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The life and death of Shehla Masood by Vandita Mishra

Stories abound in Bhopal of the life and death of Shehla Masood. But among those who knew her, there appears agreement on one point: something was so uncharacteristically passive, so un-Shehla-like, they say, about the dead body slumped in the driving seat of the silver-grey Santro on the morning of August 16, with no evident signs of struggle and a bullet hole in the neck. Some crude clues to the extraordinary...

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RTI activist's murder bleak reminder of unsolved killings

-PTI   The shocking murder of RTI activist Shehla Masood on August 16 was a bleak reminder of at least two such incidents in the past involving the women victims, who some way or the other had been associated with public life and died under mysterious circumstances, sources in local police said. Congress leader On February 15, 1997, the burnt body of Congress leader Sarla Mishra was found in her flat in the South...

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Can Posco Cross the India Barrier? by Prince Mathews Thomas

The $12 billion Posco investment in India was supposed to be the biggest FDI project in the country. After six years that still remains on paper Horangineun jugeumyeon gajugeul namgigo, Sarameun jugeumyun ireumeul namginda (When tigers die, they leave behind leather. When people die, they leave their names behind) —Old Korean Proverb The news flash from Press Trust of India came on July 10, 2011. Posco, the $32 billion South Korean steel giant had decided to...

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UPA's image hit as corruption, scams rise by Yogendra Yadav

In this Independence Day week, State Of The Nation brings you an exclusive opinion poll across 20 states with 18,000 respondents. Corruption and scams are perhaps the biggest talking point at the moment and have clearly hurt the UPA Government. The results of the CNN-IBN-CNBC-TV18 State of the Nation Poll in association with Forbes India conducted by CSDS confirm what has been suspected - that the UPA's image has taken...

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In their voice by Ajoy Ashirwad Mahaprashasta

CGNet Swara in Chhattisgarh is a mobile radio platform that has helped bring tribal issues to national attention. MAHADEV SINGH, a Baiga tribal person, hails from a village situated atop a forested hill near Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh. While most of the neighbouring villages are electrified and welfare schemes from the government reach them to an extent, Mahadev's village has lost out in this regard owing to its inaccessibility. Mahadev and his...

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