Economics and Technologies
The power-full people you don’t know about

For the past seven months, N K Bhat hasn't paid a penny to the Mangaluru Electricity Supply Company. "Instead I get paid about Rs 2,000 a month,"

Society, Culture and Peace
It takes a village: Where religious harmony defies years of Kashmir strife

"This village is the best example of communal harmony...though Muslims are in majority, we never let our Pandit brothers feel that," says local activist and lawyer Arshad Baba

Food and Water
From droughts & chemical fertilisers to thriving organic agriculture: Kedia’s journey with Greenpeace

"People know that Kedia uses organic materials, fertlisers, so the demand for Kedia's products has increased,"

Health and Hygiene
Motorcycle Ambulance In Chhattisgarh Has Saved Over 200 Lives In Remote Villages Of Bastar

The motorcycle-ambulance has successfully ferried over 300 patients to the hospitals from “adverse areas”, of whom 80 per cent are pregnant women.

Environment and Ecology
On a sustainable path

Community efforts led by Shivaji Kagnekar have transformed the lives and landscapes in 26 villages of Belagavi district of Karnataka

Society, Culture and Peace
Glimpses of Kachchh Vikalp Sangam

The sixth Vikalp Sangam gathering was organised at Bhuj by local groups and individuals ...

Environment and Ecology
Many colors of groundwater in a tiny Western Ghats village

The diversity and independence of water management in Konkan is remarkable ... where communities own, maintain and manage their own water.

Environment and Ecology
The Chizami model of development

How women in a remote Nagaland village are bringing about transformation rooted in traditional Naga practices

Environment and Ecology
The miracle of Kolkata’s wetlands – and one man’s struggle to save them

The wetlands are Kolkata's free sewage works, a fertile aquatic garden and, most importantly, a flood defence – but they’re threatened by developement.