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Business interests supercede environmental interests
The government pays only lip service to the concept of sustainable economic development. But serious doubts are being raised about the independence and freedom of the new National Board for Wildlife More... Films and femininityThe conventional view that Indian cinema does nothing but reproduce patriarchal ideology is in itself a stereotype, says filmmaker and film researcher Venkatesh Chakravarty. In fact, our films are replete with female characters who bring the mightiest powers to their knees More... Hunger and poverty are key catalysts in the spread of HIVAIDS and poverty are mutually reinforcing negative forces. An excerpt from ActionAid-Asia's new report 'Time to Act: HIV/AIDS in Asia' More... Orissa: A continuing denial of adivasi rightsThe recent Justice PK Mishra Commission report on the Maikanch firing in Orissa's Rayagada district, in which three adivasis were killed in December 2000 as they opposed displacement, faults the police for excessive use of force. But the report dilutes its impact by observing that environmental protection cannot hold back Orissa's development More... The medicalisation of sexScience, sex and the market form a cosy mAcnage-a-trois today. Biomedical knowledge, practices and techniques have taken sexuality from the most private hidden spaces to the centrestage of international conferences. The medicalisation of sex makes a cure that comes in a foil strip far more seductive than an overhaul of a lifestyle, personality, family system or state policy More... Big Brother in the bedroom: 'Unnatural' offences and Section 377Decriminalising private, consensual adult sexual behaviour, the Indian government feels, might open the floodgates of delinquent behaviour. By refusing to repeal Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code, the government is reinforcing 150-year-old strictures disapproving sex for pleasure and not procreation. Shouldn't the State allow consenting adults to make their own sexual choices? More... Can Information Technology bring about the long awaited Revolution?Times have changed for the media. The IT revolution has meant that your message can go to the four corners of the earth in minutes. This has been proved in Iraq, in Gujarat and most recently in Cancun. Can the media turn to the most pressing issues that need attention in our society, to bring about that radical change which has eluded us for so many decades? This article suggests it can More... HIV, sexuality and identity in IndiaThere has been a legitimate emergence of sexual minorities in India over the last decade. But even as transsexuals or sex workers exult in the opportunity to be heard and seen in mainstream society, we must realise that this is just one small evolutionary step towards raising the self-esteem of marginalised groups More... How international finance is linked to malaria resurgenceRajasthan is a good case study of the links between international finance, ecological imbalance and health problems. The resurgence of malaria in this previously non-endemic area is the ecological and socio-economic consequence of the policies advocated by the Bretton Woods institutions More... HIV and the health professions: universal precautions are requiredProtection of health personnel and patients from HIV transmission is difficult in a healthcare setting in which nurses may be permitted only two pairs of gloves a day and needles are reused after a perfunctory wash. The answer is not special precautions for HIV-positive patients, but universal precautions for all health workers who come into contact with blood and body fluids More... Yes, you're positive, but there's nothing we can do for youWhat can the National AIDS Control Programme achieve in the absence of integration of HIV-related services into the health system as a whole? The second in a series assessing the HIV/AIDS situation in India More... HIV: The numbers controversyDo we have 2 million or 20 million HIV-positive in India? Or is there a plateuing of the epidemic? Speculative and alarmist figures about the number of Indians affected by HIV/AIDS have added to public confusion and affected the programme's credibility. This is the first in a series of articles on the issues and controversies surrounding HIV in India More... HIV/AIDS in Manipur: The need to focus on womenIn a state with the highest concentration of HIV/AIDS in India, interventions have focused on injecting drug users, neglecting their spouses, sexual partners and children More... |
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