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The trade-off between protection and freedom Following the recent debate over banning women from working nightshifts, women's groups need to ask why it is that women can only be protected by curbing their freedom. If women want to step out of the 'private' sphere into the 'public' sphere, must they give up all expectation of protection from sexual violence by the State? More... Are mammoth corporate salaries contributing to social unrest?The myth of India Inc spreading its wealth is busted within the precincts of every company, says Melanie P Kumar, supporting Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's view that paying large corporate salaries fuels social unrest More... The starting line for a more just worldCritics of the present unsustainable model of development and growth are often asked how they would build a more equitable and democratic world, and what exactly this 'another world' of their now-popular global slogan, 'Another world is possible', is John Samuel offers some starting points More... Wheat imports: Subverting procurement, cheating farmersInstead of doling out Rs 6,000 crore to corporations to import 50 lakh tonnes of wheat this year, the government could have offered farmers a minimum support price even higher than they are currently getting from private companies. Is there a hidden agenda? More... Reclaiming Mother's DayMother's Day is not the creation of the cards and gifts industries. Its long history is closely connected with protesting war and building peace. Perhaps next year society can reclaim the occasion More... Leasing land instead of buying itCould the Magarpatta model in Pune be a way out of the SEZ impasse? Here farmers have leased - not sold -- 400 acres of farmland to developers who are paying them a royalty in perpetuity, besides giving them new housing in the township and various kinds of supply contracts More... Can man and beast co-exist?Ranthambhore has becomes the latest wildlife sanctuary to express fears about 'missing' tigers. Will this jewel in the Project Tiger crown go the same way as Sariska? Does the answer lie in relocating villages outside national parks, thereby minimising contact between man and animal? More... Beware of the bullsWith the huge influx of foreign capital into Indian realty, real estate might replace IT/BPO as the lead growth story in the Indian economy in the years to come. Are India's farmlands set to become a global casino, asks Aseem Shrivastava More... Media violence: Fact and fictionUrban India witnesses intermittent public outbursts around the impact of TV violence on children. This construction of children as copycats and passive victims of media violence displaces any complicated analysis of how they actually engage with television, says Shohini Ghosh More... Adjust kar lenge: The new SEZ policy?What do the latest changes in the Special Economic Zones policy mean? More... Courts unwilling to grant women right to 'shared household'A recent Supreme Court judgment, which rules that the self-acquired property of a woman's in-laws does not constitute a 'shared household' and cannot be taken into consideration under the new Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, completely dilutes the legislation, say activists and lawyers More... The truth about subsidiesA Swiss cow gets a subsidy that will allow her to fly first-class around the world! And Queen Elizabeth gets farm subsidies of over $ I million annually. Subsidies don't always work as they are meant to in India either More... HIV transmission from blood exposure: Serious riskWe know that HIV is transmitted through unsafe sex and contaminated blood. In fact, the virus transmits many hundreds times faster through the blood than through heterosexual coitus. Why then does the 'sex route' dominate our policies and work, and the 'blood route' remain mostly neglected, especially in a country where non-sterile healthcare is so common? More... WTO Doha Round: India falls in lineIndia appears to be backtracking on its earlier tough stand of insisting that massive agricultural subsidies in developed countries be removed, in order to push through the stalled Doha Round of trade negotiations More... There's wealth in wasteFive companies are bidding to manage the 7,000 tonnes of waste New Delhi generates every day. But surely it's more important to reduce garbage generated at source than to apply lucrative but environmentally unsound technological solutions to waste management? More... |
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