Documenting the Northeast's tribal laws
Land is central to the tribal identity in the region too easily abbreviated 'northeast'. Jeuti baruah knows this too well. As director of the Law …
Private affairs
The invitation was innocuous. The Confederation of Indian Industry (cii) -- the grouping of the large and most powerful industries -- was …
Long yarn
The cotton story is a tangled tale. In many parts of India, farmers are committing suicide. It's been a while Andhra Pradesh, Punjab and now …
Meet Deben Bora
As field researchers will tell, you don't get up one fine morning and cut through an unknown forest in search of an elusive animal species. Even …
New age patrons
A NORTHEAST TAPESTRY: SIX DOCUMENTARIES ON THE NORTHEAST BY INDEPENDENT FILMMAKERS. Produced by Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU). …
Conversing on conservation
Battles Over Nature: Science and the Politics of Conservation Editors: Mahesh Rangarajan and Vasant Saberwal Publisher: Permanent Black Delhi Rs …
Tribals become anthropologists
An academy that aims at converting tribals to anthropology; where the Bhils crossover from being mere objects of study to an active role in …
Stop trade
Soligas harvested forest produce. For them, it was a sustainable business. Then, irrationally, government moved to
Witch-hunt on after elephant death in Chhattisgarh
The death of one rogue elephant in Chhattisgarh's Jashpur division on February 24 has taken a heavy toll. According to sources within the Union …
Has forest cover really increased?
The provisional figures for India's forest cover are now ready, and Down To Earth has managed to acquire a copy. The figures, when compared to …
Roots breathing heavy
MANGROVE FORESTS: REPOSITORY OF NATURE’S MAGIC·Photo exhibition·India International Centre, New Delhi·November 4-10, 2001
Wildlife board discovers it has no say
Though touted as a statutory body with teeth, the National Wildlife Board was tamed by Union minister for environment and forests T R Baalu at …
One step forward, many steps back
Some recent amendments to the Wildlife Protection Act could infuse new life into a fusty act, but there are others that threaten to pull matters back
After the People met
The Union ministry of home affairs wants to know: what is the Meghalaya government going to do about the 'People's Budget'?
Forest ministry favours intrusion
The biggest threat protected areas across the country face right now is from their purported protector -- the Union ministry of environment and …
The pig-headed species
Overzealous conservationists block progress at CITES meet (Read full article)
Costly largesse
US unveils safety net for its farmers, shackling global free trade and posing a threat to environment
Bird song on tape
How do we view the Bawaria community?
Are the Bawarias of Rajasthan hunters, nomads or a tribe of criminals?
Book review: Deep and detailed
Indian Estuaries S Z Qasim Allied Publishers Pvt Limited, Delhi p420
Scripting a struggle
Tribals fight for the right to write their way
A new Northeast magazine
Grassroots Options is about development or the lack of it in the northeast
Nailing the lie of the land
Guns and poses
The Tripura government's plan to secure development for tribals
A timely compendium