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Colas as pesticides? For some farmers it's the real thing...
Coca-Cola and other soft drinks, which have constituted the enemy for many Indian farmers in recent times because of their groundwater-depleting factories, are now unlikely allies in the farmers' battle against pests More... Land reform: The Forest Conservation Act is in the wayIs the rigid Forest Conservation Act, 1980, derailing ongoing peace talks with the Naxalites in Andhra Pradesh and other states with its stringent provisions disallowing settlement rights on forestland? More... On the road with village health workersAnkur, a home-based neo-natal care programme based on the acclaimed SEARCH model, is operative in 11 villages of Osmanabad district in Maharashtra. The programme is making a tangible difference to the health of infants and mothers. Freny Manecksha goes on night calls through the twisting lanes of Chauhanwadi with two village health workers More... Steel City tackles its water woesThe Steel City of Jamshedpur suffers severe water stress. But over the last decade, steel giant Tata Steel has reduced pollutant discharge by 98% and cut water consumption by 67.3%. Today, India's largest iron and steel production facility boasts a zero groundwater extraction record. The conservation efforts of the industry that dominates this town are being replicated by citizens in the old city. InfoChangeIndia travelled to Jamshedpur to document this pathbreaking corporate-citizens initiative More... Sexual taboos hamper India's fight against AIDSWith talk of sex in Indian society taboo, male to male sexuality is hardly recognised in HIV research and policy-making.And yet, the country's male homosexual population is estimated at a considerable 50 million More... Women panchayat members: Catapulted into the public domainMore than a decade after the 73rd constitutional amendment made it mandatory for 33% of all panchayat seats to be reserved for women, have women begun to play a significant role in local self-governance? More... Andhra farmers lose crores in insuranceSince 1991, farmers hit by the agrarian crisis in Andhra Pradesh have lost hundreds of crores of rupees in lapsed insurance policies. In Anantapur district alone, tens of thousands of farmers and agricultural workers facing bankruptcy could no longer pay the premiums on their policies More... Silent Valley in turmoil againAs the power-strapped Kerala state studies the feasibility of a 64 metre high dam across the Kunthi in Silent Valley, environmentalists argue that the Rs 2,470 million dam will have an ominous impact on the environment More... 'Treating infanticide as homicide is inhuman'Prosecuting women such as Karuppayee, the first woman in Tamil Nadu to be convicted of female infanticide, is hardly the answer to the problem of female infanticide and foeticide, says P Pavalam, state-level convenor of the Madurai-based coalition NGO Campaign Against Sex Selective Abortion (CASSA). The role of the state and society in perpetuating the secondary status of women is the real issue to be addressed More... Female foeticide: The collusion of the medical establishmentThe PCPNDT Act prohibits sex selection by any means, before or after conception. But, as one survey in Chennai of 29 ultrasound clinics found, for the medical fraternity it's business as usual More... |
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