Articles
May 10 2010
RECYCLING IN DHARAVI
Adding the fourth R
RECYCLING IN DHARAVI : Adding the fourth R
The Acorn Foundation India Trust aims to organise ragpickers and train them in scientific methods of waste handling, segregation and recycling, bringing a measure of respect to their work. Freny Manecksha reports.
May 02 2010
MEDIA AND WOMEN
Twists, turns, dead-ends
MEDIA AND WOMEN : Twists, turns, dead-ends

The Sunanda episode leaves us with some hard questions, about the attitude of the media to women, about sexism and other hurdles that women face everyday at the workplace, writes Kalpana Sharma.

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May 02 2010
DROUGHT IN VIDARBHA
The colour of water
DROUGHT IN VIDARBHA : The colour of water
Two years of drought has started to take its toll on the people of Vidarbha, with a failed crop leaving them with no income to tide over the crisis, writes P Sainath.
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Apr 30 2010
POVERTY LINE
Counting the poor, courting their votes
POVERTY LINE : Counting the poor, courting their votes
The Suresh Tendulkar Committee's estimate of poverty in the country has reopened the debate on how the poor should be counted, what benefits they should receive from the state, and how. Darryl D'Monte reports.
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Apr 30 2010
COKE AND KERALA
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End of Plachimada battle. Or is it?
A high-power Kerala government panel has put Coca Cola in the dock and ordered it to cough up damages to Plachimada's victims. However, the panel's questionable constitution could act as a red herring and may even drag the saga, writes P N Venugopal.
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Apr 29 2010
INTERNAL CONFLICTS
AFSPA: Between battle lines
INTERNAL CONFLICTS : AFSPA: Between battle lines
Despite two high-level recommendations to repeal the Armed Forces Special Powers Act, the law remains in place. The Army is right to insist on its view, but there are things that can be done to improve matters, writes Firdaus Ahmed.
Apr 26 2010
HISTORY AND HUNGER REPEAT
Starvation stalks Balangir, government in denial
HISTORY AND HUNGER REPEAT : Starvation stalks Balangir, government in denial
Even as the state government refuses to accept the cause behind the recent 50 starvation deaths reported by the media, hunger stalks the people of Balangir and other KBK districts in Orissa portending more such tragedies, writes Pradeep Baisakh.
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Apr 22 2010
FILM REVIEW
Hot news or not news?
FILM REVIEW : Hot news or not news?
Morality TV aur Loving Jehad: Ek Manohar Kahani, says its director Paromita Vohra, shows the accepted language of television news at its worst, justifying violence in the name of righteous indignation. Shoma Chatterji reviews the film.
Apr 19 2010
MILLET REVOLUTION
Winning the battle against hunger, silently
MILLET REVOLUTION : Winning the battle against hunger, silently
Revival of millet cultivation in Medak of Andhra shows how a variety of millets can fight hunger even during drought, keep farmers debt-free, and provide the much-needed nutrition without using pesticides, reports Ramesh Menon.
Apr 19 2010
OPINION
Politics: In need of revival
OPINION : Politics: In need of revival
The decline of politics and of intellectual discourse is related to the struggle between politics and economics as the arbiter of the moral commons and the role of the developmental state in this fight, writes Rajesh Kasturirangan.
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Apr 19 2010
IPL CRICKET
How to feed your billionaires
IPL CRICKET : How to feed your billionaires
Freebies for the IPL - at a time of savage food subsidy cuts for the poor - benefit four men who make the Forbes Billionaire List of 2010 and a few other, mere multi-millionaires, notes P Sainath.
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Apr 18 2010
BIOTECHNOLOGY
Genes can't be patented, says US court
BIOTECHNOLOGY : Genes can't be patented, says US court
A New York judge rules that trying to patent genetic information cannot be permitted - the first serious setback to the genetic technology industry, which will have implications worldwide, writes Sujatha Byravan.
Apr 15 2010
INFLATION
Albert Pinto's missing anger
INFLATION : Albert Pinto's missing anger
In the old days, government was responsible for controlling inflation. Now if you feel the pinch of inflation, you have to fend for yourself, and especially because everyone is so busy looking after you, writes Pratap B Mehta.
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Apr 14 2010
NARMADA DAMS
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Construction, at any cost
Many of the conditions under which the Narmada dams were erected remain unfulfilled, but this does not deter the government from pushing for further construction. Shripad Dharmadhikary reports.
Apr 13 2010
DEALING WITH NAXALISM
Development now!
DEALING WITH NAXALISM : Development now!

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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Apr 11 2010
WASTEFUL EXPENDITURE
A canal of misery
WASTEFUL EXPENDITURE : A canal of misery
The 260-km Sharda Sahayak canal took 32 years to complete, and cost almost 20 times the original estimate. It irrigates only half the area it was supposed to, and has created untold suffering along its path. Puja Awasthi reports.
Apr 10 2010
NAXALISM IN CHHATISGARH
Democracy in the deep woods
NAXALISM IN CHHATISGARH : Democracy in the deep woods
In mineral-rich lands, adivasis still find it hard to make ends meet. Violence between the state and Naxals threatens to divide and disenfranchise them further. Freny Manecksha reports.
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Apr 09 2010
KOSI FLOODS/NORTH BIHAR
Embankments that doom the people
KOSI FLOODS/NORTH BIHAR : Embankments that doom the people
The periodic floods in the Kosi basin and embankment breaches have landed the people of north Bihar in a perpetual mess. In assembly sessions, politicians discuss flood relief but seldom the cause behind the disasters, reports Surekha Sule.
Apr 04 2010
P V NARASIMHA RAO
The great unmentionable
P V NARASIMHA RAO : The great unmentionable
Now that the Nehru-Gandhis once more control both party and government, P V Narasimha Rao can be mentioned in Congress circles only if it is possible to disparage him, writes Ramachandra Guha.
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Mar 31 2010
VOCATIONAL EDUCATION
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Plugging the skills gap

There is a great shortage of people with employable skills. But vocational training is neither popular nor seen to be offering good job options. The challenge is to overcome this perception, writes Megha Aggarwal.
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