Sunderbans islanders are caught between a shameless North and a callous South THE district administration in southern West Bengal got the warning for Aila, the cyclone to hit Sagar Island, about 20 hours in advance (see
Heather Allen looks at issues related to sustainable development at the International Association of Public Transport, Brussels. Pradip Saha caught up with her on issues topical to her work. Excerpts
Saffron yields fall in Kashmir. Climate change? Or just over-anxious farmers In mid-16th century, Abul Fazl, visited Kashmir. Fazl was a formidable administrator, a historiographer and one of the nine gems at Mughal emperor Akbar
At the recent World Water Forum in Istanbul, Payal Parekh and her colleague Ann-Kathrin Schneider were deported. She spoke with Bharat Lal Seth What was your point at the World Water Forum We simply wanted to convey the destructiveness of dams. The World Water Forum was billed as a democratic space where global water policy would be debated. But this turned out to be a farce. The forum
