First food: a taste of India’s biodiversity
This collection of around 100 recipes from different parts of the country brings to life the magic that takes place once biodiversity is combined with culinary dexterity.
Sunita Narain
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Globalisers retreating into little shells
In 20 years, the world has come full circle: in the mid 1980s the process of globalisation intensified with the rich countries taking the lead in interconnecting countries because it was in their
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Who has framed the Food Safety and Standards Bill, the government or the industry?
When Parliament convenes for the monsoon session, the government plans to introduce the Food Safety and Standards Bill, 2005. I am sure the government will hope there is enough mayhem to distract the
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Iron in the soul
This fortnight 12 tribals were killed in a police firing in Orissa. Their crime: protesting against the acquisition of their land for an industrial park. The state says that it had acquired some
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Body burden: health and environment in India
A degraded environment brings with it a set of health problems - some new and some, which have posed a challenge over the years. Presenting Body Burden, a compilation of reports from Down to Earth on the health impacts of environment pollution in India.
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The 'other' food crisis
There is so much about rural India that escapes notice that one more area of neglect will not break the camel s back. I am talking about the crisis of fodder for livestock. A grim silence surrounds
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C for clean
I remember many years ago receiving a call from a bbc journalist asking which villages in India should they visit to see the impacts of climate change. This was the early 1990s. I was puzzled and
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Real India needs real answers
Pali is a textile town deep in water scarce Rajasthan. It is well known for the cloth it produces. But it is even better known for the filth it also produces, best seen in the colours in its mostly
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The new dirty deal
Did India play into the dirty hands of the us in signing on a joint agreement with it and Australia on climate change? The Asia Pacific Partnership for clean development and climate change has been
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Can we use our forests well?
This issue of Down To Earth examines a crisis forest rich states in India find themselves in: conserving forests is a burden states are no longer able or willing to afford. This has happened
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Pipe dreams
Delhi has been waiting. For its neighbour, Uttar Pradesh up , to release water to its swank Sonia Vihar water treatment plant. The prime minister himself intervenes in the matter. He persuades up