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Killing ourselves slowly With growing calls for the reintroduction of DDT to fight the resurgence of malaria worldwide, we must not forget the reasons why many countries have banned this toxic substance and other dangerous chemicals that cause cancers and other persistent diseases that impair health and possibly prove fatal More... Playing God: The arbitrary nature of capital punishmentThe Supreme Court has stated that the death penalty is to be awarded only in the rarest case of exceptional depravity and brutality. But human judgement, as several recent court cases have revealed, is totally subjective More... The powerful get water, the powerless don't: UNDP reportThe UNDP's annual Human Development Report for 2006 focuses on water and advocates small-scale solutions and efficiency improvements to tackle the global water crisis More... Displacement in the time of developmentAt a time when hundreds of proposed Special Economic Zones are likely to displace millions more, the ministry of rural development has come up with a toothless draft National Rehabilitation Policy 2006 which only carries forward the weaknesses of earlier drafts More... Towards a dollar democracy?Nandan Nilekani recently said that a city like Bangalore that contributes 60% of a state's GDP should have more than 7% of the state assembly seats. Nilekani and others are in effect arguing for a dollar democracy, where one rupee will count for one vote, rather than one person More... The Nobel for an ideaThe Nobel Peace Prize for Mohammed Yunus of the Grameen Bank in Bangladesh affirms the transformative potential of people's entrepreneurship and voluntary initiatives -- beyond the State and market - to alleviate poverty and advance human rights and social development More... A bottom-up approach to sanitationSouth Asia has 900 million people without sanitation. The problem, as the success of recent total-sanitation community projects have demonstrated, is not a lack of funds but a lack of conviction amongst people that they need sanitation, and that they can meet those needs themselves More... The new environment clearance shopping mallThe new notification for environment impact assessments displays the environment ministry's enthusiasm to compromise with industry, not regulate it More... What's illegal about sex work?Legalisation and decriminalisation are the two standard approaches to sex work in India. The third approach - of sex work as a human right - has been advocated by sex workers themselves over the last decade, as they negotiate with the state to recognise and guarantee their right to full and equal citizenship More... Sweden's green agendaNinety-five per cent of all Swedes believe it is important to do something about climate change; two out of every three think it is very important. Sixty Stockholm families have embarked on a novel experiment related to 'smart consumption' More... A bargain-basement knowledge 'mandi'The new US-India Knowledge Initiative on Agriculture will re-examine and overhaul existing curricula in agricultural education institutions in India. It will also leave Indian agriculture open to the interests of the world's largest food and agri-business corporations, says Rahul Goswami More... |
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