Ground Report India

ISSN 1839-6232

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Peace, Harmony, Social Sustainability and Environment

Cover Reports

THE DEVIL’S DYNAMO –John Scales Avery

Ecuador Endangered –John Seed

Spherons’ Sociocybernetic MegaScience : Global Breakthrough of Business and Governance to Genetic Structural Harmony of Social Production and Universal Peace – Gene Therapy of Pathological Societies

Indresh Kumar, central executive member of Rashtriya SwayamSewak Sangh RSS, talking on “Peace, Environment and Bharat Tibet Sahyog Manch”

TERRORISM ‘POST’-ISIS — by Dr Michael Brenner

VIETNAM: WAS & COULD HAVE BEENS — Dr Michael Brenner

Is this the end of civilisation? We could take a different path — George Monbiot

The UN Sociocybernetic Reform Proposal :: Network Spherons* – The UN of Harmony and Global Peace Replacing the UN of Disharmony

UNCLE SAM – THE HYSTERIC

NUCLEAR WEAPONS: AN ABSOLUTE EVIL – by John Scales Avery

Dirty air is killing our children. Why does the government let this happen?

Too right it’s Black Friday: our relentless consumption is trashing the planet

A lesson from Syria: it’s crucial not to fuel far-right conspiracy theories

Rooting Out Democracy

How Labour could lead the global economy out of the 20th century

Goodbye – and good riddance – to livestock farming

Forget ‘the environment’: we need new words to convey life’s wonders

The car has a chokehold on Britain. It’s time to free ourselves

GRI Exclusive

Inviting you for an education project towards Social Harmony and Sustainability

Liquor revolution in Bihar towards Social Harmony and Sustainability – a grassroots movement (2011-2015) of around one million women

Environmental & Economic Sustainability, Social Harmony and Social Transmutation : an example towards Self-rule/Swaraj

The Groundwater revolution : Economy, Self Sustainability, Woman Empowerment, Solar Energy and Education

Book on Bastar, Chhattisgarh – constructive efforts for conflict resolution : Prologue (English translation)

Conflict Resolution: POTA-Cabin to the Education City, shaping the tribal children for a better society in the Maoist affected area :: The other side face of the South Bastar region of Chhattisgarh

A tribal youth with continuous constructive ground efforts and success stories for tribal community over the two decades in Dantewada, Bijapur, Sukama and Jagdalpur districts of Chhattisgarh : Is he not a real ground hero?

Dwarko Sundarani, 90 years old legend, has been empowering the tribal community for the last 58 years in Bihar at Samanvay Ashram

Dr Debal Deb : A Legend of the principle of local self-sustainability on the ground

Nilanchal Seva Pratishthan is a lovely home for orphans, blind, deaf and mentally retarded children

Dr Prakash Tyagi follows in the footprints of his father to serve the tribal community of the Thar Desert, Rajasthan

Varun Arya : A visionary education entrepreneur who is establishing a model for professional institutes

Miracle Achieved by the Joint Efforts of a Local Community and a Government Administration :: An "Economy of Water" by a Visionary Crusader UMAKANT UMRAO

FORUM FOR GLOBAL HARMONY AND NON-VIOLENT ALTERNATIVE – OUTLINES OF THE POLICY STATEMENT : T N PURWAR

TOWARDS A UNIVERSAL SOCIETY –Triloki Nath Purwar

Editorials

Nonviolence or Nonexistence? The Legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. –Dr Robert J. Burrowes

Brain Drain Continues –Chaitanya Davé

The Global Elite is Insane Revisited –Robert J. Burrowes

On Track for Extinction: Can Humanity Survive? –Robert J. Burrowes

Junk Planet: Is Earth the Largest Garbage Dump in the Universe? –Robert J. Burrowes

Indresh Kumar, central executive member of Rashtriya SwayamSewak Sangh RSS, talking on “Peace, Environment and Bharat Tibet Sahyog Manch”

Indresh Kumar, central executive member of Rashtriya SwayamSewak Sangh RSS, talking about Rashtriya Muslim Manch RMM of RSS

The Fear Driving US Nuclear Strategy — Dr Robert J. Burrowes

Why Fear and Self-hatred Destroy Human Sharing and Solidarity

To Liberate Cambodia

Is America the Greatest Country on Earth?

Violence Against Women: Why the UN Secretary-General Got it Wrong

International Authors/Columnists

Duty to Warn : The Painful Truth About Last Year’s Failed Flu Vaccine –Dr Gary G. Kohls, MD

Nonviolence or Nonexistence? The Legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. –Dr Robert J. Burrowes

THE DEVIL’S DYNAMO –John Scales Avery

Brain Drain Continues –Chaitanya Davé

The Global Elite is Insane Revisited –Robert J. Burrowes

On Track for Extinction: Can Humanity Survive? –Robert J. Burrowes

Ecuador Endangered –John Seed

Junk Planet: Is Earth the Largest Garbage Dump in the Universe? –Robert J. Burrowes

Spherons’ Sociocybernetic MegaScience : Global Breakthrough of Business and Governance to Genetic Structural Harmony of Social Production and Universal Peace – Gene Therapy of Pathological Societies

Invitation of Papers for the 42nd International Course on the The Future of Religion: The Dialectic of Secularization

TERRORISM ‘POST’-ISIS — by Dr Michael Brenner

The Fear Driving US Nuclear Strategy — Dr Robert J. Burrowes

VIETNAM: WAS & COULD HAVE BEENS — Dr Michael Brenner

Appeal by SCH (Supreme Council of Humanity)

Korea: An Olympic Truce: Time for Concerted Non-governmental Efforts

Is this the end of civilisation? We could take a different path — George Monbiot

Why Fear and Self-hatred Destroy Human Sharing and Solidarity

Duty to Warn: “Type 2 Diabetes” is Curable

To Liberate Cambodia

Indian States

“GANDHI, UNTOUCHABLES AND ME” : a short movie by Rao Rampilla, an indian origin Hollywood actor, producer and writer

Brain Drain Continues –Chaitanya Davé

CONFERENCE ON “SOCIAL JUSTICE: PAST PRESENT AND FUTURE”

Swarna Bharat Party invites young leaders to a workshop in Allahabad in April to change India’s future

Indresh Kumar, central executive member of Rashtriya SwayamSewak Sangh RSS, talking on “Peace, Environment and Bharat Tibet Sahyog Manch”

Indresh Kumar, central executive member of Rashtriya SwayamSewak Sangh RSS, talking about Rashtriya Muslim Manch RMM of RSS

National Campaign: Save the Constitution, Save the Nation

In Conversation witih Mr Arun Kumar, General Secretary, Federation of Ambedkarite and Buddhist Organisation, UK

Has India done enough for Tibet’s cause?

Musings: Christianity’s social message of Love conquers all still remain most powerful

Champaran Online: A Gandhi Model Of Journalism

Is there an alimony scam in India?

Sunday is International Men’s Day: Men’s Activists demand a discussion on Men’s Issues at Parliament

Three crore men are facing domestic violence: We need laws to protect them

Scientists discover groundbreaking facts about human gut mesentery: May radically change the fundamentals of anatomy and embryology and related surgical approaches

Indian Governments

Has India done enough for Tibet’s cause?

Indira Gandhi: A Life in Nature :: a book by Jairam Ramesh

Custodial death in 2013. After 4 years, victim family is going to be paid meager amount as compensation. No one is guilty, No one is accountable. Hence no justice was provided

Seventy Years of Independence: Miles and Miles to go Before we Sleep

Liquor revolution in Bihar towards Social Harmony and Sustainability – a grassroots movement (2011-2015) of around one million women

GLOBAL DAY OF ACTION AGAINST VEDANTA AT THEIR AGM

Declare Adivasis as Indigenous people of India

Save Indian Family Foundation hails Supreme Court recommendations to stop misuse of dowry laws.

Shabnam Hashmi returned the National Minority Rights Award-2008

Three years down the lane, has the Modi Government taken the citizens for a ride?

Swarna Bharat Party calls for a national emergency to stop 5 lakh Indians dying from TB each year

India’s Kashmir Policy: Way Forward

Do poor Indians and Chinese need Australian coal?

Yogi as CM: Portents for Politics in India

Maternity Benefit (Amendment) Bill, 2016: Needs Certain Amendments

All Reports

Duty to Warn : The Painful Truth About Last Year’s Failed Flu Vaccine –Dr Gary G. Kohls, MD

Harvard Environmental Law Review details deep sea mining’s threats to climate, biodiversity, and indigenous peoples; calls for precautionary new legal standards

Nonviolence or Nonexistence? The Legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. –Dr Robert J. Burrowes

“GANDHI, UNTOUCHABLES AND ME” : a short movie by Rao Rampilla, an indian origin Hollywood actor, producer and writer

THE DEVIL’S DYNAMO –John Scales Avery

Brain Drain Continues –Chaitanya Davé

The Global Elite is Insane Revisited –Robert J. Burrowes

CONFERENCE ON “SOCIAL JUSTICE: PAST PRESENT AND FUTURE”

On Track for Extinction: Can Humanity Survive? –Robert J. Burrowes

Ecuador Endangered –John Seed

Junk Planet: Is Earth the Largest Garbage Dump in the Universe? –Robert J. Burrowes

Spherons’ Sociocybernetic MegaScience : Global Breakthrough of Business and Governance to Genetic Structural Harmony of Social Production and Universal Peace – Gene Therapy of Pathological Societies

Invitation of Papers for the 42nd International Course on the The Future of Religion: The Dialectic of Secularization

Swarna Bharat Party invites young leaders to a workshop in Allahabad in April to change India’s future

Indresh Kumar, central executive member of Rashtriya SwayamSewak Sangh RSS, talking on “Peace, Environment and Bharat Tibet Sahyog Manch”

TERRORISM ‘POST’-ISIS — by Dr Michael Brenner

Indresh Kumar, central executive member of Rashtriya SwayamSewak Sangh RSS, talking about Rashtriya Muslim Manch RMM of RSS

The Fear Driving US Nuclear Strategy — Dr Robert J. Burrowes

VIETNAM: WAS & COULD HAVE BEENS — Dr Michael Brenner