A former IITian, after obtaining a PhD from US, decided to reach out to the poor, mostly in rural areas, to help them learn. Marie Banu meets Balaji Sampath to find out about his ‘Aid India’

Aaranyak, a bio-diversity group in Assam, helps people living in the fringes of Manas National Park find ways of alternative livelihood as part of its conservation project, says Anup Sharma

With India’s population expected to cross 1.6 billion by 2050, renowned space scientist U R Rao feels remote sensing technology needs to be tapped more to meet the nation’s growing food demand

In the final part of his article on Sinhalese racism in Sri Lanka and the ethnic conflict it started, Brian Senewiratne blames the British for sowing the seeds of trouble in the island nation

In a hard-hitting article that explores the Sinhalese racist mindset starting from Anagarika Dharmapala to Mahinda Rajapaksa, Brian Senewiratne evaluates the failed State of Sri Lanka