Visitors: 841 Dr Prakash Tyagi follows in the footprints of his father to serve the tribal community of the Thar Desert. Nowadays there is a new tradition formed by NGO owners to handover the NGO to their children, even though these children never served the community or the NGO as volunteers. But Dr Prakash Tyagi […]
Visitors: 588 There is a breeze of NGOs sponsored tribal heroes in the media, on the internet and also social networking platforms for the Bastar region. Most of these sponsored heroes were or are paid employees of the NGOs working in this region. But Nandlal Baba is a young tribal person, who does not know […]
Visitors: 619 Bastar region of Chhattisgarh is a Maoist affected area thus without any doubt there are violations of human rights from either sides by government forces and Maoists. Human rights violations do not happen only by the government forces, they do happen by Maoists in the matter of common tribal people. It could be […]
Visitors: 1,219 The Marwar Education Foundation bought around 100 acres of barren land. This was a land with no grass, no trees but covered with salt. Varun Arya and his team from the Marwar Education Foundation took around seven years to treat this land with water harvesting structures and other natural treatments. At present, the land has 15 lakes of sweet water, […]
Visitors: 438 Bangalore Initiative for Religious Dialogue (BIRD) is happy to announce that the 10th annual Rev. Dr. Stanley Samartha Memorial lecture will be delivered by Dr. David Frawley in Bangalore on 24 March 2012, . He will speak on “Pluralism and Universalism in Hinduism” BIRD, as you know, is a low profile organization formed […]
Visitors: 382 Krishnaraj Rao My wife and I belong to Ward no. 11 ‘Bansinagar-Tata Powerhouse’ in Borivli East, Mumbai. We had a good reason to vote ‘none of the above’ because our favoured party had not fielded a candidate, thanks to its seat-sharing arrangement with a chor party. Knowing that the Electronic Voting Machine […]
Visitors: 365 Krishnaraj Rao Mumbai, Maharashtra Yesterday, I saw a movie about a puppy named Bolt, who is conned into believing that he has super-powers that he uses for protecting the little girl who owns him. Midway through the movie, he realizes that he has no super-powers; he is just an ordinary, helpless puppy. He […]
Visitors: 418 Ground Report India wants to motivate young Indian journalists and non-paid ground social activists of rural, semi-urban and non-metro urban areas for thoughtful, visionary and accountable journalism / citizen journalism. If you as a journalist prefer to work on real ground to get sincere reports/articles/photos. You may earn money for your original reports,articles […]
Visitors: 342 New York, January 31, 2012 The Indian government should prosecute members of the security forces for recent high-profile cases of torture, to send a message that such practices will no longer be tolerated, Human Rights Watch said today. Border Security Force (BSF) soldiers, long implicated in torture and extrajudicial killings near the border […]
Visitors: 351 Anoop Nobert A new ruling dispensation has started its tenure in the southern most state of India 8 months ago & it will be not be inappropriate to think about the state of Kerala. In fact, the backdrop of the various talks and deliberations about the Free Trade Agreements only makes it too […]
Visitors: 406For the past 20 years, more or less, I have been working, or have been associated with various known social personalities and media celebrities of social activism in India. These personalities include international awardees, mainstream political persons, RTI/RTF/RTE/ NREGA activists, activists who follow Gandhi’s ideology, organizations who pursue Gandhi’s ideology and others in India. […]
Visitors: 638Prof. Satish Kailash Indian Institute of Science, (IISc) Bangalore Prof Monto Mani Indian Institute of Science, (IISc) Bangalore Abstract: Many studies have warned that the alarming depletion of water table in many parts of India, unless urgently and effectively arrested, would be irreversible. This steep decline is traced to the over-exploitation […]
Visitors: 759Prof Willem Vervoort Associate Professor Hydrology Research Laboratory Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources The University of Sydney, NSW Australia Abstract Floods have a devastating effect on human lives and local economies, and therefore the traditional government risk management approach has been to reduce the occurrence probability of floods. As such, the […]
Visitors: 511Prof Surendra Pathak Director, Research IASE Deemed University Head, Department of value Education, IASE Deemed University Mother earth is considered one of the most beautiful and harmonious planets in the Universe. Earth may be the only planet in our galaxy that has enough water and environment for the further evolution of […]
Visitors: 533Goldy M. George Pursuing PhD in Tata Institute of Social Sciences, TISS Mumbai Dalit Activist, Chhattisgarh Prelude to the thematic discussion: Agriculture is the basis for development in an agrarian economy like India. In a third world country, where the economic growth index is relatively low, coupled with historical disparities of […]
Visitors: 531Shankar Sharma Preface The ‘expert group on low carbon strategies for inclusive growth’ which was set up under the Planning Commission to develop a strategy for India’s 12th Five Year Plan has released its interim report recently. While this interim report echoes the earlier govt. stand that India is one of the […]
Visitors: 467 Prof S S A Jafri PhD Ms Milita Haldar Giri Institute of Development Studies, Lucknow Lecturer, Shri Ramswaroop Memorial Engineering and Management College, Lucknow and Doctoral Fellow, Giri Institute of Development Studies, Lucknow Abstract For having all round development of the economy, the need of the hour is to have sound land use […]
Freedom of Religion Bill, introduced in the Lok Sabha on December 22, 1978, seeks "to forbid conversions from one religion to another by the use of force or inducement or deceit or by any fraudulent means."
This Bill is in no way "against genuine conversions done with free consent and will." It Is meant to curb abuses, especially prevalent in the conversions of Adivasis and Harijans.
The Bill has provoked strong protests among some Christian leaders who are accusing it of being against the freedom of conscience guaranteed by the Constitution. Representatives of the Karnataka Christians Combined Action Committee recently called on the Governor and submitted a memorandum protesting against the Bill. They also "urged the Government to extend the privileges given to Scheduled Castes to Christians of Scheduled Caste origin." (D.H. March 21).
Visitors: 1,121Anupam Mishra Environmentalist Gandhi Peace Foundation, New Delhi Covered with sweat, the chelvanji is at work inside the kuin (well). Already about a depth of thirty to thirty five hands (cubits) have been dug. Now onwards the heat inside will go on increasing. The width of the kuin and its circumference are extremely […]
Visitors: 462 Krishnaraj Rao Central Information Commissioner Shailesh Gandhi is the poster boy of RTI activists. But an order given by him on 30th December 2011 will surely tempt RTI activists to wonder about his application of mind to the essential points. Because, Mr Gandhi has told the average citizen of India that information about […]
Visitors: 642Anthony J. Marsella, Ph.D. The United States of America is a culture of war! No claims, arguments, or wishes to the contrary can change this fact! The unassailable truth is that the United States of America is a culture of war! A culture of war is a shared set of meanings and behaviors that […]
Visitors: 317 Written By: Yogesh Pratap Singh He is a former IPS officer and lawyerCould be reached at- yogeshpratapsingh AT gmail.com —————— Anna’s fall was predicted by me in April 2011 in an article in Tehelka. New York Times and others in media are analysing the same now when it should have been done then. […]
Visitors: 369 The “Environmental Health Club” of Khushi Centre for Rehabilitation and Research in its Endeavour to highlight the issues of Environmental Health, promote basic research and the relief/rehabilitation work in Bihar, Andhra, and Sri-Nagar & Uttarakhand. Now, it’s again a high time to serve our nation by doing the work for our own disaster […]
Visitors: 334 1. Overview India is faced with the challenge of sustaining its rapid economic growth while dealing with the global threat of climate change. This threat emanates from accumulated greenhouse gas emissions in the atmosphere, anthropogenically generated through long-term and intensive industrial growth and high consumption lifestyles in developed countries. While engaged with the […]
Visitors: 256 “My Fellow Citizens, I wish you all a peaceful, productive and secure New Year. New Year’s Day is a day of resolutions. Each of us makes our own resolutions – to live a healthier life, to live a more honest life, to live a better life and to live a happier life. I […]