Visitors: 1,306 Viswa Ghosh The first — and most damaging — myth is that China is in Africa only to extract natural resources. There is no question that the continent’s vast natural resource endowments are a big draw for Chinese firms — just as they are for Western oil and minerals giants like Shell, ExxonMobil, […]
Visitors: 229 Dr. Pritam Rohila, PhD retired Neuropsychologist, Chair of Oregonians for Peace. He resides in Keizer, USA In 1937, the Imperial Japanese Army killed about 200,000 Chinese civilians and raped many of their women. During Nazi rule in Germany, from 1933 through 1945, Jews and other “non-Aryan” races were subjected to various atrocities, which included segregation, […]
Visitors: 209 GLOBAL FREEDOM NETWORK http://www.globalfreedomnetwork.org/ All-faith call recognizes Modi Government’s initiatives against human trafficking, creation of national anti-trafficking body. Pledge to tackle modern slavery, including bonded labour, forced marriage, child labour& human trafficking New Delhi, December 3, 2015: Eleven Indian faith and spiritual leaders signed a joint declaration to end modern slavery within a generation […]
Visitors: 1,778 [themify_box] Jason Hickel PhD anthropologist at the London School of Economics and author of The Divide: A New History of Global Inequality. He received his PhD in Anthropology from the University of Virginia in 2011. [/themify_box] [themify_quote]As the UN’s new sustainable development goals are launched in New York, there’s little to celebrate about the business-as-usual approach[/themify_quote] […]
Visitors: 368 Paul Gottinger, staff reporter at Reader Supported News (RSN) whose work focuses on the Middle East and the arms industry Error attacks have jumped by a stunning 6,500% since 2002, according to a new analysis by Reader Supported News. The number of casualties resulting from terror attacks has increased by 4,500% over this same time period. […]
Visitors: 281 Pritam K. Rohila, Ph.D. of Keizer is a retired neuropsychologist. He is the executive director of Oregonians for Peace and Association for Communal Harmony in Asia. Beset with increasing protests against them, governments in many parts of the Middle East are struggling to stay afloat. The law and order situation in Iraq, […]
Visitors: 339 RAJESH VAKHARIA, SIFF PRESIDENT, NAGPUR The U.S is well known for its hegemony and interference in the internal affairs of other countries including India. The covert U.S hegemony and interference in India’s internal affairs by cultivating and funding radical feminists in the guise of “women’s empowerment” has to end, say the NGOs Save Indian […]
Visitors: 244 Laurent Fournier To: Times of India Dear Sir, First of all my sincere thanks to you and to your photographer, for having spent so much time with us to cover the small gathering of citizens of Kolkata in solidarity with the victims of terrorist attacks in France. However, I must put on record that I did […]
Visitors: 580 Prof Johan Galtung, a professor of peace studies, is founder of the TRANSCEND Network for Peace, Development and Environment and rector of the TRANSCEND Peace University-TPU. He has published over 400 Editorials for TRANSCEND Media Service and over 164 books on peace and related issues, of which 41 have been translated into 35 […]
Visitors: 532 Anthony J. Marsella, Ph.D. We are — amidst pauses and respites for comfort from pizza, beer, shopping, TV football games, and “unreality” shows — caught in a bewildering and conflicted response to the world about us. We are aware something is wrong — unfamiliar, strange, frightening – but we cannot seem to grasp […]
Visitors: 569 Anthony Marsella, Ph.D. November 9, 2012 Charting a “Culture of Violence:” Causes and Consequences As the immediate emotions of the presidential elections pass — the euphoria and elation of the winners, the grief, despair, anger of the losers — the harsh realities of daily life once again emerge. Among these is the widespread […]
Visitors: 560 Walter Hahn Founder – Coordinator, German Dalit Solidarity Platform. Founding Member, International Dalit Solidarity Network. Strong supporter of Campaign for Electoral Reforms in India In October 2008 the “Campaign for Electoral Reforms in India (CERI)” was launched in Dhaka with an international conference after a preparation phase of more than two years. […]
Visitors: 266 John Szemerey FCIJ Former Chairman, International Committee, The Chartered Institute of Journalists London Chairman, International Advisory Board, Ground Report India Group Chairman, Honourary Editors Board, Ground Report India Group John is a political journalist, retired in summer 2005 after working over 30 years in the information services of the European Commission, Brussels. Most […]
Visitors: 417 by Dr Madeleine Florin, PhD In the second week of the month of April 2012 I was lucky enough to catch a brief glimpse of life in Chhattisgarh, mostly of Dantewada district. For transport, I hurtled around in the back seat of the well driven and well stocked car labelled “Press”. Again, […]
Visitors: 776 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: 434 Prof. 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 […]
Visitors: 485 Prof 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, […]
Visitors: 465 Anthony 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 […]
Visitors: 242 23 December 2011 The Writers in Prison Committee (WiPC) of PEN International condemns the imprisonment of the writer Chen Wei. An honorary member of the Independent Chinese PEN Centre and winner of the Liu Xiaobo Courage to Write award, Chen Wei was sentenced on 23 December 2011 to nine years in prison for […]
Visitors: 260 Beirut There is an escalating pattern of physical attacks by Egyptian military and police officers against women and male protesters, journalists, and activists in Cairo, some of which are sexual in nature, Human Rights Watch said today. News reports and images of protesters in Cairo being stripped, beaten, and dragged through the street […]
Visitors: 242 22 December 2011 PEN International is deeply concerned that as this year closes, 30 writers are held in Turkish prisons, more than 70 others are on trial, and that there were 25 new arrests in recent days. This, alongside increasing surveillance, is having a chilling effect on writers and raises concerns for the […]
Visitors: 214 The Writers in Prison Committee (WiPC) of PEN International is alarmed at the killing of prominent journalist and newspaper founder Khadzhimurad Kamalov on 15 December 2011 in Dagestan. Kamalov, who had previously been subject to numerous threats, was gunned down as he was leaving the offices of his newspaper by a masked assailant. […]
Visitors: 314 Bulgaria Kukeri Foundation is a Bulgarian not-for-profit organization related to the masquerade custom in the Region of Karlovo, Central Bulgaria (www.kukeri-karlovsko.eu). We are now raising funds for the Kukerfest Karlovo 2012. The minimum budget is 3000 Euro. Any kind of support would be highly appreciated ie: Donation; Purchase of e-advertising on some of […]
Visitors: 260 New York The report of the Sri Lankan government’s Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission (LLRC) disregards the worst abuses by government forces, rehashes longstanding recommendations, and fails to advance accountability for victims of Sri Lanka’s civil armed conflict, Human Rights Watch said today. The serious shortcomings of the 388-page report, which was posted […]
Visitors: 1,614 United Nations, UN, selected Dewas district’s community water management works in the best three water management practices in the world under the category of “Best Water Management Practices” for 2011-2012. The link of UN website of the award is given below- (the third rank in category 01) http://www.un.org/waterforlifedecade/finalists2012.shtml Dewas, Ponds, Reva Sagar, Local […]