Perspectives

Policy Edits.

Policy Editorials.

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 ...

My new attitude to travel is to skip the iconic – and I thank my father for that

My father, the reluctant traveller, has shown me that what matters is only doing the things you are genuinely interested in.

A Debate that is Breaking Up The Women’s Movement

Abolishing sex work or deeming it illegal will only drive it underground, undermining the rights of women in sexwork without upholding the rights of those being trafficked.

Freedom for sale

Are we then slowly becoming a nation full of thieves?