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Features'The poor pay the most for food – and also for health'
Isn’t there something wrong with the fact that there is one Indian doctor available for every 1,325 Americans in the US, but only one Indian doctor for every 2,200 Indians, asks Mary Robinson, former president of Ireland and human rights activist More... Stony resistanceA strange debate is going on in Kashmir these days. Newspapers and scholars are debating the legitimacy or otherwise of stone-pelting as a form of civil society resistance. Is it Islamic or un-Islamic? A seminar was also organised on the subject More... "Independence, even after I die"On the 50th anniversary of the Tibetan Uprising, 73-year-old Tibetan nun Anila recalls the torture and violence she experienced in 1959, when the Red Army overran Lhasa. It took her more than 20 years to make her way to India and be reunited with her husband More... 'It is imperative that we come face-to-face with the demon within us'Human rights activist Teesta Setalvad plans to set up a Museum of Resistance in Ahmedabad’s Gulbarg Society, the site of a massacre during the Gujarat riots of 2002. In this interview, she explains why such a memorial is necessary More... Curfews and the women of Ima KeithelThe Market of Mothers in Imphal, Manipur, is the only marketplace that is run and controlled entirely by women. Over the generations, it has been an arena for women’s uprisings and opinion-moulding. But curfews and general strikes are now affecting the women who trade here More... 'Things have changed; 16 years ago coming to India was seen as treason'Pakistani peace activist Karamat Ali discusses the many civil society initiatives to lay the groundwork for peace between India and Pakistan More... Similar yet different: What dalit activists think about Barack ObamaAs Barack Obama is sworn in as the first black President of America on January 20, 2009, dalits in India debate what this means for marginalised communities in both countries More... Songs of connectivityThe deep roots of Islamic culture in India were explored in a week-long celebration of multiculturalism in Delhi recently More... Caste wallsDalit Bhimnagar was separated from Maratha Dare by a 60-foot road when the villages were set up to rehabilitate Koyna dam oustees. Now, a new barrier in the form of a 155-m wall has caused simmering caste resentments to erupt in this western Maharashtra region. Our correspondent travelled to the divided villages to investigate how strong the caste divide really is in 21st century India More... |
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