role forecast for people's movements
It is becoming possible to utilise the capacities that exist outside the state -- such as non-governmental organisations -- to influence state …
Children of the earth, worshippers of nature
Rigoberta Menchu, a Guatemalan human rights activist and peasant leader, was awarded this year's Nobel Peace Prize. Menchu was witness to the …
Improving village life will keep villager home
Voluntary agencies will have to come up with ways to make the village peaceful and productive. Only a satisfying life in the village will prevent …
Disappointing and poorly done
There is no merit in the Morse committee's philosophy which can be summed up as 'do nothing till you've done everything'