Why were two tribals and the Essar group framed by the Chhattisgarh police? Why are Soni Sori and Linga Kodopi being systematically silenced? This chilling story of one family reveals more about India's Naxal crisis than any official document can. AS I sit to write this, at 12.20 pm on 4 October 2011, an SMS pops up on my phone: “Soni Sori has been arrested by the Delhi Crime Branch.” The...
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Focus on the causes of the gender gap, rather than on the outcomes
-The Economic Times When it comes to Indian women, the picTure is largely unchanged; depressingly so, going by the World Development Report 2012, released by the Bank on Wednesday. The latest report focusing on Gender Equality and Development makes dismal reading. No doubt the lot of women in India has improved over the years but not commensurately with the progress made by their country. As a result, women today might be better...
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 »MHA allows use of Hinglish in official work
-The Times of India Government babus will now not have to struggle to find Hindi words for commonly used English words like 'awareness', 'regular', 'de-forestation', 'programme', 'rain-water harvesting', and 'higher education' while making notes in Hindi. Their copy can use a mix of Hindi and English words without any adverse remark as long as they use the English words in the Devnagri script. The home ministry recently issued comprehensive guidelines on use of...
More »Mining Bill needs refining by Jaideep Mishra
A new draft Bill holds much promise to augment the development delivery mechanism. It is the new mining Bill, 2011, which has specific provisions for earmarking funds for development purposes in the mineral-rich districts that happen to be the regions with high poverty ratios. Revamped mining legislation can boost transparency in the vexed sector that seems much prone to illegality, corruption and extensive fraud. Further, a well-crafted mining law can actually...
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