A us withdrawal of patent on the use of turmeric as a wound healing agent would do little to solve the greater problem of protecting traditional systems of knowledge

The technique of producing iron from low grade ore used by the Agarias was environmentally sound. But the community is marginalised today, and their craft is a dying art

The latest Western celebrity to seek the East's heating touch is British billionaire and father-in-law of cricket icon lmran Khan, Sir James Goldsmith. The healer is the renowned metal

Medicinal plant biodiversity is rapidly vanishing in India and the government has still to come up with a plan of action