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Satish Kumar: Walking the talk
Satish Kumar, editor of the alternative magazine Resurgence, talks about his 8,000-mile journey on foot to protest nuclear weapons, and the connections between peace, social justice and sustainability More... '1% of our GDP will provide social security for the unorganised sector'Recently nominated Man of the Year, veteran trade union leader Baba Adhav has spent a lifetime advocating the rights of porters, construction workers and others in the unorganised sector. He is now pressing for the passage of the Unorganised Sector Workers Social Security Bill More... Chitamma: Nari shaktiChitamma is the driving force behind Samudram, a federation of fisherpeople in 21 coastal blocks of Orissa that trains women to be economically independent and demands entitlements to education, public health, PDS and water More... Mukta Jhodia: 'I will die for my bheeta mati'Mukta Jhodia, tribal woman leader and first recipient of the Chingari Award for Women Fighting Corporate Crime 2007, talks about her relentless struggle against the Utkal Alumina bauxite mining and processing project in Kashipur, Orissa More... Working with nature, in suicide countryTwenty years after the glory days of the Green Revolution, the yield from Subhash Sharma's farm plummeted, even as input costs increased. He switched to organic farming as a last-ditch effort. Thirteen years on, his farm in Yavatmal is flourishing, and has become a model for hundreds of other farmers More... John Papa battles to retain controlled tourismColonel John Wakefield, 92, who shot his first tiger when he was 10 but is now a passionate conservationist, is battling to keep 'market forces' away from Karnataka's Kabini River Lodge More... 'No peace without equitable sharing of resources': Wangari MaathaiNobel Laureate Wangari Maathai talks about her passion for planting trees, and the strong links between the environment, democracy and peace More... 'Gandhi works, always'LC Jain looks back on half-a-century of policymaking and analysis and traces India's problems to one key factor: an over-reliance on the bureaucracy to helm India's development, and our failure to remember what Gandhi knew well -- nothing should and can be done without the involvement of the people More... Papamma sows seeds of changePapamma is the driving force behind the seed conservation movement in D Kurubarahalli village, Karnataka. Slowly but surely she has managed to turn the mindset of the villagers towards preserving and maintaining traditional seed varieties and setting up kitchen gardens to ensure food security More... 'There is more slavery today than in the 1800s': Gloria SteinemTrafficking is almost as profitable as the arms and drugs trade, says legendary women's rights activist and writer Gloria Steinem More... What choice do trafficked women have?Every woman in prostitution is forced into it, and therefore has to be forcibly rescued, says Dr Sunitha Krishnan, co-founder of the anti-trafficking organisation Prajwala, explaining her organisation's strategies and the motivation for her work with abused and exploited women More... 'We need to fight patriarchy, not men'In an exclusive interview to InfoChange, Nobel Peace Prize-winner Shirin Ebadi explains why culture should be dissociated from religion, why Islam is not incompatible with human rights, and how women all over the world - not just in Islamic countries - suffer injustice More... 'My fasting is a means; I have no other'Manipuri activist Irom Sharmila, who has been on a fast for six years demanding repeal of the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act 1958, is currently in custody at AIIMS, New Delhi. In this interview with a filmmaker, she discusses her motivation More... BODHI: Contuining medical education for healthcare workersFor 20 years, Dr PK Sarkar has been publishing bulletins and magazines to provide doctors and patients unbiased and objective information on drugs and rational therapy. His journals are fiercely independent, even if that means a hand-to-mouth existence More... |
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