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AnalysisIndia's new maharajas
SEZs, with their special status and privileges, will operate much like the princely states of yore More... The ugly truth about the HIV pandemicThe impact of HIV and AIDS on children exposes the ugly truth that children are at the bottom of the ladder of social and economic priorities More... Copyright: Keeping a balance between public and private interestThe copyright system is meant to promote access to knowledge in the public domain, not to restrict it. The proposed amendments to the Indian Copyright Act 1957, however, may land us with an ever-growing list of restrictions More... Reconsidering the pirate nation: Notes from South Africa and IndiaTrade losses to software manufacturers due to piracy are as high as $125 billion. We need to interrogate why piracy of software, books, music etc exists as a market phenomenon. Could it be an organic market reaction to the exclusion of consumers by copyright industries? More... The Nobel for an ideaThe Nobel Peace Prize for Mohammed Yunus of the Grameen Bank in Bangladesh affirms the transformative potential of people's entrepreneurship and voluntary initiatives -- beyond the State and market - to alleviate poverty and advance human rights and social development More... What's illegal about sex work?Legalisation and decriminalisation are the two standard approaches to sex work in India. The third approach - of sex work as a human right - has been advocated by sex workers themselves over the last decade, as they negotiate with the state to recognise and guarantee their right to full and equal citizenshi More... Editing them outA major new study shows how the media have failed to give an equal voice to women More... Cartoon crisis: Globalisation and alienationEven as it connects the world, globalisation is creating a sense of alienation, injustice and inequality amongst communities. 24X7 media coverage of the controversy over the Danish cartoon of the Prophet Mohammed has reinforced this sense of alienation More... Everybody loves a good floodAlthough the intensity of floods has been increasing, it is not primarily due to deforestation. It is the failure of the so-called modern world to come to terms with this natural phenomenon that is aggravating the situation. As long ago as 1937, the chief engineer of Bihar, Captain G F Hall, said that by building embankments "we are storing disaster for the future" More... |
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