Visitors: 386Chhattisgarh, India For the People’s Right to say NO to displacement and Tribal Genocide And to demand the right to live with justice and peace Dear Friends, You are aware that the Tribals of Dantewada district in Chhattisgarh State are continuously facing large-scale displacement from their homes, fields and forests. Activists, journalists and scholars working in […]
Visitors: 215Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India There is a clear failure of the world order today. The gunpoint Capitalism and Communism evolved out of the Industrial Revolution are a clear failure at this stage unable to solve today’s problems. The conclusive orthodox religious order of various hues based on absoluteness, immutability, omnipotency, permanancy and perfection are […]
Visitors: 291Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India There is a clear failure of the world order today. The gunpoint Capitalism and Communism evolved out of the Industrial Revolution are a clear failure at this stage unable to solve today’s problems. The conclusive orthodox religious order of various hues based on absoluteness, immutability, omnipotency, permanancy and perfection are […]
Visitors: 252Karnataka, India There was a time when anyone opting for political life was deemed to be performing a ‘sacrifice’ and engaging in a ‘service’ to society. That was an honest characterisation of politicians as a breed during the freedom struggle. But, it certainly does not hold true now. Today a political career is the […]
Visitors: 258Karnataka, India There was a time when anyone opting for political life was deemed to be performing a ‘sacrifice’ and engaging in a ‘service’ to society. That was an honest characterisation of politicians as a breed during the freedom struggle. But, it certainly does not hold true now. Today a political career is the […]
Visitors: 246Karnataka, India Large segment of well meaning citizens of India feel frustrated about the prevalence of widespread corruption and nepotism amongst politicians and government machinery at various levels in the country. They often console themselves that things would not further deteriorate and media and judiciary would ensure this. The recent controversies about Justice Dinakaran […]
Visitors: 177Karnataka, India Large segment of well meaning citizens of India feel frustrated about the prevalence of widespread corruption and nepotism amongst politicians and government machinery at various levels in the country. They often console themselves that things would not further deteriorate and media and judiciary would ensure this. The recent controversies about Justice Dinakaran […]
Visitors: 348West Bengal, India Two documentary films directed by SUSANTA BISWAS have participated in two International Festivals in the same year organized by the Government of West Bengal. The preview committee has recommended the documentary on sustainable effort of tribal women in social forestry titled “Tribal women, afforestation and sustainability” for the screening in the […]
Visitors: 217West Bengal, India Two documentary films directed by SUSANTA BISWAS have participated in two International Festivals in the same year organized by the Government of West Bengal. The preview committee has recommended the documentary on sustainable effort of tribal women in social forestry titled “Tribal women, afforestation and sustainability” for the screening in the […]
Visitors: 361United States of America BELLINGHAM, WA – Hours before Obama would announce his plan to send 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan, approximately 160 students, veterans, and community members hit the streets of Bellingham to protest the troop surge. Many protestors were especially outraged because voters elected the Democrats to have full control over the […]
Visitors: 468United States of America BELLINGHAM, WA – Hours before Obama would announce his plan to send 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan, approximately 160 students, veterans, and community members hit the streets of Bellingham to protest the troop surge. Many protestors were especially outraged because voters elected the Democrats to have full control over the […]
Visitors: 239Delhi, India Right To Information (RTI) activists spare no one. Not even the Prime Minister. A group of RTI activists has sent a legal notice to the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) and the Government of India regarding the appointment of the new chief information commissioner to head the Central Information Commission (CIC), the nodal […]
Visitors: 233Delhi, India Right To Information (RTI) activists spare no one. Not even the Prime Minister. A group of RTI activists has sent a legal notice to the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) and the Government of India regarding the appointment of the new chief information commissioner to head the Central Information Commission (CIC), the nodal […]
Visitors: 272Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India November 30, 2009 – Armed with banners demanding “Climate Justice Now!” and “Shut Down Coca-Cola”, over 2,000 villagers marched to the Coca-Cola bottling plant in Mehdiganj in India today demanding its closure. Villagers have accused the Coca-Cola bottling plant in Mehdiganj of worsening the water conditions in the area by […]
Visitors: 220Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India November 30, 2009 – Armed with banners demanding “Climate Justice Now!” and “Shut Down Coca-Cola”, over 2,000 villagers marched to the Coca-Cola bottling plant in Mehdiganj in India today demanding its closure. Villagers have accused the Coca-Cola bottling plant in Mehdiganj of worsening the water conditions in the area by […]
Visitors: 290Mumbai, Maharashtra, India Guess who’s leading the list of applicants for information commissioners in the state? Bureaucrats, virtually synonymous with the very red tape that the Right To Information Act seeks to surmount, are showing interest after retirement in dispelling information of all things. Data provided by the state’s General Administration Department shows that […]
Visitors: 247Mumbai, Maharashtra, India Guess who’s leading the list of applicants for information commissioners in the state? Bureaucrats, virtually synonymous with the very red tape that the Right To Information Act seeks to surmount, are showing interest after retirement in dispelling information of all things. Data provided by the state’s General Administration Department shows that […]
Visitors: 333Seattle, USA Across the United States, the media ecosystem is quickly evolving. Some main-stream news organizations are shrinking, as advertising decouples from journalism. Remarkable new technologies and the work of committed citizens are making it easier for us to build unique communities that share civic passion and purpose. In the Pacific Northwest, this evolution […]
Visitors: 323Seattle, USA Across the United States, the media ecosystem is quickly evolving. Some main-stream news organizations are shrinking, as advertising decouples from journalism. Remarkable new technologies and the work of committed citizens are making it easier for us to build unique communities that share civic passion and purpose. In the Pacific Northwest, this evolution […]
Visitors: 314North-East, India The Government of India has been actively considering amendments to the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA). In this regard, the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Amendment Bill 2009 has been listed for discussion during the ongoing winter session of the Parliament. Pertinently the proposed amendments have not been placed in the public […]
Visitors: 369Maharashtra, India At least the General public Should know what the state of affairs will be if they try to get Justice from the BMC in similar circumstances like mine… In April 2009,The Occupier of Flat no three, Mr Upendra K Kudva, 1st flr in above Soares Bldg, reconstructs a wall having height of […]
Visitors: 378Uttaranchal, India ( This is an article I wrote after interacting with the Bora community in Digoli. I feel at it is necessary to save the traditional occupation of this community, even as we find newer means of producing the fibre and weaving the fabric. As far as my knowledge goes, this fabric has […]
Visitors: 266Maharashtra, India “SEZ hatao, desh bachao!” GORAI, MAHARASHTRA, People’s movements from across India came together in Gorai – Mumbai, Maharashtra, to demand a repeal of the unconstitutional SEZ Act (2005) and to resist the anti-people model of development that SEZs represent. Farmers, fishermen, labourers, activists, artists, journalists and academics from thirteen states gathered at […]
Visitors: 270Tamilnadu, India Nandini Voice for The Deprived, a Chennai based NGO, organized an extraordinary meeting at Chennai on 29th November,2009 in connection with the World Disabled Day, to honour the self employed disabled persons belonging to lower income group. The objective was to honour the self employed disabled persons who have the courage, determination […]
Visitors: 293Punjab, India Yet an other the degradation of the military by the 6 Pay Commission and subsequent farce enacted by the Committee of Secretaries, “Is a deliberate act”. Actually it appears to be ‘Conspiracy’ to weaken our military. Before WW II, when Hitler had decided to attack Russia, the Germans launched a massive intelligence […]