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Assam gourd hits a sweet spot in Karnataka
A small spiny vegetable from Assam is set to debut in Malnad district of Karnataka. ...
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A slow churn
An economy on the move needs to invest in social change. The problem is that ...
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Girl from a ghetto: Dreams, ambitions of Muslim women
he archetypal perception about Muslim women is that they are victims of Islam and of ...
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Mayyil rice miracle: Output is doubled, farmers start firm
The 18-km drive from Kannur town to Mayyil in Kerala ends in a diorama of ...
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Whatever happened to reverse mortgage?
Colonel Surendra Pal Chauhan is 76 and is the owner of a house in Sector ...
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It is important to help the poor access their rights
Are advocacy, yatras, social audit and online services sufficient to enable the rural poor to ...
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Sanitation economy is on the rise with jobs, tech
Has the world ceded to sanitation being costly and difficult, a problem we must solve ...
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Chanthaburi heritage and Pattaya’s 3D art
The Indian tourist has evolved and matured. When destination fatigue sets in, Indian tourists scout for ...
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Engineer-ecologist: Tribute to Dhrubajyoti Ghosh
In the many years that the Leftist parties governed West Bengal, they paid little attention ...
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Burhan Wani and the flashpoint in Kashmir
The protests and violence that have followed the killing of Burhan Muzaffar Wani, 20, have ...
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Goa heritage: Mapping beautiful old homes
Goa is practically littered with mesmerising houses and government buildings that hark back to 450 ...
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Govt school teachers get tech savvy with a little help
At a picturesque resort amidst a tea garden in Alipurduar district of West Bengal, 20 ...
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Old bus, new restroom! In Pune women get toilets
In the sunrise sanitation sector, Ulka Sadalkar is a pioneer. She runs modern toilets in ...
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JNU celebrates street theatre with Sahmat
Protesters became performers on 12 April, National Street Theatre Day, at Jawaharlal Nehru University’s (JNU) ...
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Goa village digs in, grows paddy to stop builders
When residents of the island village of St Estevam found that they were going to ...
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Matri Sudha combats hunger with Poshan Champions
Barkha’s husband, Pintu, earns Rs 7,000 a month as a salesman in a company. “I ...
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Drug policy in J&K seeks to tackle addiction
A new drug policy to check rising cases of addiction has been drafted in Jammu ...
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Elder abuse rising, says Helpage survey in cities
With worrisome regularity, news stories have been appearing of the elderly being subjected to harassment ...
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HIV update: Fewer cases, but stigma, drugs?
During a routine check-up at a government hospital, Janak decided to get himself tested for ...
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For the aged, a home of their own in Delhi
Sixty-seven-year-old Rukmani, a widow, was the picture of misery when she first entered the gates ...
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Manto: Nandita Das’ film on the last years
The narrative canvas of Manto, actress Nandita Das’ second film as a director, is separated ...
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Development is the target, says Tata Steel’s Sourav Roy
It is five years since Jamshedpur began hosting Samvaad, an event at which tribal people ...
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RTI movement tells its story in Aruna’s book
People’s movements represent multiple hopes and efforts. As they stretch over time, who did what ...
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Longer hours, lower wages, less security, fewer women
Job creation was on the agenda of the BJP government when it came to power ...
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Shiji and Shaji open a jackfruit restaurant
When travellers alight from buses in the busy Muttipala area of Manjeri city in Malappuram ...
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Give cows pastures not plastic, say Dalits
Dalit activists in Gujarat took out a unique rally in Surendranagar on 10 May, Buddha ...
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Goa struggles to find mining ban answer
The Supreme Court’s order on 8 February cancelling all iron ore mining leases in Goa ...
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LED light keeps animals away from fields
As cropping season approaches in Kasaragod district of Kerala, farmers begin to get edgy. Wild ...
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For regular periods
Menstruation is controlled and triggered by signals sent by hormones produced in the body, namely ...
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No job? MLA provides a range of options
Where do you begin if you want to start your own enterprise? Most young people ...
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Father says son killed for just owning a horse
Since his childhood, 21-year-old Pradip Rathod, a Dalit from Timbi village in Bhavnagar district, always ...
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Is KCR invincible after first term of targeted sops?
In Addagutta locality of Secunderabad, Chandrakala is happy that for the past four months she ...
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Natarani is back after three years with old flair
On September 24, after a three-year hiatus, the Natarani Amphitheatre reopened to a packed house ...
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Talking to young men about women
TWenty-three-year-old Gaurav Tripathi comes from a large, conservative joint family headed by his paternal grandfather ...
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