THE NEWS IN PROPORTION
21 SEPTEMBER 2018
Columns on India Together
May 24 2018
NUCLEAR POWER
Pokhran-II happened on May 1998, Firdaus Ahmed writes if nuclear weapons have made us more secure in these last twenty years.
Feb 14 2014
PARLIAMENT PRIMER
As elections draw nearer, it is more important than ever to understand the way the Lok Sabha functions and what our Members of Parliament are expected to do. Only then can we assess their performance and who may be the best choice, writes R Balasubramaniam.
Oct 30 2015
BLOG: RESISTANCE AND RECONSTRUCTION
Deccan Development Society (DDS) is transforming the lives of villagers of Zaheerhabad, Telangana. Ashish Kothari visited the place recently and writes about how DDS is successfully working with Dalit farmers towards ecologically sustainable farming, women empowerment and community-led communications.
Apr 13 2015
FARMING CRISIS
Even in regions touted as India’s food bowl, Rs 3000 a month is all that a farmer earns for his family! Devinder Sharma analyses data from CACP to highlight the grave crisis in the agrarian economy that calls for immediate and unprecedented government action.
Jul 05 2014
THE RAPE EPIDEMIC
Indifference, impatience, aggression and denial have been among the common responses to rape as a multi-layered problem. In the concluding part of her article, Ammu Joseph draws attention to all that fosters a culture of violence against women in our society and why it is unamenable to hasty remedies.
Apr 16 2014
OPINION
As India votes in the midst of a rising campaign crescendo that pits one individual against the other, Subramaniam Vincent urges the electorate to prioritise a 'better parliament.'
Oct 23 2013
DEEP TALK WITH RAMACHANDRA GUHA
As the spectre of communal violence raises its ugly head yet again in the build-up towards elections, India Together talks to
Ramachandra Guha
to explore the threats to the secular imagination in India and the hopes for religious pluralism in the democracy.
May 14 2013
FIGHTING PAID NEWS
The governments counter-affidavit in a recent suit could strip the ECI of its power to disqualify candidates for fraudulent accounts or put an end to the pandemic of paid news.
P Sainath
reports on civil society attempts to stop the subversion of the ECs powers.
Sep 08 2012
WOMEN AND SOCIETY
However imperfect, the National Commission for Women should not be disbanded. Instead, it needs to be debated and held accountable to
its original mandate, writes
writes
Kalpana Sharma.
Aug 30 2011
ANNA / IAC
A number of barbs have been flung at Anna Hazare and the India Against Corruption campaign, amidst the rising popularity of the
effort. Are these justified, wonders
Rajesh Kasturirangan.
Feb 14 2011
SEA LEVEL RISE
A large number of existing and proposed investments along the Tamilnadu coast are at risk from likely changes to sea level in the
coming decades. Plans for the future must bear this risk in mind, writes
Sujatha Byravan.
Sep 12 2010
TOURISM AND THE ENVIRONMENT
The flash flood has brought devastation, and also a warning to Ladakhis not to build indiscriminately, ignoring earlier
generations' knowledge about where water was known to flow, writes
Dilip D'Souza.
Apr 13 2010
DEALING WITH NAXALISM
Politicians would like us to believe that tackling the Maoists now is urgent, while development is only possible in the long run. Not true, writes
Ashwin Mahesh.
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- Retired Scientist
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