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Losing the sand beneath their feet The black sand of Kollam district in coastal Kerala is classified as ‘strategic’ because it contains minerals for atomic energy and defence applications. Therefore, indiscriminate mining of the sand can continue, regardless of damage to the ecosystem and the livelihoods of people More... Village of hopeOver 4,000 people live in the Delhi leprosy complex. Though leprosy has been eliminated -- not eradicated -- in India, the stigma and discrimination that leprosy patients and their children face is far from eliminated, and it is only in colonies like this one that they can find companionship and a home More... Trafficking women for domestic workMany ‘employment agencies’ that are springing up in cities to place migrant women for domestic work are little more than traffickers. The condition in which these women work violates several laws including the Bonded Labour Act and in many cases the Child Labour and Juvenile Justice Act. Activists are calling for a specific law to regulate the domestic work sector More... The original migrantsThe first migrations from Bihar date back to 1834. Every second family in the state today is sustained by migrants. But even as Patna feted the visit of the Mauritius PM, a Bihari by origin, thousands of Biharis were returning from Maharashtra following attacks upon them. Anosh Malekar travelled with them More... Released from bondageNearly 5,000 Tamilian bonded labour families released from granite and marble quarries in Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Gujarat and Andhra Pradesh by the Supreme Court of India have settled in 20 villages in Perambalur district, Tamil Nadu. They are trying to begin a new life, free from the exploitative shackles of contractors More... Corruption and patronage mark NREGS implementation in BiharA survey of the NREGA by AMAN Trust in Jehanabad and Arwal districts of Bihar reveals that 50% of eligible households do not have access to the benefits of the scheme. Awareness of the scheme is low, only 16.5% of the beneficiaries are women, and caste/class hierarchies dominate More... The cost of conservationThousands of tribal families lived in the 56 hamlets within the Nagarhole National Park in Karnataka. Denied access to forest resources, many have moved out without adequate compensation, while the rest continue to battle a State that seems to deny their existence. Will the new Forest Rights Act change anything for them? More... Goa: How the battle was wonRecently, Goa became the only state in India to openly declare that no more Special Economic Zones (SEZs) would be set up on its territory. This was a result of relentless pressure from almost the entire state -- villagers, educated middle class, professionals, activists, the church and media More... TERI faults Coca-Cola for depleting community water resourcesA recent report by TERI on six Coca-Cola bottling plants in India confirms that the plants have been located in water stressed areas and recommends that the plant in Kala Dera near Jaipur be closed down or relocated More... The trouble with nuclear energyThe third national conference of the Coalition for Nuclear Disarmament and Peace, held in Nagpur from February 1 to 3, 2008, went beyond the politics of nuclear militarisation and looked at the human, environmental and social questions intertwined with the issue More... A circle of good peopleThe Ennangalin Sangamam (Confluence of Thought) is an annual event in Tamil Nadu that brings together neighbourhood volunteers. This year, around 500 volunteers shared their stories – of enabling eye donations, helping the disabled find employment or educating prisoners in Madurai More... The plunder of Kerala's riversThe Portuguese adventurer Vasco da Gama came to Kerala to plunder its material wealth. Five hundred years on, modern-day plunderers are busy robbing the state of its waters and other environmental assets More... Farmer suicides rampant in MP, Chhattisgarh tooA study by the Madras Institute of Development Studies puts the number of farmer suicides in Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh at well over 2,000 a year. But both state governments are choosing to ignore the facts. In this report, farmers tell their own story More... |
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