Periscope
Local solutions: Anicut over a local stream in Rajasthan.
Ripples that may last
ENVIRONMENT: Community led solutions could be one of the many ways to stem the current water crisis
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Lighting up lives
ENERGY:Husk power plants in Bihar will now guzzle less water and churn out cheaper electricity
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Making it happen
South Africa has made considerable strides in gender equality and disability. India still has to catch up
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Promises to keep…
HUMAN RIGHTS: India's human rights record is currently being reviewed at the United Nations in Geneva
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May 24, 2012
A prelude to include
Disability is not inability. The truth was reinforced at a recent exhibition that showcased photographs taken by ten visually-impaired children in Mumbai. Urging people not to treat disabled...
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May 23, 2012
The bus stops here
Sagar, 7, a resident of Nalla Camp in Delhi is excited as he sees the bright yellow bus coming towards him. He rushes to call his friends – most belonging to the same age group and migrant communit...
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May 22, 2012
A little bit of lipstick
A refreshing and balanced dose of fun, romantic, erotic and edgy films is expected at the third edition of the Kashish Mumbai International Film Festival. With a bagful of 120 films from 30 countr...
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May 22, 2012
A life in fear
Every evening, Saima (name changed) of Pulwama district forces her nine-year-old son and five-year-old daughter to sleep early. Then she shuts all the doors and windows and braces herself for her h...
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May 20, 2012
A potential respite from AIDS
New modelling data released by International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI) and its partners at the Futures Institute shows that an AIDS vaccine that is only 50 per cent efficacious, if introduced...
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May 20, 2012
Tough times for Punjab
There is a general impression about Punjab that it is the land of high productivity agriculture and well-built healthy people. However, a silent health and environmental crisis sweeping across the...
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May 18, 2012
Of neglect and nurturing
The global economic crisis has severely impacted parents' caring and coping abilities. Inadequate living conditions and the struggle for economic survival create stress and despair, often furtheri...
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May 18, 2012
Struggle for justice, dignity
Over 500 people representing a spectrum of progressive groups — women's organisations, Dalit activists, sex workers' collectives — recently took to the streets in Satara, a western Maharashtra dist...
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May 23, 2012
Rays of research
Solar Energy Centre (SEC), an R&D institution of the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy and Delhi Technological University (DTU) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for undertakin...
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May 23, 2012
Pedagogy in the time of flux
The Joint Review Mission on Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) has asked Chhattisgarh to develop a separate plan for Left Wing Extremist (LWE) areas which poses a serious challenge to the implementation o...
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May 22, 2012
In search of grandpa's world
Alison Butler, a Labour Party councillor in London, is eagerly planning her trip to India next year. But her visit will be much more than the usual sightseeing and sampling of local cuisine. She is...
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May 20, 2012
A lake rejuvenated
Known as the city of lakes, Udaipur was adjudged one of the ten best tourist destinations in the world in 2009. It is also a favourite hotspot for big fat weddings and its scenic beauty has lured m...
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May 20, 2012
Network to save the greens
Nearly 200 young people from 11 countries, including India, recently laid the foundation stone for a worldwide youth climate network within the ‘YouThinkGreen' programme at Wolfsburg in Germany. »
May 20, 2012
Payment at fingertips
With India's mobile subscription base crossing a whopping 90-crore mark, mobile payment industry is all set to explode. India's young generation and growing city population is going to help in fast...
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May 18, 2012
A tussle for job cards
When Radhika Devi of Ghazipur district in eastern Uttar Pradesh, along with other women of her village, went to the gram pradhan to collect job cards under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment...
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May 17, 2012
Towards transparency
In response to the criticism that the UPA-II is plagued by policy paralysis and suffering from reform-fatigue, the original economic and trade policy reform architect Dr. Manmohan Singh as the Prim...
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