India

India

The closing of the gates

A controversy boiled over when the construction sluices were closed abruptly and affected scores of people

Publication Date:

14/04/1994

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Dams, Narmada Valley Project, Rehabilitation, India

India

Tanking up on history

NOTED environmental activist and writer Anupam Mishra's recent book on tanks is a significant contribution to environmental studies for at least three reasons: first, it establishes the historical

Publication Date:

14/04/1994

Author(s): Mukul Sharma

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

2

Issue:

19940415

pp:

0

Tags:

Tanks, India

India

Tongue twisting in easy steps

A software package allows material in unfamiliar Indian languages to be read in 10 others

Publication Date:

14/04/1994

Author(s): Rakesh Kalshian

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Education, India, Computers

India

Riding the waves with an eye on a star

Traditional sailors are skilled in roaming the seas with nature as their guide

Publication Date:

14/04/1994

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

2

Issue:

19940415

pp:

0

India

Up in smoke

Illegal marijuana cultivation leads to a systematic butchering of the rich rainforests of Kerala

Publication Date:

14/04/1994

Author(s): P R J Pradeep

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

2

Issue:

19940415

pp:

0

Tags:

Tropical Forests, India, Kerala

India

Family plot

Timely practices of mulching, watering and pruning have allowed the Kachares to thrive on "barren" ground

Publication Date:

14/04/1994

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

2

Issue:

19940415

pp:

0

Tags:

Irrigation, India, Maharashtra

India

When the pot calls the kettle black

THE Brazilian minister for environment, Rubens Ricupero, says that Western politicians, NGOs and the media betray the attitude that Third World countries look for what he calls the "lowest common

Publication Date:

14/04/1994

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

2

Issue:

19940415

pp:

0

Tags:

Carbon Dioxide, Global Warming

India