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Adrift on the Brahmaputra
The crisis of livelihood in flood-affected Assam has reduced former landowners to illegal foragers of driftwood from the river More... Crisis drives the bus to KuttaPrior to 1995, the Kerala State Road Transport Corporation did not ply a single bus between Manathavady in Wayanad and Kutta in Kodagu, Karnataka. Today, there are 24 trips daily on this route, as people leave the area in droves in search of work More... Healthcare in the north-east: Education and sanitation is the keyWith only 407 doctors, inadequate sanitation and poor development indicators, Nagaland's people have limited access to quality healthcare. A report from the north-east More... Hope dies slowly in WayanadMany plantations in Wayanad have shut down, leaving thousands out of work. The once-numerous Tamil migrant labourers are far fewer today, and out-migration of local labour is the new trend. The real-life agrarian crisis is very dramatic, leaving few takers for reel stories on the big screens in the region More... Will Area Water Partnerships give people back their rivers?The people living near the Patalganga river have been fighting for two decades against the pollution of their water source. Now there's new hope in the form of the Patalganga Area Water Partnership, initiated by the Indian Water Works Association, that will give them a say in how this natural resource is used and maintained More... So near to God, so far from HeavenChurch income has fallen sharply as the laity have gone into debt in Wayanad. But the larger reality is also more complex. While the church does reflect the pain of its farmer base, it is also, in some cases, a source of at least a few of the dues that worry them More... Wayanad: the cross and the crisisThe declining fortunes and health of the religious establishment in Kerala's Wayanad region mirrors what is happening to the parishioners themselves More... Forced displacement from protected areas: The spectre looms largeNearly 4 million people in India live inside protected areas and are dependant on their resources for survival. The Ministry of Environment and Forests' strict enforcement of a 2000 Supreme Court order restricting the collection of natural resources from inside protected areas is likely to have far-reaching consequences, forcing local people out of their traditional homes and creating a conflict between people and conservation More... 'If 40% of Indians are asking for 1% of the GDP, it's no big deal'Ramon Magsaysay Award winner Aruna Roy is founder-member of the Mazdoor Kisan Shakti Sanghatana and a member of the National Advisory Council. She is an outspoken champion of an amendment to the Freedom of Information Act 2002 and the much-talked-about Employment Guarantee Act More... The rot in Orissa's reproductive health servicesAt a recent public hearing in Orissa's Jagatsinghpur district, both men and women told harrowing tales of negligence, bungling and lack of facilities in the state's public healthcare system More... Where have Chelakkodan Aysha and Rabiya gone?Even as India witnessed a 14% decadal growth rate in literacy over the last decade, Kerala, the state that led the country's literacy movement, lost ground. The two women who became the icons of Kerala's successful total literacy campaign in the 1980s are probably back in their kitchens now, unable to read or write More... |
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