The Kumbakonam and Ervadi tragedies may not have happened if our nation
building process had taken a different turn decades ago.
Dilip D'Souza
on a patriotism that stems from concern for everyone.
Asha for Education's
annual fundraiser sets a $175K target, and selects projects from West Bengal,
Orissa, Karnataka, Rajasthan, Maharashtra and Tamilnadu to receive this year's contributions.
Long before the drought bit deep, Anantapur was already in trouble. The close links
between workers, farming and industry were broken by the new policies of the 1990s.
P Sainath
continues his series on farmer suicides in Andhra.
A government task force has recently made a series of tax and revenue
recommendations designed to restore the nation's fiscal health.
Ashwin Mahesh
reports.
If you raise the price of your product and offer a discount on the higher price,
some people will get taken in by such 'sales'. The WTO has just pulled off this
kind of scheme, says
Devinder Sharma.
The World Bank's Country Assistance Strategy ignores reduced employment
and a shrinking resource base as the reasons for
continuing poverty, says
Sudhirendar Sharma.
Ration shopkeepers won't divulge their records, Food Department officials
wont file complaints, and the police wont act on their own or accept
complaints from the public. But the cycle of corruption can still be broken.
L S Aravinda
points out that many Indian children are better off because their parents prefer
natural infant hygiene, but warns of an increasing number being swayed by
'the convenience' of diapers.
The rash of suicides in city and village is a qualitatively new development in our history.
Ramachandra Guha
notes the contours of desperation in the two Indias - urban and rural.
Suicides amongst their own numbers are not the only way women farmers are hit by the
ongoing crisis. Suicides by their husbands leave many in a predatory world.
P Sainath
continues his series on farmer suicides in Andhra.
The recently released `Status of Women Journalists in India' report,
commissioned by the National Commission for Women presents a disturbing picture of women
journalists.
Malvika Kaul
reports.
The new government's higher priority to education is seeing experts and activists revisit the
40-year old Kothari Commission recommendations for a common school system.
Summiya Yasmeen
reports.
The seed, pesticide and fertilizer dealers are the new moneylenders of the AP countryside. The power this group wields is a vital factor in the ongoing crisis and continuing suicides of farmers.
P Sainath
continues his series.
Following an 18-month long yatra of the nation's river basins, the Rashtriya
Jal Biradari proposes policies and steps to address India's water problems.
Anuj Grover
reports.
