Perspectives

Policy Edits.

Policy Editorials.

Nai talim: whither the question of relevance?

Solutions to the present crisis in society at the individual as well as the planetary level exist in the vision Gandhi presented.

Nagaland Editors Take on Army in Defence of Press Freedom

As Nagaland-based media houses, we hold ourselves responsible to the Press Council of India.

Can Environment and Development go together?

Are there alternative ways of meeting human needs and aspirations, without trashing the earth and without leaving half of humanity behind?

Saving seeds

Bharat Beej Swaraj Manch members pledged to regenerate and widely share the enormously rich diversity of traditional crops and crop varietiesas a collective open-source heritage belonging to all

The challenge is deeper than technology

Challenges can be overcome if people themselves fight for the demands made at last year's climate marches: "Keep the climate, change the economy!"

A flawed agenda for development

A narrow focus on growth-led development is the cause of the world’s sustainability crisis, not its solution

Telangana government urged to declare state as ‘Millet’ state to prevent suicides by farmers

Satheesh said: 'Making the traditional knowledge of these farms as the foundation, 'Bangaru Telangana' can be achieved'

The choir that sings out of tune

There can be small beginnings. For instance, people can cycle to their offices instead of using cars, and offices can frame a policy to buy and eat only what is grown locally.

When US, UK docs refuse to prescribe made-in-India drugs, it reeks of racism

I believe India has the correct attitude to patents, particularly drug patents. Set the bar high. Something must be truly innovative, not just an existing concept that has been slightly reworked ...