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| September 2008 |
Redefining Poverty
Who are the [poor? How precisely can you estimate the extent of poverty in
| POVERTY |
Abstract of below articles >>> |
- Going
hungry, DNA, Mumbai, 15 Sep 2008
- Who are
the
poor?, -Shreelatha Menon,
The Business Standard, Mumbai, 21 Sep 2008
- Poverty
Of
Statistics, Raghav
Gaiha, Outlook, Magazine, 15 Sep 2008
- India far from poverty goals: Report, Vineeta Pandey, DNA, Mumbai, 12 Sep 2008
No Place for People
The laxity in framing adequate environmental laws and the flouting of even the existing laws have had disastrous effects on the livelihoods of forest-dwelling people
| FORESTS
& PEOPLE |
Abstract of below articles >>> |
- Onus on
govt
to prove forests for animals only, Padmaparna Ghosh, MINT, Mumbai,
11 Sep 2008
- Of
wildlife,
forest-dwellers and tribals, Mohan Alembath, The Hindu, Chennai,
07 Sep 2008
- Forest
clearance made sulabh, -Kanchi Kohli & Manju Menon, The
Business Standard, Mumbai, 14 Sep 2008
- Bling
bling for
tigers, Sumana Narayanan, Down to Earth, Magazine, 01 Sep 2008
- The untold story of displacement in the North-East, Himanshu Thakkar, DNA, Mumbai, 07 Sep 2008
After the Deluge
Now the waters are finally receding and before our attention also moves on, let us learn, for once, the hard message of the floods of 2008.
| DISASTERS |
Abstract of below articles >>> |
- Lessons
from
the Bihar
flood, Mihir R. Bhatt, MINT, Mumbai, 03 Sep 2008
- Learning
to
handle
calamities, Bhaskar Ghose, DNA, Mumbai, 07 Sep 2008
- Ignorance
and
arrogance
make for good floods, Sunita Narain , Down to Earth, Magazine, 16
Sep 2008
- The flood
of
misery, Amitabh Srivastava, India Today Magazine, 29 Sep 2008
- A dubious
river sutra, Latha Jishnu, The Business Standard, Mumbai, 13 Sep
2008
- Assam
floods
displace
21 lakh people, kill 24, -DNA, Mumbai, 08 Sep 2008
- The Wrath of the Kosi, Sudhirendar Sharma, The Mint, 29 September 2008
Delays and Dead ends
The very meaning of the RTI Act is being defeated if a citizen cannot be provided with information within a reasonable period of three to four months."
| RIGHT TO INFORMATION | Abstract of below articles >>> |
- R.I.P.
For The
R.T.I.?, Chandrani Banerjee, Outlook Magazine, 22 Sep 2008
- If I
Fail,
Please Abuse
Me, Smruti Koppikar, Outlook Magazine, 22 Sep 2008
- Towards an informed choice, Aruna Roy & Nikhil Dey, The Hindu, Chennai, 05 Sep 2008
Post-Khairlanji
Khairlanji is one of independent
| SUBALTERN CONCERNS | Abstract of below articles >>> |
- 'Ruling
is not
fair to Dalits', -The Times of India, Mumbai, 16 Sep 2008
- Lessons from
Khairlanji, Meena Menon, The Hindu, Chennai, 27 Sep 2008
- ‘So Are They All, All Honourable Men’, Economic & Political Weekly Magazine, 01 Sep 2008
Empowering the Poorest
Is the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme targeted at the poorest of the poor and provide employment as a means of empowerment?
| EMPLOYMENT |
Abstract of below articles >>> |
- NREGA:
Andhra
Pradesh
shows the way, Mihir Shah & Pramathesh Ambasta, The Hindu,
Chennai, 01 Sep 2008
- Plougher
Cut, Bhavdeep Kang, Tehelka Magazine, 20 Sep 2008
-
Employment
guarantee
scheme keeps out poorest, Sreelatha Menon, The Business Standard,
Mumbai, 26 Sep 2008
- Learning from Andhra, V.B.N. Ram, MINT, Mumbai, 23 Sep 2008
New face of Urbanisation
The face of the Indian city is changing and along side this development is the waste that accumulates as a by product of growth and development.
| URBANISATION |
Abstract of below articles >>> |
- Get ready
to
foot the
bill for makeovers, Dunu Roy, Civil Society Magazine, 01 Sep 2008
- Cities
tell
their own
stories, -Santosh Desai, The Times of India, Mumbai, 15 Sep 2008
- Waste not,
want
not, Amrita Kadam & Bhavika Jain, The Hindustan Times, New
Delhi, 01 Sep 2008
- India -
the
waste land, Jaideep Hardikar, DNA, Mumbai, 12 Sep 2008
- Municipal solid waste management is better decentralised than not, Mukul G Asher & Harshad Gandhi, DNA, Mumbai, 03 Sep 2008
Bio-fuels of the Future
The national policy on bio-fuels seems to overlook the human and environmental consequences of large scale agro-fuel production.
| ENERGY |
Abstract of below articles >>> |
- CABINET
APPROVES THE NATIONAL POLICY ON BIOFUEL,
- Realism
on
bio-fuels, -The Business Standard, Mumbai, 18 Sep 2008
- Biofuel
To Fire, Shalini Bhutani and Kanchi Kohli, Tehelka Magazine, 20
Sep 2008
- A case for decentralised green energy, Ibrahim Hafeezur Rehman, The Hindu, Chennai, 16 Sep 2008
The Importance of Water
Weak policy, poor management, increasing waste and exploding water demands are pushing the planet towards the tipping point of global water crisis.
| WATER |
Abstract of below articles >>> |
- Water and
Sanitation Looms
Behind Food,
Energy and Climate Crisis, Concludes World
Water Week 2008, available
at www.worldwaterweek.or - Preserving
good
water, The Hindu, Chennai, 03 Sep 2008
- Water and the poor, Ramaswamy R. Iyer, The Hindu, Chennai, 16 Sep 2008
Two Faces of Civil Society
The Medha Patkars and Arundathi Roys on the one side and the 1.2 million strong `registered’ NGO sector on the other - the twin faces of contemporary civil society.
| CIVIL
SOCIETY |
Abstract of below articles >>> |
-
'Alternative
Nobels' go to
activists, journalist, The Hindu, Chennai, 02 Oct 2008
- Goddesses
of
all causes, Seetha, The Telegraph, Calcutta, 07 Sep 2008
- Professionalism in non-profits, Anjali Bansal, MINT, Mumbai, 29 Sep 2008