Following in a long line of analysis, talk shows on television on several occasions over the past summer featured experts who made politically correct statements in favour of a series
What might be considered 'primitive' by the enlightened may not be a state of backwardness. Tribal knowledge-systems need not conform to 'mainstream' development notions.
The multinational colas swamp the public consciousness with their advertising blitz, but a parliamentary committee has been doing its job in India.
The state of Punjab which has been literally feeding India, with its annual contribution of 53 percent of wheat and 40 percent of paddy to the food stocks of the
Islam in South Asia A Regional Perspective
by Asim Roy
South Asian Publishers, New Delhi, 1996
ISBN 81 7003 193 1
For Eucalyptus
Eucalyptus has been under fire for quite a few years now. Farmers, agronomists, environmentalists and scientists have all condemned the planting of this species. In 1983, Karnataka farmers
In the chill of the evening by the banks of the Bhagirathi River near Uttar Kashi, the stars are beginning to show as Mahant Shankar Puri raises his voice in
The loss of forest cover has been blamed on villagers' need for firewood and fodder. But cremation is also a significant factor, even though some officials and environmentalists understandably
