Afghanistan, the badland of international politics, faces its toughest challenge: life and peace. Two decades of war, six months of non stop bombing and incessant US efforts to establish a friendly government, make this a bitter dream. One tenth of its po

India's first Human Development Report needs to look beyond numbers at ecology poverty linkages

visitor birds coming to India every season are facing, not hospitality but hostility. They may just decide to give India a skip. Poachers are targeting these migrant birds, as well as the

Heads of panchayats arrived in the Capital to demand the power to effectively run the traditional self government

The tiny rodents that most people link only to pestilence and crop destruction have fascinated Ishwar Prakash one of that rare breed: a rat expert in India for most of his life

WHEN too many words clamour with each other and obfuscate the contours of a discourse, images perhaps remain the lone source of strength for people. Recovering this primal force of images,

Toddy tappers in Kerala fought off social stigma and repression only to fight new demons like the government's excise policy

A fleeting reappearance of plague exposes India's lack of preparedness

How tribals have become mere pawns in Kerala s political games

Government dithers as tribal protests over land rights gather momentum countrywide

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