First food: business of taste
Good Food is First Food. It is not junk food. It is the food that connects nature and nutrition with livelihoods. This food is good for our health; it comes from the rich biodiversity of our regions; it
Traditional Knowledge
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The wood femine
Decline in supplies has badly affected many traditional crafts. Woodcarving in Saharanpur is one of them. Despite a revitalised export market, the craft that had begun as a sustainable proffession is dying a slow death
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Safety lies in being traditional
"EARTHQUAKES don't kill, buildings do," says John Beynon, principal architect at UNESCO's regional office in Bangkok. Today, people are shifting to "killer buildings" as they give up their
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Building up a dangerous trend
JUST 55 seconds in duration, it left 1,000 people dead. The earthquake, measuring 6.1 on the Richter scale, which devastated the hills of Uttarkashi, Tehri Garhwal and Chamoli districts in UP last October, also left 20 per cent of the houses in the region totally destroyed or severely damaged. <br>
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Printers' devil
The Jaipur bench of the Rajasthan High Court has ordered the relocation of Sanganer’s polluting dyeing and printing units within a year. Failure to comply with the directive would result in their closure
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Deserted Delicacies
Abundant, nutritious and tasty. Yet, traditional desert food is gradually losing out to commercially grown crops
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Toda traditions in peril
Can this tribal community in the Nilgiris survive the concrete trappings of civilisation? <b>Tarun Chhabra</b> on the eco friendly Todas
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Hone the homemade
Ethnic veterinary medicine is effective, cheap and accessible. Above all, it recognises the fact that no one knows an animal better than its keeper
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Recipes
Juice Chop a fully ripe star fruit into half. Squeeze out its juice. Chill and serve. The juice can also be mixed with an orange drink. Chutney Heat one tablespoon of oil, and add
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Biodiversity eroded
The meanings of the word
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Win one, lose many
India needs to have a hard look at the sources of all its varied traditional knowledge and how to protect them