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Kolkata slumdwellers break down the walls that divide
The very residents of the Panchanantala slum in Kolkata who are considered a nuisance by the occupants of the high-rises that surround them, who are periodically threatened with eviction and turned away even in emergencies by the specialty AMRI Hospital next door to them, risked their lives to rescue patients from the burning hospital More... In Vinoba's footsteps: Tribute to Eli GadkarJyoti Punwani profiles Eli Gadkar, the quintessential Sarvodaya worker whose every action was informed by the values of non-violence and swarajya, and by the lives and thoughts of Tolstoy, Ruskin, Gandhi and most of all, Vinoba Bhave More... Shehla Masood: Fighter till the endShehla Masood, RTI and wildlife conservation activist who was shot dead on August 19, was campaigning for a law to protect whistleblowers, investigating Madhya Pradesh’s record on conservation, and questioning the mining activities of diamond major Rio Tinto in MP More... 'The loss of idealism is unacceptable’: LC JainLC Jain, noted economist and policymaker, died on November 14. In this interview with Infochange in 2007, he looked back at his work over half-a-century, tracing India's problems to an over-reliance on the bureaucracy to helm India's development, the erosion of idealism, and our failure to remember what Gandhi knew well -- nothing should and can be done without the involvement of the people More... Paying girls to stay in schoolThe problem of the girl-child in India is an economic one, former corporate chief Virendra Singh realised. His Pardada Pardadi school in Anoopshahr, UP, keeps girls in school by offering them three meals a day, ten rupees for every day they attend school, a bicycle after two years and a toilet at home after three years More... Computer skills empower Kolkata’s youthA social service project in south Kolkata teaches computer skills to the needy so that they earn while they learn to become truly self-sufficient More... “Being Indian, you have no right to be cynical”Mahasweta Devi, the formidable literary talent and relentless fighter of many causes, talks to Anosh Malekar about the inequity in our society and why it’s necessary for every Indian to raise a voice against injustice More... Green warriors of the Garo hillsMeghalaya’s South Garo Hills are under serious threat from illegal coal mining. The Garo Students Union, and its dynamic leader Prosper S Marak, have been battling to preserve the biodiversity of this region. Marak was declared Earth Hero for 2009 and also won the Young Naturalist Award for 2009 More... “We are women too…”Like other women, transgender women too crave romantic relationships and family, but they have to fight for their rights to these. Helping them is Kalki Subhramanium’s first-of-its-kind initiative – a matrimonial website for transgender women in search of Mr Right More... Interpreter of dreamsRamnika Gupta of Jharkhand is a chronicler of marginal cultures. She has scoured the country to document the wonderful diversity of tribal literature that goes back 3,000 years, told in 90 known tribal languages in India More... Niti, nyaya and perfect justiceThe theory of justice must be more concerned with the elimination of removable injustices than with defining a hypothetical perfectly just society, says Nobel Prize-winning economist Amartya Sen in an interview to Infochange More... Mirakles do happen!A courier service entirely run and staffed by the hearing-impaired? Is it a workable idea? Here’s the remarkable story of just such a service surviving against all odds More... Laxmi Orang’s fight for justiceUndeterred by the brutal attack on her during a public rally, Laxmi Orang wants to contest the Lok Sabha elections from Tezpur in Assam to ensure the voice of her Adivasi community is heard in the corridors of power More... 'Women are the strongest critics of fundamentalist groups'Pakistani social activist Khawar Mumtaz talks about the importance of resolving conflict and the role that women can and have played in bringing about a more just and equitable society More... Fighting for ChilikaFor years Maghi Mantri of Panda Pokhari on Chilika Lake watched as local fishermen were squeezed into smaller and smaller spaces by unscrupulous politicians, non-traditional fishermen and illegal shrimp and prawn traders. In 1992 she set up two self-help groups and began to mobilise the local village women More... |
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