In one little patch of Maharashtra, a lot, it seems, lies in a name. About 175 girls whose names mean “unwanted” in Marathi will be re-christened in a public ceremony next week in a novel initiative to fight female foeticide. The Satara zilla parishad in west Maharashtra has found in a survey of the district that parents with many girl children often name them Nakusa, Nakoshi or Nakushi, all meaning “unwanted” or...
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Economic growth does not ensure gender equality, says Jairam Ramesh
-ANI Expressing concern over the excess female and infant mortality rates in various states of the country, Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh has said that economic growth does not necessarily translate into gender equality. "Economic growth does not automatically ensure gender equality. In fact, it is a very tenuous relationship between and I have something to say about this in the Indian context, but I think it is a very salutary finding...
More »2G scam: Does govt think we are keeping businessmen in jail, asks SC
-The Economic Times The Supreme Court on Wednesday sought to know if the Centre and the CBI were on the same page on the prosecution of the 2G scam accused, given law minister Salman Khurshid's reported statement that investor sentiment would be hurt if courts ordered the arrests of business persons. A bench of Justices GS Singhvi and HL Dattu said the statement implied that the SC wanted to keep businessmen in...
More »Getting it right on Kudankulam
-The Hindu New Delhi's handling of the protests at Kudankulam marks some improvement over the ham-handed way in which popular concerns over the Jaitapur nuclear power project in Maharashtra were dealt with. Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa has shown the way with her deft handling of the protests by the local population, shifting from appeals to support the project to articulating the concerns of the people of the project area and...
More »Gujarat RTI activist complains of police harassment by Manas Dasgupta
“They are trying to intimidate me, my family and my well-wishers” A Vadodara-based social activist and environmentalist, Rohit Prajapati, has complained of “harassment and intimidation” by the police for making RTI queries regarding the State government's environment policies. He claimed that the police and the Special Operations Group were “questioning” him, asking for photographs and making other inquiries in the past couple of years. While the police claimed these to be “routine...
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