Dying awayLYLA BAVADAMFOR the three endangered species of Gyps vultures in India, 2009 was a year of mild optimism. Hornbill, the magazine of The Bombay Natural History Soc
Mumbai has been allowed to be ruinedLYLA BAVADAMFIFTY years ago on May 1, 1960, the first States Reorganisation Committee created the State of Maharashtra by unifying the Marathi-speaking areas of t
The struggle cannot be overLYLA BAVADAMMEDHA PATKAR, the 56-year-old leader of the Narmada Bachao Andolan (NBA), is fighting what she calls the final battle. After close to three decades of
Treasure houseLYLA BAVADAMTHE Asiatic Society of Mumbai has come to be seen as a huge intellectual storehouse, so it is a quirky fact that it was started because James Mackinto
History in stoneLYLA BAVADAMPhotographs by Noshir Gobhai, taken from the book "Hampi" - Astory in Stone".
Cut to sizeLYLA BAVADAM in MumbaiFor most Mumbaikars, the release of the Shah Rukh Khan starrer My Name is Khan on its scheduled date of Friday, February 12, came as a surprise. Inure
Spectacle tacticsLYLA BAVADAMProfessor Jayant Lele is arguably the best-known Indian commentator on political, social and religious movements. His incisive and widely quoted criti
Borrowing solutionsLYLA BAVADAMTHE New Year brought welcome news from the Maharashtra government when it announced its plan to invest Rs.2,000 crore in agriculture in the State. But
A year laterANUPAMA KATAKAM & LYLA BAVADAMMUMBAI is scarred, there is no doubt about that. The city has taken quite a battering in the past two decades communal violence, two serial bomb blas
Battles withinLYLA BAVADAM AND ANUPAMA KATAKAMTHE run-up to the October 13 round of Assembly elections in Maharashtra has been a distinctly new experience. If in the earlier rounds political parti
The great Indian family A strict population control policy sounds good on paper, but it ignores sociological correlations.
SlideshowThe hungry river Villages in West Bengal’s Malda and Murshidabad districts live under the constant threat of river erosion that eats up their homes overnight.
