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A lost generation in Jammu's refugee camps
For 19 years, Kashmiri Pandits living in refugee camps in Jammu have seen no change in their poor living conditions. Riddled by disease, crammed into one-room tenements, and rendered unemployable by poor education and lack of employment opportunities, a whole generation has grown up angry, depressed and alienated More... Trapped into farmingThe declaration of Dahanu as an ecologically fragile zone in 1991 has had repercussions on the orchard economy too. Farmers, already troubled by declining yields and globalisation, cannot convert their orchards to non-agricultural use. They feel they are trapped into farming by an environmentalism that is out of context More... 48 bigha zameen: The birth of Priya Manna BastiNEWIn Part 1 of a series on urban poverty in a single settlement in Howrah, Amina Khatoon recounts the history of Priya Manna Basti, where she herself lives. Set up as a shantytown in the early-1900s to house migrant mill workers, little has changed a century later for the 40,000 poor Muslims who inhabit the basti More... ‘Environment is clearly a political issue’Stop visiting wildlife sanctuaries and start contesting elections, says Rishi Agarwal, environmental activist from Mumbai, who stood for elections in the recent polls – and won 3,000 votes More... Majuli faces red alertMajuli, situated bang in the middle of the Red River, the Brahmaputra and the largest freshwater island in Asia, waits in trepidation for another monsoon. With the landmass eroding at roughly 7 sq km a year, Majuli’s 1.70 lakh residents are fast losing their lands and livelihoods More... Jadugoda: No expansion until promises are metThe uranium mining and processing facility in Jadugoda, severely indicted for its health impact on local communities, is all set for expansion. A public hearing was held on May 26. But the hearing was as skewed as the environmental health and safety reports submitted by UCIL, claim activists More... Binayak Sen’s release: A victory for civil societyWhat kind of man inspires such a huge swell of civil society support wondered this correspondent as she marched with all the rest to Central Jail in Raipur, demanding the release of Binayak Sen just days before he was granted bail More... Mystery surrounds uranium poisoning in PunjabUK-based clinical toxicologist Carin Smit recently came out with startling revelations that traces of uranium and other heavy metals were found in the hair samples of children and adults in Faridkot district. But there are no uranium mines in Punjab. So where is the contamination coming from? More... Miracle careRashme Sehgal visits a state-of-the-art sick and newborn care unit in the Guna district hospital in Madhya Pradesh. When set up across 50 districts in MP, this model is expected to reduce the infant mortality rate from 74 to 40 per 1,000 More... "We are fighting for democracy and dignity"Angry at the brutality unleashed by the police in combing operations for Maoists, the tribals of remote and backward Lalgarh district in West Bengal refused to allow police to enter their villages this election and forced polling booths to be set up on the outskirts. They have drawn up a 10-point development charter as well More... 'There is a huge gap between the voiceless and those who have a voice'Ilina Sen, wife of public health activist Dr Binayak Sen, who has been behind bars for the last two years for suspected links with extremists in Chhattisgarh, talks about Dr Sen’s work and the long and continuing struggle to secure his release More... Tripura's tribal angstIn Tripura’s tribal areas, political parties are demanding greater autonomy for the tribal council. But for most people who have no clean drinking water, depleting food stocks, and no employment, more development, not more autonomy, is a key requirement More... Can science solve our water problems?The Supreme Court believes it can. In a series of recent directives the Court has recommended scientific solutions to the water problem in the land of Aryabhatta and Ramanujan. Ranjan K Panda points out that it is science which has caused much of the problem and that we must also look at strengthening traditional and cultural solutions to water management More... Katwa thermal power plant: Down but not outWith an eye on the elections and unwilling to stir up situations like Singur and Nandigram, the West Bengal government has stalled plans to build a thermal power plant in Katwa, even though 9.910 acres of land have already been acquired. But nobody believes the project has been scrapped and villagers who will have to give up their land and livelihoods are preparing for a long battle ahead More... Making environmental mandates meaningfulThe quasi-judicial Dahanu Authority has become a model for environmental governance, taking on giant corporations and standing for social and ecological justice. But until its mandate is endorsed by the citizens and elected representatives of Dahanu, meaningful development cannot take place, says Michelle Chawla More... |
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