In the passing of Kalpana Chawla, the genuine feeling of loss expressed by
so many reveals the thirst amongst the
young for role models, says Kalpana Sharma.
The Government of Karnataka's Working Group on Decentralization discusses mechanisms for democratizing decision making in Panchayats. This is the third in a series of articles adapted from the Working Group's 2002 report.
Human Rights Watch finds hundreds
of thousands of
children working as virtual slaves in India's
silk industry. and calls on the government to enforce
the laws.
A social audit of the Corporation of Delhi
finds public money is routinely redirected away
from the purposes it is intended for. But citizens can
monitor its uses, as Parivartan shows.
Unequal distribution of resources has resulted in a shortage of land
available for grazing. Anthra develops sustainable
alternatives in consultation with affected groups.
The Malenadu home garden and seed exchange network in the Uttara Kannada district of Karnataka has made an impressive beginning in saving seed diversity says Sunita Rao.
Sunderban fishermen are caught between court directives
and politicians limiting their traditional
lives, and large trawlers that operate unfettered by
those same overseers.
The global effort to shift the focus of agricultural research from addressing immediate hunger to 'hidden hunger' is in reality an effort to postpone the real problems confronting the society, says Devinder Sharma.
Policies on development have been ignored with impunity.
Little wonder, then, that the language of people's demands now centers on
"rights", says Videh Upadhyay.
