Articles
Jul 01 2003
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Media for Medicine
A proactive media that could pressurise policy makers and educate the public for better medicare services. Malvika Karlekar profiles Delhi-based Professor Ranjit Roy Chaudhury's efforts.
Jul 01 2003
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Testing your municipality's work
In ensuring that Delhi's roads and lanes are stiff with quality, citizens are facing stiffer resistance from the muncipality's officials, says Arvind Kejriwal
Jul 01 2003
Vanishing people, vanishing livelihoods
: Vanishing people, vanishing livelihoods
Nomadic communities make up about 7 percent of India's population, but policy makers have largely ignored them, says Bahar Dutt.
Jul 01 2003
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Abandoning agriculture
Devinder Sharma
Jul 01 2003
An hour of your time
: An hour of your time
Asha for Education's annual fundraiser sets a $125K target, and selects four projects from Karnataka, West Bengal, Maharashtra and Gujarat to receive this year's contributions.
Jul 01 2003
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Questions in search of answers
The success of Operation Sarp Vinash must be understood from independent scrutiny of the Army's claims, as well as analysis of new military strategy, says Firdaus Ahmed.
Jul 01 2003
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Success in rural sanitation
Shipra Saxena on Midnapore's strides in implementing a government and UNICEF sponsored rural sanitation scheme, in West Bengal.
Jul 01 2003
Re-routing livelihoods
: Re-routing livelihoods
Varupi Jain visits Delhi's famous Panchkuian furniture market, where the city's plan for its Metro transit system threatens the livelihoods of hundreds of traders.
Jul 01 2003
Better accounting paying off
: Better accounting paying off
An update from Bangalore's PROOF (Public Records of Operations and Finance) campaign.
Jul 01 2003
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It Flickers Again
Dilip D'Souza on finding hope in a landscape scarred with hatred, killing, looting, divides.
Jul 01 2003
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Must boys tease girls?
Sexual harassment has to be vigorously tackled where it begins -- at school -- says Kalpana Sharma.
Jul 01 2003
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Reorienting research priorities
Having failed to meet the challenges of the post-green revolution era, agricultural research has reached a dead end, says Devinder Sharma.
Jun 01 2003
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PM Peace Initiative : Much Ado?
Only strategic moves arising from paradigm shifts can bring about purposeful movement away from illusions of ‘normalcy’, says Firdaus Ahmed.
Jun 01 2003
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During the past year ...
Aarti Madhusudhan continues her series on the workings of development organizations. In this second part, she looks at the Annual Report, the centerpiece of an organization's communication efforts.
Jun 01 2003
Mercury levels rising dangerously
: Mercury levels rising dangerously
Ravi Agrawal and Kishore Wankade say that the state of mercury pollution in India is alarming and needs the concern of all. They provide a factsheet with alternatives.
Jun 01 2003
Hi-tech, low nutrition
: Hi-tech, low nutrition
P Sainath reports on the serious problem of rural hunger in Andhra Pradesh, and the politics of free lunches.
Part I : A gruel-ing season
Jun 01 2003
From then till now
: From then till now
Craftspersons must be equal partners in the production, marketing of crafts and in deciding the government policy says Jasleen Dhamija.
Jun 01 2003
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Missing justice
The National Human Rights Commission should investigate Punjab's forced disappearance, says Human Rights Watch
Jun 01 2003
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A helpful experience
Aarti Madhusudhan looks at volunteers, in this third part of her series on non-profit governance.
Jun 01 2003
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Stress in the sunshine sector
In the workplaces of the times - the call centres of global corporations - Indian expertise is rewarding, but also has significant downsides, says Geeta Seshu.
Part I : The global beck and call service