The Kashipur movement to protect Baphlimali in Odisha against mining companies whose operations threaten their livelihoods and ecosystems has seen merciless suppression and gross violation of human rights. Abhijit Mohanty reports.

Delhi, infamous for high air pollution, has been experimenting with its odd-even formula to curb the movement of private vehicles from Jan 1st. After one week of the programme, there is no visible change in the pollution level. Much more action may be needed, writes Akshatha M.

In the second and concluding part of his exposition on India’s skill development efforts, Shambhu Ghatak traces the journey under the UPA and NDA governments, only to find that while the thrust remains the same, the end is far from sight.

The Skill India Mission aims to provide skills training to around 402 million people by the year 2022. In the first of a two-part series, Shambhu Ghatak upholds estimates of skilled workforce from various reports to highlight the yawning gap that needs to be bridged.

In Barwani, Madhya Pradesh, people lost their sight after botched up cataract surgeries. Was it because the organizers, the medical and paramedical staff of the district hospital did not take necessary steps? Or was the quality of medication used questionable? Or, because the victims are too marginalised and too poor to protest? Asks Shoma Chatterji.

Dr C S Lakshmi, the eminent Tamil feminist writer who writes under the pen name Ambai, has undertaken several oral history projects. She speaks to Pratibha Umashankar about a wide range of issues concerning women, including the need to write women back into history.

The green bench of the Supreme Court transferred several forest cases to different institutions for decision making, in order to expedite the disposal of these long pending cases. Kanchi Kohli explains how this could influence forest governance in India.