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Singur bill triggers me-too CRY by Abhijeet Chatterjee and Indranil Sarkar

The Singur land take-back bill has spurred a group of farmers in Burdwan to demand return of their plots that were acquired for a proposed health city. The 84 farmers had turned down cheques in exchange for 23 acres — all multi-crop land — that had been acquired in 2005 for the project in Goda. Fifty-seven acres from 350 landowners were marked for acquisition at the rate of Rs 12 lakh an...

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Unsung, this baba starvesto death to save the Ganga by CK Chandramohan

He was on fast for 114 days seeking ban on quarrying They may worship the same gods and cite the same scripture but all babas — and their fasts — are clearly not equal. Lionised by politicians and the media, Baba Ramdev fasted for a few days before he ended his protest. At the first sign of weakness, BJP leader Sushma Swaraj rushed to pay him a visit. However, Swami Nigamanand, who...

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Political will missing in the fight against black money by Mythili Bhusnurmath

If you want to kill any idea in the world, get a committee working on it,' quipped Charles F Kettering , the famous American engineer and inventor of the electric starter. Well, the government has done just that! It has appointed an eight-member committee to examine ways to tackle black money. Perhaps that is too cynical! After all, the flurry of activity (the committee is only one of a series...

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PV Rajagopal, president of Ekta Parishad interviewed by Venkitesh Ramakrishnan

P.V. RAJAGOPAL and Ekta Parishad, the non-governmental organisation he leads, have been championing the cause of land and forest rights of tribal and Dalit communities over the past two decades. The organisation is committed to non-violent, Gandhian forms of struggle and has recorded a number of success stories in ensuring and legitimising the land rights of deprived people, particularly in Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Bihar and Orissa. In this interview to...

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Farmers CRY foul over govt apathy

-The Times of India   Farmers of Kundagol and surrounding villages of Dharwad took out a procession at Tahsildar's office demanding adequate supply of BT cotton seeds here on Wednesday. The farmers came to buy cotton seeds at Raith Sampark Kendra at Cotton market from distant places, but the farmers were reportedly upset and expressed anguish over the insufficient supply of cotton seeds particularly Kanaka BT cotton seeds. Angry farmers, who...

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