Whenever the Supreme Court pulls the trigger, why does it miss the target? Because governments like those of the seven Northeast states work hard to defeat every good intention. The apex court imposed an interim ban on felling in forests on December 1

Governments clinically interpret the ban to make space for the forest bureaucracy, alienating people from their own habitats

Read between the lines: the Supreme Court order has a development model hidden for the Northeast

As the debate continues, the Northeast must stamp the decision: log out of forest bureaucracy and log in to local based prosperity

Khasis in Meghalaya help in environmental regeneration

Indigenous is the byword in the water harvesting techniques followed in India s northeast. In Meghalaya, an intricate network of bamboo pipes is used to irrigate betel leaf or black pepper crops in rocky areas where no channels can be built, a practice wh