April 2010 Edition
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Democratic Society – the Recent Utopia
Visitors: 505(please click for original article in Bulgarian) The Lost Illusions during the Years after 1989 The World in April 2010 What is Coming? I have twice experienced big disillusionment in my life – with “the real socialism” and with the “real” democracy, as I grew up during the socialism, experienced the transition, and gradually […]
Special Edition on Water Issues
Visitors: 315Dear Friends, Thank you for appreciation and contributions to establish and empower the Ground Report India (GRI) as a ground voice for the common people. The Ground Report India is planning a Special Edition in the month of September 2010 on Water Issues and ground works on Water Issues in India. Please send reports […]
An untold story of a human rights activist (Maoist : Am I a sympathiser or Supporter) by Gladson Dungdung)
Visitors: 446I appeared in the public life through my human rights works, writings and speeches. However, I reached to the larger audience when I had got a chance to appear in CNN-IBN and NDTV-24×7 debates on the issue of Naxalism last year. After these debates, I got immense positive and negative responses from across the […]
Thimphu Statement on Climate Change
Visitors: 465Bhutan, The Sixteenth Meeting of the Heads of State or Government of the Member States of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) in Thimphu, Bhutan, on 28-29 April 2010, Recalling the high priority attached by the Leaders of SAARC at successive Summits towards preserving and sustainably managing the rich, fragile and diverse […]
Middle East/Asia: Partial Reforms Fail Migrant Domestic Workers
Visitors: 404On International Labor Day, Governments Should Pledge to Make Comprehensive Reforms New York, The reforms undertaken by Middle Eastern and Asian governments fall far short of the minimum protections needed to tackle abuses against migrant domestic workers, Human Rights Watch said today in a report released in advance of May 1, International Labor Day. […]
Suicides and attempts for suicide by the students of IIT Kanpur (An autonomous prestigious Institute where recruiters come from heaven)
Visitors: 459IIT Kanpur, It was the night of this April 19’2010, Snehal Ajit Indurkar, student of IIT Kanpur cut a slit into her left hand nerve to end her life just because of the fear of termination, if you are stunned please don’t be now because this is like the sun rises every morning and […]
An open letter to Union minster for Environment and Forests
Visitors: 301Dear Sir, Subject: Support for ministry’s principled stand on Acts of Parliament Greetings from the Western Ghats. The recent news media seem to be replete with reports that the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) is facing criticism that environment clearance to many projects, which will need either diversion of forest lands OR […]
National Online Survey Report of Senior Citizens & Letter of Protest to MOSJE Mr.Mukul Wasnik
Visitors: 273On 24th April National Online Survey Report and a Protest Letter was submitted to MOSJE Shri Mukul Wasnik by Sailesh Mishra at Bangalore at Inauguration function of Nightingale Center for Ageing & Dementia.The Minister assured that he will look into the matter. On 8th Dec 2009 the Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment (MOSJE), […]
ISSUES FACING ELDERLY PERSONS
Visitors: 222While the improvement in medical science has enabled longevity of life for many people, this has also brought about many issues. There are number of instances that both the elderly parents and the children compliment each other in an elegant manner, with total understanding of each other’s needs. However, this is not always the […]
CHRONOLOGY OF POLICE ATROCITIES & HARASSMENTS AGAINST MASUM ACTIVISTS – FOR CONDUCTING PEOPLE’S TRIBUNAL ON TORTURE
Visitors: 486West Bengal, FEBRUARY 2006MASUM initiated National Project on Preventing Torture in India (NPPTI) undertaken by the People’s Watch, Tamil Nadu, supported by the European Union and the Friedrich Naumann Stiftung (FNSt). MASUM was responsible for implementing the project in West Bengal. Project was designed for 2006-2008. Objective was to ratify the UN CAT and […]
Social Audit on State RTI Information Commissioners launched
Visitors: 240Maharashtra, A group of RTI activists in Mumbai has launched a social audit or public hearing (Jan Sunwaiee) on the quality of service rendered by Maharashtra State Information Commissioners (MSICs), who are appointed under the Act as Second Appellate Authority, to facilitate and implement Citizens’ access to information. Information Commissioners are mandated by Sections […]
Does Pranab Mukherjee misuse constitutional powers for private reasons not for public good
Visitors: 257The dust has not yet settled around Shashi Tharoor and Sunanda Pushkar, but the cloak of silence that surrounds ministerial girlfriends and cronies seems to be coming apart. The Deccan Chronicle, Hyderabad Edition, said: “A spate of babu heads will roll, but largely those in minor services but with major loyalties to mantris who […]
Land Use Planning for Judicious Use of Valuable Land for Establishment of Agro-Economic Zones in Uttar Pradesh
Visitors: 369Uttar Pradesh, AbstractFor having an all round development of the economy the need of the hour is to have sound land use planning that can help to mitigate the negative effects of land use and enhance the efficient use of resources with minimal impact on future generations. Instead of encroaching on fertile land for […]
VACCINATION IS NOT IMMUNIZATION
Visitors: 296Immunity is inbuilt — it may be weak, medium or strong. If weak it can be built. For healthy immunity your blood should be 70% alkaline and 30% acidic. But because of the wrong food that we eat day in and day out this ratio is in inverse proportion. Impure blood then destroys the […]
Let innocent millions be killed but not a single perpetrator in uniform in India be punished
Visitors: 284West Bengal, It is alleged that Mr. Atiur Rahman was under rigorous custodial torture and subsequently shoot from service arms of BSF personnel on 21st March 2010 night near Saidapur village in Murshidabad district of West Bengal. Even after that they never cared to take him to any doctor for medical aid and they […]
Caution in accepting GMO products
Visitors: 295The pressure is on to have India accept and promote Genetically Modified Organisms or GM plants and foods. The recurring theme of various reports, across the world in this regard is inconclusive on the long term benefits of GMO. One thing is clear, these new inter-species gene-spliced products would need large amounts of resources […]
India-Brazil Joint Statement
Visitors: 379Brazil, 16th April 2010, At the invitation of the President of the Federative Republic of Brazil, H.E. LuizInácio Lula da Silva, the Prime Minister of the Republic of India, H.E. Dr. Manmohan Singh, visited Brazil on 15 April, 2010. The two Leaders held a bilateral meeting and also met at the 4th Summit of […]
Mumbai Poor Unite to Launch Postcard Campaign to Oppose Food Security “Bull”
Visitors: 241Maharashtra, 14th April, Spurred by the Food Security Bill’s current draft, which threatens to leave Mumbai’s slum populace high-and-dry in terms of their ration-card entitlements, slum-dwellers are making known their displeasure by sending tens of thousands of post-cards. The people’s verdict is writ large on the postcards: Make 35 kg of guaranteed foodgrain plus […]
The Spread of Naxalism and Maoism (by Anant Trivedi, NNFI Delhi)
Visitors: 310New Delhi, Tragedy consumed the lives of so many CRPF Jawans recently in Dantewala in an ambush by Naxals. Media is busy with writings and debates and seminars are being held by concerned citizens – we love to debate issues. There is so much being speculated about how the perpetrators of the massacre should […]
Funding peace-building
Visitors: 260Governments wage wars. They appropriate state resources to prepare for and to conduct wars. Taxpayers from around the world willingly or unwillingly bear these costs. Peace-building is usually left to the initiative of common citizens.Rarely do peace-builders have resources of their own, to finance their work. Therefore, they usually depend on generosity of others. […]
Amnesty International- India: Government of West Bengal must drop false charges against activists campaigning against torture
Visitors: 340The Government of West Bengal must drop false charges against Kirity Roy and other human rights defenders and hold the State police accountable for harassment and intimidation, Amnesty International said today. Kirity Roy, Secretary of the Banglar Manabadhikar Suraksha Mancha (Masum) – a human rights organization in West Bengal – was arrested by the […]
Parliamentarians pay tributes to Dr. B.R. Ambedkar
Visitors: 409New Delhi, India,Lok Sabha Speaker Smt. Meira Kumar; Leader of the House (Lok Sabha), Shri Pranab Mukherjee; Leader of Opposition (Lok Sabha), Smt Sushma Swaraj; Deputy Chairman of Rajya Sabha, Shri K. Rahman Khan and Leader of Opposition (Rajya Sabha), Shri Arun Jaitley led the nation in paying floral tributes to Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar […]
FORUM FOR GLOBAL HARMONY AND NON-VIOLENT ALTERNATIVE – OUTLINES OF THE POLICY STATEMENT : T N PURWAR
DEVELOPMENT OF NON-VIOLENCE
The smallest unit of human society is a family, which is based on love and compassion. But what an anomaly that the coordinating agency or federating authority of families, which is known as the state, is based on repression and violence! So as it is to change an unjust system or destroy an oppressive state violent methods are needed. Gandhi experienced and realised the cruelty inherent in the anomaly. He felt the depressiveness of the situation. He visualised human society as a family, where love and compassion should be the way to resolve various conflicts. Gandhi introduced non-violent methods based on a threefold action: Satyagrah (insistence to truth), Asagayoga (non-cooperation) and Atmanigrah-atmabalidan (self-abnegation, self-sacrifice). The combination of all of these is crystallized in Savinaya Avajnya Andolan (civil disobedience movement) by individuals and communities against the oppressor and oppressive authority. Gandhi successfully fought the British imperial authority with his non-violent methods and led the Indian subcontinent towards Independence.
6th National conference on Electoral and Political reforms in Bhopal
Visitors: 350Madhya Pradesh, April 10 and 11, 2010, On the first day of the sixth national conference on Electoral and Political Reforms being organized by Association for Democratic Reforms and National Election Watch, Mr Navin Chawla, Chief Election Commissioner, released a book “Lok Sabha 2009 Election Watch: A compendium of state election watch reports”. The […]