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AnalysisDebt, the grim reaper
Two new documentary films by Mumbai filmmaker Suma Josson take a hard look at farmer suicides in India More... Are mammoth corporate salaries contributing to social unrest?The myth of India Inc spreading its wealth is busted within the precincts of every company, says Melanie P Kumar, supporting Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's view that paying large corporate salaries fuels social unrest More... The starting line for a more just worldCritics of the present unsustainable model of development and growth are often asked how they would build a more equitable and democratic world, and what exactly this 'another world' of their now-popular global slogan, 'Another world is possible', is John Samuel offers some starting points More... Wheat imports: Subverting procurement, cheating farmersInstead of doling out Rs 6,000 crore to corporations to import 50 lakh tonnes of wheat this year, the government could have offered farmers a minimum support price even higher than they are currently getting from private companies. Is there a hidden agenda? More... Reclaiming Mother's DayMother's Day is not the creation of the cards and gifts industries. Its long history is closely connected with protesting war and building peace. Perhaps next year society can reclaim the occasion More... Courts unwilling to grant women right to 'shared household'A recent Supreme Court judgment, which rules that the self-acquired property of a woman's in-laws does not constitute a 'shared household' and cannot be taken into consideration under the new Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, completely dilutes the legislation, say activists and lawyers More... HIV transmission from blood exposure: Serious riskWe know that HIV is transmitted through unsafe sex and contaminated blood. In fact, the virus transmits many hundreds times faster through the blood than through heterosexual coitus. Why then does the 'sex route' dominate our policies and work, and the 'blood route' remain mostly neglected, especially in a country where non-sterile healthcare is so common? More... East India Company: Mother of the modern-day corporationThe East India Company outstripped Wal-Mart in market power, Enron in corruption, and Union Carbide in human devastation. The success of two Armenian merchants in bringing the Company to book in 1769 for corporate malpractice should inspire us to hold corporations to account More... Recipes for making India 'hunger-free'A roadmap prepared by the National Commission on Farmers, chaired by M S Swaminathan, insists that only a Rs 39,500-crore subsidy for a universal public distribution system can solve the food security problem. Is this practicable? More... |
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