In this issue

DELUGED - Kerala's worst flood in 100 years exposes several climatic and human fault lines

Commons No More

Odisha government is setting up land banks to lure industries and investments. In the rush, it is alienating people from the commons. ISHAN KUKRETI travels to some of the areas worst hit by the government-sponsored land grab.

9 mins

Rise After The Fall​​​​​​​

Sikkim, once the world's largest producer of large cardamom, is trying to regain its lost glory. Can it achieve the feat in the face of a changing climate?

6 mins

Reluctant To Upgrade

Zero liquid discharge technologies can help textile dyeing units recycle water and reduce effluents released into rivers. Why are they resisting?

3 mins

Save The Cow Mother

Oxytocin is given to women during and after childbirth to save their lives from blood loss. But the government is planning to restrict its use as it is illegally given to cattle to increase milk production.

4 mins

Live Life Farm Style

Want to live in a city and grow your own food in a village nearby? There are companies that can help.

3 mins

Deluge Of The Century

Kerala's worst flood since 1924 reinforces how local environmental degradation and lack of disaster preparedness can make extreme weather events deadly.

9 mins

Where India Fears To Tread

Even rich nations are using compulsory .licences to ensure cheaper life-saving drugs for public healthcare unlike India.

2 mins

Prisoner Of Contradictions

India's only wetland cat is under multiple threats.

4 mins

Bizarre, Serious, Jocular

Janaki Lenin captures the animal (and human) world in all its mystique and charm.

2 mins

Again, Stop Talking About GDP

India missed another opportunity to shed its obsession with a bad measure of economy.

2 mins

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