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Farmer suicides rampant in MP, Chhattisgarh too A 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... A lot more boats but very little fishThree years after the tsunami there are a lot more boats in areas affected by the disaster. But yields are low and there's a new fear of the sea More... Wanted: Post-disaster housing auditThree years after the tsunami, hundreds of ugly cement houses have been built along the Nagapattinam coast by different NGOs. Many are sub-standard, some actually below sea level, many unoccupied. Why do we keep repeating the mistakes of Latur, Gujarat, Orissa? More... The SEZ versus the 'unrewarding' small farmKakinada farmer Narasimha Murthy’s 5-acre farm supports 50 people, each living on around Rs 800 a month, more than twice the official rural poverty line.Why would farmers like him in 16 villages in Andhra Pradesh want to give up this livelihood for the Kakinada SEZ? What does the SEZ offer them anyway? More... Children speak upThe Karnataka government has passed an order making it mandatory for panchayats in the state to offer children a platform to voice their concerns and problems, through special children’s gram sabhas More... Unworkable guaranteePolice ‘rescues’ are stopping thousands of farmers from fleeing western Orissa’s bullock-cart economy to power the construction boom of New India. The alternative -- a grand prime ministerial job scheme to counter the annual march of this ragged army -- isn’t working More... Sukinda: Top of the Dirty Thirty heapSukinda valley in Orissa has made it to the top ten of the world’s 30 most polluted places. Seventy years of intensive open-cast chromite mining have resulted in a scarred landscape, toxic water and soil, ruined agricultural fields, degraded forestland, and populations that are being slowly poisoned More... Blue is the colour of peaceAn international peace meet in Tumkur, Karnataka, explored the stages of transition for India’s dalits: from a subjugated peace, in which dalits live with the dominant castes in subjugation and fear, to resurgence, conflict and finally, peace with dignity More... Kerala's landless dalits battle for ChengaraIn yet another confrontation with industry, hundreds of landless families – principally dalits and adivasis -- have occupied the Harrison Malayalam rubber plantation in Kerala. Claiming that the company’s land lease has long expired, they are demanding 5 acres of land and Rs 50,000 for each family. A special report from the new battleground of Chengara More... Arkhakuda: Profile of poverty in ChilikaDeclining productivity in Chilika Lake, Orissa, has severely affected the livelihoods of this fishing community. Worst-affected are the widows of Arkhakuda, whose lives focus on the hunt for one square meal a day More... How market forces shape urban spacesUrban studies specialist Saskia Sassen challenges conventional wisdom on the homogenising effects of globalisation. On a recent visit to Mumbai she talked about the ways in which the corporate built environment co-exists and sustains a new type of informal economy More... Uncertain future for organic cottonOrganic cotton is being projected as a way out of the pitfalls of capital- and input-intensive agriculture. But poor awareness and little or no support from the government are making even organic cotton cultivation risky and unviable More... Female condoms: Shifting the burden of safe sex to women?Hindustan Latex is all set to market the female condom, particularly to sex workers. NACO is partnering with 61 NGOs across six states to reach out to 60,000 female sex workers. Sex workers in Hyderabad, where the condom was tested, say it gives them a sense of control over their bodies More... |
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