Articles
Apr 01 2004
Diamond Point : where dignity is auctioned
: Diamond Point : where dignity is auctioned
Hyderabad has been seeing a spurt in construction activity whose benefits are not exactly trickling down to daily wage workers. Safia Sircar finds out why.
Apr 01 2004
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Sex ratio: the hidden horrors
Millions of males are falling victim to illnesses at much faster rates, skewing the demographic balance. Pavan Nair looks at the numbers.
Apr 01 2004
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Popularising the right to know
New Delhi's citizen crusaders for the state's Right to Information law are now taking their methods and inspiration to other localities, reports Varupi Jain.
Apr 01 2004
What are you waiting for?
: What are you waiting for?
The Age of Consent is a clarion call to implausible action. But maybe that's the point - to urge that we ask why the obviously good outcomes seem so unlikely.
Mar 01 2004
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Information and public policy
The disconnect between civil society and government has led to successive generations of policy and implementation failures. The India Together editorial.
Mar 01 2004
Understanding Schizophrenia
: Understanding Schizophrenia

Dr.Judith Jaeger, an expert on psychiatric disorders was recently in Chennai. She spoke to Lalitha Sridhar on schizophrenia and the current state of knowledge in the world about the illness.

Mar 01 2004
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Livelihoods : the numbers tell
The numbers of those seeking active employment is likely to reach 692 million by 2007. A towering tide looms ahead, reports Safia Sircar.
Mar 01 2004
Diverting a river, west to east
: Diverting a river, west to east
Karnataka's state government proposes to divert the waters of the Goa bound Mahadayi river back into the Malaprabha river to counter acute water scarcity. Kanchi Kohli digs deeper.
Mar 01 2004
Is India Shining?
: Is India Shining?
Summiya Yasmeen finds critical opinion has focused understandably on disparities that mark India's progress, and the nation's young people too are keenly aware of this.
Mar 01 2004
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More substance, less fizz
The Joint Parliamentary Committee report on pesticides in colas reads like a charge-sheet on the functioning of many government ministries. Sudhirendar Sharma reports.
Mar 01 2004
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Rural poor to pay for urban elite
New Delhi's policy-makers are busy bartering the millions of jobs in agriculture for the far fewer ones with outsourcing firms in the cities, says Devinder Sharma.
Mar 01 2004
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Unemployment and migration
Jobless growth and regional imbalances have collectively spurred migration, and this is the larger malaise behind recent mass murders on ethnic lines, says Swati Narayan.
Mar 01 2004
Pulp, paper and Bamboo
: Pulp, paper and Bamboo
Vibhuti Patel reviews Manorama Savur's And the Bamboo Flowers in the Indian Forests: What did the Pulp and the Paper Industry Do?, Vol. I & II.
Mar 01 2004
Progress by any other measure
: Progress by any other measure
The "Genuine Progress Indicator" or GPI is a better balance sheet of the costs and benefits of grow than the GDP, says Dilip D'Souza.
Mar 01 2004
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And Parivartan goes on...
Varupi Jain reports on the steady progress in transparency in Delhi's public distribution system.
Mar 01 2004
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Reporting in times of conflict
Dasu Krishnamoorty examines reporting in the aftermath of Godhra and the subsequent riots in Gujarat.
Mar 01 2004
Time to reflect and celebrate
: Time to reflect and celebrate
Are women in India feeling more "empowered" today, asks Kalpana Sharma on International Women's day.
Mar 01 2004
Unchecked pollution on the Periyar
: Unchecked pollution on the Periyar
Environmental activists and locals in Kerala's Ernakulam region allege with evidence that the Pollution Control Board is entirely ineffective in preventing contamination of the Periyar river. M Suchitra reports.
Mar 01 2004
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Watching the candidates
A citizens' committee in Karnataka decides that the people can aid the Election Commission's efforts at reducing the presence of criminals in politics.
Mar 01 2004
Competitive but inaccessible
: Competitive but inaccessible
Even as many Indian hospitals invite a foreign clientele to world-class treatment facilities, the poor have to contend with a different and unregulated private sector, says Abhijit Das.