An oasis put to test
25 Feb 2013 3:26 PM ISTPraveen Makwana, a farmer in Mespur village in Gujarat, is preparing his field for two cash crops, cumin and cotton. The state government has ...
Not a bankable strategy
22 Feb 2013 4:37 AM ISTIn the past one decade, the World Bank lent a whopping $4.1 billion for forestry-related projects with an aim to alleviate poverty. But the objective...
Right to forest sets villagers in Odisha free of reservations
22 Jan 2013 4:55 AM ISTNobody in Loyendi village keeps track of time. But for its 150-odd residents, 7 December, 2012, is a day to remember. ‘It is our independence day,’...
Dictated by land
21 Nov 2012 4:47 AM ISTIt was a season of sons-in-law in Haryana. In October, the Congress-ruled state government scrambled to clean its records in the face of alleged undue...
Still the land of the hungry and poor
17 Oct 2012 3:44 AM ISTHigh economic growth has not helped India reduce its hunger level, says the new Global Hunger Index [GHI], released on 11 October. What’s more, the...
