India may have compromised her sovereignty over the Narmada issue

THE MORSE committee has asked the World Bank to step back from the Sardar Sarovar project. Whether the bank complies or not, the committee has undoubtedly delivered a resounding indictment of

The need of the hour is to reconcile apparently irreconcilable interests

SOMEWHERE in the Ayodhya hills of Bengal's Purulia district, a scorpion stung the wits out of me. My adivasi companion, Sukhchand, still in his teens, rubbed a poultice made up of some leaves on

Lack of respect for facts and a strong ideology guided by Judaic Christian thought dominate the report

There are no new insights in the Morse committee's recommendations

THIS BOOK, a collection of articles by six authors, is meant to be a sequel to Blueprint for a Green Economy (Earthscan), which was published in September 1989. The theme of the earlier book was

Dozens of families displaced from Gujarat villages in the vicinity of the Sardar Sarovar dam years back have returned to their original homes and refused to move back. What further evidence do the authorities want?

The report on the Sardar Sarovar does not address crucial issues like water saving technologies, lowering the dam height and reducing the size of the reservoir

Amulya Ratna Nanda, registrar general and census commissioner of India, feels the country has made some progress in bringing down its growth rate