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Tribal participation in development An interesting experiment in getting tribals to identify and prioritise their problems, especially relating to infant and maternal mortality, is under way in Orissa and Jharkhand More... Putting mental health within the primary health systemIn the first such major experiment of its kind in the country, the Manas project trains local people in Goa to deal with common mental health disorders, including depression, within the primary health setting More... Dilli hamari bhi haiThere are over 100,000 homeless people living in Delhi. Only 7,000 of them can be accommodated at the capital's shelters for the homeless. Of the 19 shelters in the city, nine are operated by Aashray Adhikar Abhiyan More... No war but no peace, no violence but no harmonyFive years after the Gujarat riots, many victims are still struggling to pick up the pieces of their lives. Ignored by the Gujarat government and ostracised by the majority community, Muslims find themselves deprived of jobs, civic, medical and educational facilities, and even a future More... Giving children a voice in the mediaChildren are often said to be the 'future' of the country. The fact is they are citizens today. The media must provide space for children's expressions, needs and rights. It must draw up guidelines for the representation of children to prevent sensationalism, exploitation and invasion of privacy More... 'Ooof, woh RTI-walleh aa gaye'Students at the Prabhat Khabar Institute for Media Studies in Ranchi use the right to information in various innovative and exploratory exercises. They have filed a slew of applications—from probing administrative excesses to simply finding out why someone has not got a telephone connection for six months More... CSOs demand a more comprehensive child marriage billCSOs protest the Prohibition of Child Marriage Act 2006, which places the onus of declaring a child marriage void on the child herself or her parents, and scarcely goes further than the Child Marriage Restraint Act of 1929 More... Interactive approaches for special childrenSangath Society, a Goa-based CSO working with mental health issues, has come up with the concept of 'resource rooms' for children with learning disabilities, within their normal schools, where they can be given special attention. The concept is currently being pilot-tested in three schools in the state More... Industry vs agriculture: The battle over water in HirakudBefore 1997, total allocation to industry of water from the Hirakud reservoir was 31,912 lakh gallons per year. In the nine years since, an 'allocation committee' has allocated 27 times more water to industry. This has, of course, been at the cost of water for irrigation More... Call centres for farmersEighty-four call centres across the country are answering farmers' queries related to everything from fungus on brinjals to kisan credit cards and prices of insecticides More... Mouthpiece of changeThe recently announced community radio policy will change the landscape of grassroots media, giving a voice to the voiceless and providing a viable alternative to the mainstream media's monopolistic and trivial interpretation of news More... |
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