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Two quacks and one health centre
Girls in densely-populated Priya Manna Basti, Howrah, are married off at 14 to 18 years of age. They begin childbearing immediately. There is no sexuality/health awareness conducted by the state in this Muslim settlement, with disastrous consequences More... E-asy sell outCreating a database of biological resources and traditional knowledge, and computerising land records may seem like two enlightened initiatives, but if they are done without securing people’s rights over their resources, they could lead to further alienation, warn Shalini Bhutani and Kanchi Kohli Twenty-five years after the world’s most devastating industrial disaster in Bhopal in 1984, Infochange chronicles the history of the remarkable people’s movement that arose from amongst the survivors of the gas leak. The movement has campaigned ceaselessly for justice for the gas-affected, taking on governments and multinational corporations in the process More... Cracks in the citadel of peaceInaccessible education, unemployment and fear of displacement are threatening the peace in Ram-Rahimnagar, the settlement in Ahmedabad where Hindus and Muslims have kept the peace over four major communal riots. This is a disturbing picture of a settlement that is celebrated as a model of communal harmony More... City of wasteIn Part 5 of the series on urban poverty in Priya Manna Basti, Kolkata, Amina Khatoon recounts the absence of the most basic civic amenities: around 20 families share one toilet; excreta and waste flow into open drains; 38% of women get no healthcare during pregnancy More... My name is not KhanNevertheless, Mukul Sharma finds himself questioned and detained by immigration authorities all over the world. Why is it that governments claim the right to exercise authority over their borders, but more often than not forget their obligation to respect the rights of people? More... Singur's women: From warriors to worriersIn Singur following the exit of the Tatas, with no farmland returned and no land development either, landless agricultural labourers were the first to slip into the ‘food unsecured’ category, followed by sharecroppers, fisher folk and marginal landowners. Most affected in each category have been the women More... Mundra: An incomplete verdict?Construction of the Mundra Port and SEZ has had serious repercussions on the environment and on the livelihoods of 10,000 fisher folk. The National Environment Appellate Authority recently directed the state government to protect traditional fishing rights, but said nothing about violations made prior to the environmental clearance More... Swine flu in Pune: A city under siegeThe last time Pune saw a public health crisis like the present swine flu outbreak was the plague epidemic in 1897. As the city virtually shuts down, Pune’s haphazard growth, precarious infrastructure and complete unpreparedness for a crisis are exposed More... Climate change according to Jeffrey SachsGrand global brainstormings at Copenhagen or Kyoto will only result in nations agreeing that nothing will be agreed upon until everything has been agreed upon, says economist and environmentalist Jeffrey Sachs. In this interview he discusses the global strategies that need to be thrashed out to deal with climate change and growing food insecurity More... Shelter from the stormRising sea levels in the Sundarbans have seen excess salinity in the soil and river water, leading to the slow death of the magnificent mangroves that protected these 102 islands and the hinterland from the cyclones that sweep across the Bay of Bengal. Massive replantation programmes are the only solution, and community plantations are already under way on some islands More... Endangered raptors alive and thriving in HazaribaghThe endangered white-backed vulture and long-billed vulture -- two of the three rarest species of vulture listed as ‘critically endangered’ -- have been found to be thriving in Jharkhand’s Hazaribagh district thanks to the efforts of local villagers and special rescue teams More... A psychological look at ‘honour killings’It might be time to apply a psychoanalytical approach to honour killings and other social issues of our times, in order to devise ways to engage with pathologies at a community level, says Rakesh ShuklaMore... Mizoram's unwanted citizensThirty-seven thousand people violently displaced in ethnic clashes in Mizoram have been living in miserable conditions in six makeshift camps in neighbouring Tripura for over a decade. Despite having documents to prove their citizenship, the Mizoram government doesn’t seem to want them back More... Mercury in your 'maach'Most of the 264 fish samples picked up from different locations in West Bengal showed mercury contamination well above the stipulated safety level. Given the high consumption of fish in the state, local government bodies need to take the findings of the study seriously More... |
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