An estimated 40 million people in India alone suffer from goitre. A large percentage of these are cretins, who are mentally or physically retarded. Far from being a "cosmetic&
In the remote forests of Uttarkhand, -where Chipko activists battled to save trees from the axe, one voice strove for many years to bring them cheer and to boost their
Stories abound about Sungdare Sherpa. Funny stories mostly, always to do with a man in inebriety. Amusing when he was alive, they aren't now . The five-time conqueror
Will the glacial wilderness of Siachen stage war, or will it be where ibex and snow leopard roam?
The militarization of the Siachen A glacier has attracted media attention only
In their mission to save forests, conservationists overlook forest dwellers
In a cruel environmental paradox, there is provision in Indian forest laws for conserving tigers and trees, but little thought
Damn the dam, says the opposition. If built, Tehri Dam in Garhwal will submerge the homes of 86,000 people. The decision is the Supreme Court's.
Work on
The eighth Five-Year Plan ignores the devastating effect of the Indo-Nepal impasse on the economy. Is it possible to plan for the next five years pretending that the
It is through salt that the iodine deficiency endemic to the Himalaya -causing goitre and cretinism – can be tackled. If a permanent system of salt iodization and distribution were set
In Nepal, the public and the Government alike have had little experience with projects that involve considerable displacement of people. The Kulekhani Hydroelectric Project was one of the first. Before
In their rush to make development happen, planners and developers some times forget, or push to the side, people who just happen to be in the way.
Rameswar Choudhary points
Social – and not – civil engineering will help floodplain societies to benefit from floods, while reducing their vulnerability to them.
Recent years have seen growing media attention directed to the floods
