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Our work on budget analysis has shifted the balance of power in favour of the poor: MD Mistry
It is money, and the power to influence its deployment, that is key to securing livelihoods and the rights of the marginalised, says M D Mistry, the grassroots activist who has traversed the distance from Gujarat's tribal heartland to parliament house in Delhi More... Komalda's homage to ordinarinessKomal Kothari, who died recently, was an ardent seeker of several systems of undocumented knowledge, and the richest repository of its interconnections. In him we have lost a vital link with living traditions on the ground, writes Rustom Bharucha More... 'We have to start the process of thinking about alternatives'Aruna Roy, founder-member of the Mazdoor Kisan Shakti Sanghatana and Ramon Magsaysay awardwinner for 2000, on why she will be campaigning against right-wing politics and for people's rights, and the growing feeling amongst development workers that they must engage eventually in electoral politics More... Social messages on a stringAlthough most people consider puppetry just another form of entertainment, Pune-based Hemant and Ranjana Kanitkar use the art for social awakening and reformation More... 'Feminine energy must rule the world': Eve EnslerEve Ensler's play The Vagina Monologues has helped raise $25 million for the cause of preventing violence against women. The playwright was in India to help raise money for a women's shelter in a village near Dharamsala More... 'Why should gender or sexuality define our identity?'In a society where eunuchs can either be sex workers or beggars, Narthaki Natraj and Sakthi Bhaskar are well-known and respected Bharatanatyam artistes. This is their account of their battle against terrible cruelty and discrimination and their refusal to give u More... Dayabai, lady of fireMercy Mathew, also known as Dayabai, has been living in the Gond tribal hamlets of Madhya Pradesh for 20 years, sharing the lives of the tribals, teaching them organic farming and helping them fight for their rights More... 25% of Sharayu's workforce is disabledAt Sharayu Precision, Subhash Chuttar employs over 36 mentally and physically challenged men and women who work at jobs ranging from riveting, drilling and greasing to polishing and packing. Chuttar has just won the Helen Keller Award instituted by the National Centre for Promotion of Employment for Disabled People More... Ratan Thiyam: Knocking on the doors of the human conscienceTheatre is more than dialogue, music, performance and production values, according to veteran playwright and director Ratan Thiyam. It is a medium to question society, war and violence More... The sermon of Saint IGNUcias of the Church of GNU/LINUXCopy, Reproduce and Modify is the dictum of Richard Stallman, the world's best-known guru of the free software movement More... Trade must work for development: Walden BelloIn Mumbai to attend the recently concluded World Social Forum 2004, Walden Bello, activist, academic and director of Focus on the Global South, explains that forums such as these are not meant to generate action; they serve to get thinkers and analysts together to find a common thread of expression More... 'If only Indira Gandhi was sitting there, asking, is that tiger safe?'The free market economy has turned us into a consumerist people who lead insular lives and will not engage with issues such as conservation, says Valmik Thapar, tiger conservationist tiger conservationist, wildlife advisor, author, filmmaker and spokesperson for the natural world.Add to that the fact that India's corporate world has given nothing back to the natural world and that after Indira and Rajiv Gandhi there has been no political will to protect the environment, and we have a recipe for disaster More... Foregrounding women's voicesUrvashi Butalia, co-founder of Kali for Women, India's first feminist publishing house, has now moved on to set up Zubaan Books. In this free-floating interview, Butalia reaffirms the need to make women's voices heard More... 'A film seen by 50 empowered people is far more effective than a film seen by 50 million passive telIn a wide-ranging interview, award-winning wildlife filmmaker and conservationist Shekar Dattatri talks about filmmaking and conservation, and how filmmakers can be a bridge between the two. Dattatri is also founder of the Chennai-based Trust for Environmental Education and co-founder of Nature Quest, a forum that promotes conservation through creative collaboration and interactive events that aim to increase awareness and appreciation for nature More... |
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