Articles
Jan 19 2010
FILM REVIEW
Male, but marginal
FILM REVIEW : Male, but marginal
Despite its apparent focus on middle class insensitivity to the conditions of the working poor, At My Doorstep makes a more important contribution in depicting experiences of male powerlessness. Romit Chowdhury reviews the film.
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Jan 17 2010
ILLEGAL MINING
Lokayukta slams mining in Karnataka's forests
ILLEGAL MINING : Lokayukta slams mining in Karnataka's forests
A long history of questionable practices in the mining industry catches up with its practitioners, landing the whole affair in the Supreme Court. Kanchi Kohli reports.
Jan 15 2010
PREPAREDNESS FOR WAR
Surgical strikes: Missing the mark
PREPAREDNESS FOR WAR : Surgical strikes: Missing the mark
Some months after advocating limited and focused attacks on Pakistan-based terror camps, FICCI has a rethink. Corporate concerns and the armed forces' unpreparedness are finding common ground, writes Firdaus Ahmed.
Jan 13 2010
BPL BENEFICIARIES
CIC orders publication of PDS details
BPL BENEFICIARIES : CIC orders publication of PDS details
CIC Shailesh Gandhi orders that information about the public distribution system and its beneficiaries should be made public, offering hope that a corrupt system may finally see some reform. Shaweta Anand reports.
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Jan 08 2010
PUBLIC SECURITY
Human rights amidst terror
PUBLIC SECURITY : Human rights amidst terror
A recent consultation on a national policy towards criminal justice reforms witnessed vigorous debates between students, lawyers, rights activists, policemen and heads of security services. Freny Manecksha reports.
Jan 05 2010
DISPLACED BY THE DAM
A lifetime's harvest
DISPLACED BY THE DAM : A lifetime's harvest
Sitaram Patidar fights on for the land which means everything to him, now lost to the Narmada dam. At the ripe age of seventy, the end of this road of struggle is still not within reach. Neeta Deshpande reports.
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Jan 03 2010
NREGS
A new twist to social audits
NREGS : A new twist to social audits
The district administration in Bihar's Araria district collaborates with a local people's organisation to conduct a social audit of the national employment guarantee scheme. Ashish Ranjan and Purushottam Kumar report.
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Jan 02 2010
FILM REVIEW
The darkness within
FILM REVIEW : The darkness within
Set in conditions that are bare in many ways, Bilal defines the purity and the innocence of the child even in the most desperate circumstances. Shoma Chatterji reviews the film.
Dec 31 2009
CLIMATE SUMMIT
India's missteps at Copenhagen
CLIMATE SUMMIT : India's missteps at Copenhagen
The contrast between the stand taken by India at Copenhagen and at the earlier UN Earth summit in Rio de Janeiro in 1992 couldn't have been starker, writes Darryl D'Monte.
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Dec 31 2009
MINING WASTE
Coal waste darkens the Kelo
MINING WASTE : Coal waste darkens the Kelo
It is plain for all to see that untreated mining waste is being discharged into the river around Khamaria, but it is equally plain that the government is doing nothing about it. Kanchi Kohli reports.
Dec 31 2009
OPINION
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Playing the victim
A land in which every kind of oppression has a long history is a country in which wounds are deep and forgiveness difficult. Moral indignation comes too easily to us, writes Rajesh Kasturirangan.
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Dec 25 2009
MEDIA AND ELECTIONS
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Mass media: masses of money?
The same exclusive report, with different bylines, in three rival dailies. Swathes of advertising dolled up as news stories. Is 'paid news' getting institutionalised, asks P Sainath.
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Dec 25 2009
KARNATAKA'S ENERGY VS BIODIVERSITY
Criticism rising on Karnataka's Gundia project
KARNATAKA'S ENERGY VS BIODIVERSITY : Criticism rising on Karnataka's Gundia project
Karnataka's plan to harvest power from the Gundia river that runs through the Hassan and Dakshin Kannada districts has been criticised by environmentalists, farmers and the Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh. Bhanu Sridharan investigates.
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Dec 25 2009
MEDIA AND ELECTIONS
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It is shameful to misguide people
Well-known PR firms, professional designers, and ad agencies served the richer parties and candidates. They made up 'news' items in the standard fonts and sizes of the desired newspapers and even 'customised' the items to make them seem exclusive in different publications. P Sainath reports.
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Dec 24 2009
KARNATAKA FLOOD RELIEF
The unkindest cut of all
KARNATAKA FLOOD RELIEF : The unkindest cut of all

Post October floods in North Karnataka, Dalits find themselves in a greater predicament. A century of struggle for equal rights and worse, fundamental faith in human progress, is at stake, writes Savita Hiremath.

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Dec 23 2009
COMPULSORY VOTING
Acts of choice
COMPULSORY VOTING : Acts of choice
Voting is an important duty. But giving the state coercive power ostensibly in the name of saving the people from themselves is undemocratic paternalism, writes Pratap B Mehta.
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Dec 22 2009
NAXALISM
Social banditry
NAXALISM : Social banditry
In their readiness to identify with the oppressed, Naxalites are in contrast to the bureaucrat, the politician and the police officer, but they are not revolutionaries, writes Ramachandra Guha.
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Dec 20 2009
MILITARY DOCTRINE
Much hullaballoo, little cause
MILITARY DOCTRINE : Much hullaballoo, little cause
Of course the military should be prepared for conflict. However, whether to engage in such conflict, and how, is a decision for the civilian leadership, writes Firdaus Ahmed.
Dec 15 2009
MP HIGH COURT VERDICT
Equal compensation for equal loss
MP HIGH COURT VERDICT : Equal compensation for equal loss
The Madhya Pradesh High Court has ruled that excluding canal oustees from the R&R policy applicable to its dam projects is discriminatory and unconstitutional. Shripad Dharmadhikary reports.
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Dec 12 2009
PUBLIC HEARINGS
Delhi HC overturns environmental mockery
PUBLIC HEARINGS : Delhi HC overturns environmental mockery
The spirit of a public hearing must be respected, says a recent verdict from the Delhi High Court, refusing to accept the literal interpretations of the rules which the environment appellate authority used. Kanchi Kohli reports.