Articles
Apr 01 2004
Business for benefit
: Business for benefit
infraSys, a development-driven enterprise that creates physical, financial, and knowledge infrastructure in rural areas.
Apr 01 2004
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Thanjavur : summer of discontent
The Thanjavur region in TN is currently an economy in distress. Lalitha Sridhar captures the voices, concerns and the many questions.
Apr 01 2004
Diamond Point : where dignity is auctioned
: Diamond Point : where dignity is auctioned
Hyderabad has been seeing a spurt in construction activity whose benefits are not exactly trickling down to daily wage workers. Safia Sircar finds out why.
Apr 01 2004
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Sex ratio: the hidden horrors
Millions of males are falling victim to illnesses at much faster rates, skewing the demographic balance. Pavan Nair looks at the numbers.
Apr 01 2004
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Popularising the right to know
New Delhi's citizen crusaders for the state's Right to Information law are now taking their methods and inspiration to other localities, reports Varupi Jain.
Apr 01 2004
Long and arduous road
: Long and arduous road
Educationists and social scientists are increasingly veering around to the view that persistent gender biases are rooted in India's failed education system. As a result, the search for gender parity must begin with guaranteed access to quality education for all. Puja Rawat reports.
Apr 01 2004
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Organising inside the home
How much should domestic workers be paid for various kinds of labour? In Pune, workers decided they must have some say in the answer. Rasika Dhavse reports.
Mar 01 2004
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Rural poor to pay for urban elite
New Delhi's policy-makers are busy bartering the millions of jobs in agriculture for the far fewer ones with outsourcing firms in the cities, says Devinder Sharma.
Mar 01 2004
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Information and public policy
The disconnect between civil society and government has led to successive generations of policy and implementation failures. The India Together editorial.
Mar 01 2004
Mar 01 2004
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Livelihoods : the numbers tell
The numbers of those seeking active employment is likely to reach 692 million by 2007. A towering tide looms ahead, reports Safia Sircar.
Mar 01 2004
Understanding Schizophrenia
: Understanding Schizophrenia

Dr.Judith Jaeger, an expert on psychiatric disorders was recently in Chennai. She spoke to Lalitha Sridhar on schizophrenia and the current state of knowledge in the world about the illness.

Mar 01 2004
Diverting a river, west to east
: Diverting a river, west to east
Karnataka's state government proposes to divert the waters of the Goa bound Mahadayi river back into the Malaprabha river to counter acute water scarcity. Kanchi Kohli digs deeper.
Mar 01 2004
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Watching the candidates
A citizens' committee in Karnataka decides that the people can aid the Election Commission's efforts at reducing the presence of criminals in politics.
Mar 01 2004
Is India Shining?
: Is India Shining?
Summiya Yasmeen finds critical opinion has focused understandably on disparities that mark India's progress, and the nation's young people too are keenly aware of this.
Mar 01 2004
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Despising politicians is dangerous
Elections 2004 are around the corner and Jayaprakash Narayan points out that the 'hate-politicians' attitude is perilous to democracy itself.
Mar 01 2004
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More substance, less fizz
The Joint Parliamentary Committee report on pesticides in colas reads like a charge-sheet on the functioning of many government ministries. Sudhirendar Sharma reports.
Mar 01 2004
Time to reflect and celebrate
: Time to reflect and celebrate
Are women in India feeling more "empowered" today, asks Kalpana Sharma on International Women's day.
Mar 01 2004
The feel good factory
: The feel good factory
The India Shining advertisement campaign is a government-media joint venture, says P Sainath.
Mar 01 2004
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Unemployment and migration
Jobless growth and regional imbalances have collectively spurred migration, and this is the larger malaise behind recent mass murders on ethnic lines, says Swati Narayan.