Novel land grab
with protests against land acquisition spreading across the country, state governments have realized that they cannot do without a dialogue with farmers
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The divide will always remain
in an increasingly virtual world information and communication technologies (ict) are being seen as a solution to almost every problem. Access to them has become a barometer of development.
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Forgotten people: Chambal's Bor Khedi villagers are still called the criminal tribe
GOVINDSAMY AGORAMOORTHY In January this year I visited the Rajasthan part of the Chambal valley to study a water resources management project implemented by the
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"A fragile experiment is under way"
AGNIMIRH BASU Bertrand de la Chapelle is the Special Envoy for the Information Society, French Foreign and European Affairs Ministry. A recent meeting of the
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Book review: Environmental issues in India
Book>> Environmental Issues in India: a Reader
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The god of ecological things
It was the mid 1980s. Environmentalist Anil Agarwal was on a mission: track down the person who had conceptualized the employment guarantee scheme in Maharashtra. His search I tagged along led him to
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Mumbai's metro rail on wrong track
<table width="100" border="0" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size:12px" align="left"> <tr> <td> <img src="files/images/20080315/52.jpg" border="0"></td> </tr> <tr> <td><font color="#660000"><b>V K J RANE</b></font></td> </tr> </table> The Mumbai metro looks set to run on standard gauge tracks. The Union Ministry of Railways had recommended the broad gauge system, but the Mumbai Metropolitan Regional Development Authority deemed the narrower standard gauge system suitable for Mumbai's geography. Not everybody is pleased with the decision.
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A classless enemy
the Naxalite attack at Orissa's Nayagarh town is not a wake-up call for the state. It is a big slap on its face. The busy township, hardly 100 kilometres from the state capital, is not a usual target
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A government under an asbestos roof
first up, another tribute is due to all the people that campaigned and supported the Right To Information Act, 2005. But for this vital legislation, we would have been so much the poorer for not
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Tender notice for common sense
after 30 years of efforts in India to conserve gharials, the country does not have one veterinarian who can conduct a post-mortem to establish the cause of a gharial's death. The animal is found
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Book review of "Intelligent thought: Science versus the intelligent design"
Book>> Intelligent Thought: Science Versus the Intelligent Design Movement
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Book review of "Environmentality: Technologies of government and the making of subjects"
Book>> Environmentality: Technologies of Government and the making of Subjects
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A bird flu over the commie nest
ABHIJIT VINAYAK BANERJEE I was trying to think what I would do if I were a chicken-owner and it looked like the flu had arrived in the village. I would worry, of
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Counting chickens
the official response to the avian flu outbreak in West Bengal, now threatening to assume epidemic proportions, is a story of hubris underlined by pathetic bungling on the ground. Not long ago
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Bank's world
some of India's critical public health schemes have a long track record of corruption. The World Bank has a long record of hiring expensive consultants to tell us so. In this cynical theatre arrives
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Book review: The Egg and Sperm Race
Book>> The Egg and Sperm Race
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Book review: Jungle Capitalists
Book>> Jungle Capitalists
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Environment protection act reduced to a travesty of their mandate
Since 1980 different pieces of legislations have been enacted for environmental conservation. These include the Forest (Conservation) Act (fca), 1980, the Environmental Protection Act (epa), 1986
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Tiger balm
in the
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Colour of desire
Book>> A Perfect Red: Empire, Espionage, and the Quest for the Color of Desire