Hot water; hotter tempers
On April 10, a hot sunny day, Chennai’s Chepauk stadium became a fortress. Yellow barricades, armed policemen and security vans surrounded the venue. The Indian Premier League was in town, and the Chennai
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Less water, to waterless
As I walk towards the supermarket doors, people stream out, trolleys piled high with five-litre plastic bottles of water—and, fear grips. Am I too late? Reality check: I have not come to buy water. I
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City calling
The urban voter in Bengaluru was once voiceless, with no say or sway in the poll outcome—blame it on the vote bank’s negligible size and political apathy. But, post the 2008 delimitation of constituencies,
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Soil test
Shantaram Bhoye walked for six days to cover the 180km from Nashik to Mumbai. Hailing from Orambe village in Surgana, Nashik, Bhoye tills three acres for a living. But, the land is not in his name. He
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Tech harvest
Digital literacy is helping farmers in Karnataka solve problems and reap benefits. In 2012 and 2014, Shrishail Meti, a farmer from Sunag village in Bilagi taluk of Bagalkot district in Karnataka, lost
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Green house effect
Public sector undertakings, corporates and even residential property developers are opting increasingly for environment-friendly buildings. On May 15, Piyush Goyal, Union minister for power, coal and new
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Land over water
Teesta water-sharing agreement unlikely to be taken up during Modi's Bangladesh visit. Sushma Swaraj walks slowly these days because of a leg brace, but it has not slackened her pace in setting the foreign
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Rays of death
Reeling under the scorching sun, people in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana allege official apathy. For Chinni Shankar Rao and his wife, Lakshmikantamma, it was an intolerable day, with the sun beating down
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Rays of death
Reeling under the scorching sun, people in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana allege official apathy. For Chinni Shankar Rao and his wife, Lakshmikantamma, it was an intolerable day, with the sun beating down
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Smarting city
A magnet city in Gwalior, meant to ease Delhi's population burden, fails to live up to the hype. • “We have all the infrastructure in place [to make west Gwalior a smart city], but a fresh impetus is