A voice for the silent majority
Chidambaram's success
Scarred by violence and fundamentalism
1992 proved the Indian women's movement needs to reassess its priorities and strategies.
Born again
The dense Melaghar forests in Tripura that were destroyed during the Bangladesh war have been revived through the efforts of the Acharya Jagdish …
Che Guevara: The face that launched a thousand…
Testimony to the efficacy and vitality of images manifests in what they appear to do, what people do as a result, what they expect the form to …
Dharna to defecation: The Indian art of protest
Through the centuries, Indians have evolved several novel ways to protest injustice. Many are still practised in India and some have even been …
People power
Kerala launches a movement -- of the people, by the people, for the people. Whether the movement will stand the test of time is yet to be seen,…
Regaining a paradise
Involvement of locals in the management of natural resources has earned remarkable dividends for the Doon valley
Fishing in troubled waters
People displaced by a dam on the Tawa, the Narmada's biggest tributary, charted their own rehabilitation through exemplary management of natural …
Haunted by the past
Five years ago, Nigerian social activist Ken Saro-Wiwa was killed because he fought against multinational oil companies and dared to assert the …
Water revolution
It is not easy to initiate a movement for water conservation in the face of drought. But the Madhya Pradesh government pushed forward in all the …