-The Hindu   Members quite satisfied with Chief Minister's stand on the issue   Sticking to the position that nothing short of closure of the nuclear power Plants in Kudankulam would satisfy them, members of the People's Movement Against Nuclear Energy (PMANE) on Monday announced a series of protests in January to highlight their demand. Talking to reporters, S.P. Udayakumar, Co-ordinator of the PMANE, said on January 14, the day of Bhogi, villagers in Kudankulam...

* Only those inside houses coated with cow dung escaped the 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy.   * There are only two ways to remain insulated from nuclear radiation, and one of them is application of cow dung. * Using cow dung can ensure normal delivery instead of C-section. * Those who drink the milk of jersey cow and buffaloes commit more crime than those who consume only desi cow’s milk. * Only the cow can...

-The Hindu Anti-Kudankulam nuclear power plant activists have come out with a new proposal for finding solution to the impasse by suggesting that the nuclear plant can be converted in to a thermal plant through technical modifications. Stating that they are aware of the precarious power situation in the country and the need for more power generation, the activists said that they are determined to oppose nuclear power tooth and nail but...

-The Hindu   Describing most of the anti-corruption movements in the country as right-wing and majoritarian in nature, writer Arundhati Roy on Saturday said the Jan Lokpal Bill, which she said nobody had read, was totally an unGandhian piece of legislation. She alleged that it would concentrate power in the hands of a few. Ms. Roy, who was here in connection with the release of a Tamil translation of her work Broken Republic...

-EPW   Bereft of any meaningful vision, political parties have reduced politics to gladiatorial contests. Much was promised of the Lokpal Bill in the winter session of Parliament. While a toothless bill was indeed passed by the Lok Sabha, the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) was unable to have even this endorsed in the Rajya Sabha on the last day of the session. Did this have to do with the inability of the UPA...