A known a crusader for traditional Indian medicine. P Pushpangadan, who completed his Ph.D from Aligarh University, is currently the director of the Tropical Botanic Garden and Research Institute tgbri in Thiruvananthapuram. The institute has championed

Local people in the arid Churu district of Rajasthan know how to store sweet rainwater for the scorching, parched summers

AT A time when a growing number of Western countries are focusing in on alternate medicine, India is neglecting its traditional cures. In the urban centres, where the manufacturers of

The validity of traditional ecological practices, in terms of sustainability, has to be examined scientifically

Africa's researchers and scientists discuss their traditional knowledge and developmental skills for better sustainability

The traditional pottery industry in Aurangabad village in Gorakhpur district of Uttar Pradesh, is not only weathering the onslaught of modernisation but thriving in spite of it.

Modern designers of interior climate control can learn a thing or two from traditional windtowers and windtunnels

Growing up in Minadanao, nature's last frontier in the Philippines, Joey Ayala learnt to mix words and music with the sounds of nature. Ayala, 38, is the most famous of the new breed of Filipino

AFTER Vasundhara it is Dharti. Environmentalism is surely growing on the theatre groups of the Capital. Dharti, a Hindustani musical was staged by the Delhi Art Theater to commemorate the World Drama

Traditional systems of medicine offer holistic and effective formulations to handle cancer

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