First food: business of taste
Good Food is First Food. It is not junk food. It is the food that connects nature and nutrition with livelihoods. This food is good for our health; it comes from the rich biodiversity of our regions; it
Good Food is First Food. It is not junk food. It is the food that connects nature and nutrition with livelihoods. This food is good for our health; it comes from the rich biodiversity of our regions; it
For geological reasons, Tamil Nadu has always had the lion's share of the Cauvery waters. But when Karnataka built the Krishnarajasagara dam, it secured the advantage
For 50 years the Mettur dam was completed. Tamil Nadu farmers used more than 75 per cent of the Cauvery waters, which was largely responsible for the tremendous escalation in rice cultivation in the
As the Cauvery tribunal tries to resolve the water sharing dispute, it becomes evident that monsoons hold the key
With every monsoon, the extent of floods in the country and its ensuing misery increases. Is this suffering largely self inflicted?
EMISSIONS of sulphur dioxide and nitrogen oxides play a key role in the formation of acid rain and consequently, the acidification of soils. Production of nitrogen oxides leads to ozone build-up in
Villagers near Udaipur fear that even if they get back their traditional grazing ground, which is at the centre of a mining lease dispute, things will never be the same for them
Extracting minerals and ornamental stone in the Aravallis despit its environmental costs is such a flourishing economic activity that political parties are vying with each other to protect it. Because most mine workers have no other livelihood, they r
Despite its vast numbers of scientists and research institutes, Indian science has always fared poorly on the global front. Several reasons have been put forward for the dismal performance, but the only fact that emerges is that there can be no consensus
Flash floods have left a desolate trail from Punjab to Bangladesh and the toll has been especially severe in Nepal, where raging torrents have isolated the Capital
Whether it is his well known monsoon model or his new population model, Vasant Gowarikar enjoys defying the classical definitions of a specialist. A tremendous urge to integrate statistical facts in various fields inspires this scientist, originally a che