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- Defending The Liberal Voice (Hindu, Jyotirmaya Sharma, Aug 13, 2007)
The assault last week in Hyderabad on Taslima Nasrin, the exiled Bangladeshi writer living in India, is to be seen in the context of two other such incidents that have taken place in the last four months.
- ‘Birds Don’T Have A Voice In Indian Politics’ (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 30, 2007)
Stating that socially insensitive policies were having a bearing on our country’s bio-diversity, environmental activist Ashish Kothari has stressed the need to evolve a partnership between the Government and civil society to save the declining . . .
- Gone With The Waves (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 24, 2007)
DANTI in Valsad district of Gujarat is being invaded. More than half the residents of this sleepy fishing village have fled already. It is not guns and troops that they are running away from.
- On A Mystical Expedition (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 21, 2007)
We were all set before dawn to leave Delhi for Haridwar, with our rucksacks, about to embark on a journey into the land of myths and legends. Riding our motorbikes to get to Haridwar – the gateway to the land of the Gods – was smooth . . . .
- Emissionary Position (Indian Express, SAUBHIK CHAKRABARTI, Jul 16, 2007)
The first victims of climate change are to be found in Western politics.
- On A Mystical Expedition (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 14, 2007)
We were all set to leave Delhi for Hardwar.Riding our motorbikes to get to Hardwar was smooth but muscle-wrecking! Choosing to stay at the Leisure Hotels’ Haveli Hari Ganga was about the best thing we could do for our aching muscles.
- Plea Against Nba Dismissed (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 11, 2007)
The Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed a petition seeking a CBI probe against Narmada Bachao Andolan (NBA) and its leader Medha Patkar. The allegation was that they had received foreign funds in violation of norms and indulged in anti-national activities.
- Into Thin Air (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Jul 10, 2007)
There was always a sting in the tail of economic growth — whether in post-Industrial Revolution Europe or the Soviet Union and China.
- More Heavy Rain Forecast For Gujarat (Hindu, MANAS DASGUPTA, Jul 10, 2007)
Narmada, Mahi and Sabarmati in spate; over 100 villages placed on high alert
- On A Mystical Expedition (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 09, 2007)
BADRINATH Take a trip to this pilgrim hub, and find your senses rejuvenated .
- Karat’S Uninspiring Leadership (The Economic Times, V KRISHNA ANANTH, Jul 07, 2007)
When Prakash Karat replaced Harkishen Singh Surjeet as CPI(M) general secretary a couple of years ago, those who followed the party's affairs expected significant changes in the party's line.
- More Harm Due To Narmada Dams: Medha (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 06, 2007)
NBA dharna enters 30th day
‘Omkareshwar reservoir was filled up on the basis of a false affidavit’
‘Despite the big dams, we are witnessing floods every where’
- Rain Ravages Gujarat, Mp; 15 Killed (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 03, 2007)
The state administration has evacuated over 6,000 people from low-lying areas in Bharuch, Narmada and Surat in the southern parts and Bhavnagar and Surendranagar in Saurashtra region being the worst-hit districts.
- Army To The Rescue Of Flood-Hit Gujarat (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 03, 2007)
The Army has been pressed into service in several areas to carry out relief and rescue operations as rain and floods have paralysed normal life in many parts of the Kutch-Saurashtra, and central and southern Gujarat regions.
- Landmines Ahead (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jun 28, 2007)
Unsuspected angst over acquisition is triggering off landmines in dozens of places from Maharashtra to Meghalaya as ‘people's movements' protest development projects as diverse as roads, dams, removal of squatters and not least new factories, . . .
- Regain Lost Pride (Telegraph, Malvika Singh, Jun 26, 2007)
Away from Delhi, away from newspapers and television, life in Maheshwar, on the banks of the Narmada river, is languid and seemingly effortless despite the scorching heat and intense humidity in Madhya Pradesh.
- Heart Of India (Frontline, Purnima S. Tripathi, Jun 23, 2007)
IT is not difficult to understand why Madhya Pradesh is known as "the heart of India". Apart from its geographical location in central India, the State bears the marks of virtually all phases of Indian history - it is dotted with innumerable . . . .
- Economic Growth And Indian Labour: Changing Scenario (Deccan Herald, Alok Ray, Jun 20, 2007)
Labour contractors are finding it difficult to supply workers for construction activities in cities and towns.
- As Dam Water Rises, Mp Families Stay Put (Indian Express, Milind Ghatwai, Jun 19, 2007)
Despite rising water level at the Omkareshwar dam reservoir, 22 families continued their protest in front of their flooded homes in Gunjari in Madhya Pradesh.
- Struggle Against Dams To Continue (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 18, 2007)
"It is high time that the struggling people from all the northeastern states came to a single platform to save the regions bio-diversity," said Medha patkar.
- Medha Patkar Criticises Mega Dam Projects (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 18, 2007)
"They are anti-constitutional"
Urges people to continue struggle through non-violence
Says SEZs have virtually become `Special Exploitation Zones'
- Apex Court Allows Raising Of Water Level (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 12, 2007)
The Supreme Court on Monday permitted Madhya Pradesh to close the sluice and radial gates of the Omkareshwar Dam for filling the reservoir up to the level of 189 metres.
- A Facade: Is India For Real? (Frontier Post, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 12, 2007)
It is hard to believe that the world's largest democracy and the 3rd largest military force in the world is actually a house of cards.
- The Supreme Court & River Water Disputes (Hindu, Ramaswamy R. Iyer, Jun 04, 2007)
There should be provision for an appeal to the highest court against a tribunal's award. But this should be after the reference back to the tribunal and the receipt of its supplementary or clarificatory order.
- Each Fort Has A Story To Tell (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, May 28, 2007)
At long last there is a book on Bundelkhand. Rita and Vijai Sharma deserve our congratulations. It is a labour of love to have authored this splendid coffee table book.
- March Of The Righteous Brigade (Indian Express, Tavleen Singh, May 21, 2007)
Since this column is often wrongly accused of nurturing ill-feelings towards Islam, I use the chance this week to show that I bear equal ill-will towards any religion that tries to occupy the public space.
- India’S Inconvenient Truth (Tribune, Shakuntala Rao, May 16, 2007)
The star of this year’s Oscars was neither Martin Scorsese (who won for best director) nor Clint Eastwood or a host of Hollywood luminaries sitting on the front rows of the Shrine Auditorium.
- Nepal Lawyers Express Solidarity (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, May 16, 2007)
Expressing solidarity with the law practitioners of Pakistan for their ongoing agitation against the suspension of the Pakistan Chief Justice,the Nepal Bar Association (NBA), an umbrella organisation of law practitioners in Nepal, urged the . . .
- Sc Reserves Order On Case Against Nba (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, May 12, 2007)
The Supreme Court on Friday reserved it orders on the petition seeking probe into the criminal activities of Narmada Bachao Andolan (NBA) led by social activist Medha Patkar.
- Malegaon To Mauritius: On The Trail Of 1857 (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, May 10, 2007)
The gleaming towers of Singapore are a far remove from the squalor of Malegaon, but a common historical thread runs through both, as it does through habitats as diverse as Mauritius and Jabalpur, the powerloom townships of Malegaon and Bhiwandi . . . .
- Narmada Dam Waters Diverted: Cag (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 09, 2007)
The water was meant for the drought-prone villages of Kachchh
Company formed for SSP's water transmission deviated from master plan
This is what Narmada Bachao Andolan feared all along
- Britain Reaps The Whirlwind (Pioneer, Premen Addy , May 09, 2007)
It wasn't quite the Rubayat of the Persian poet Omar Khayyam, but an action plan hatched by the Pakistani terrorist Omar Khayam and his four associates to bomb specific targets in London and beyond that earned the infamous five life sentences.
- Half Baked Reform (Deccan Herald, Prem Shankar Jha, Apr 30, 2007)
The UPA government has allocated sufficient funds to bridge growth with equity, but no progress is noticed.
- Far From The Public Gaze (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 30, 2007)
From a sheltered life in a large joint family to that of the wife of a bureaucrat, constantly in the public eye; from a blissful life of a college girl flitting around with friends to a lonely existence as a memsahib in a large Collector’s Bungalow . ..
- Sarkari Violence (Times of India, Sagari Chhabra, Apr 25, 2007)
Some years ago, I went to Pararia in West Bengal where women had been brutally gangraped by policemen.
- Essence Of Vedanta (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 23, 2007)
Philosophers of the different systems of Vedanta who have expounded the Absolute Reality through their extensive commentaries and independent treatises have also summed it up in pithy hymns and digests.
- Pilot Projects (OutLook, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 16, 2007)
Despite its grating unevenness, what redeems this collection is the presence of some new and superbly exciting voices.
- Speak To The People (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Apr 15, 2007)
The uproar on SEZs and the like is inter alia, most likely the result of a massive communication failure. Both the government and the investors do not have any strategy to address the information asymmetries, which only compound the problem and . . . .
- Speak To The People (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economist, Apr 14, 2007)
The uproar on SEZs and the like is inter alia, most likely the result of a massive communication failure. Both the government and the investors do not have any strategy to address the information asymmetries, which only compound the problem and thus . . .
- Naxal Annual Report Reveals Terror Plans (Times of India, Vishwa Mohan, Apr 02, 2007)
The Naxal onslaught at Riga in Sitamarhi district of Bihar may be the first of a series of such attacks planned by the militants in areas where large mining, irrigation or industrial projects are to be set up.
- 'Foreign Hand Supporting Medha Patkar' (Pioneer, Abraham Thomas, Apr 02, 2007)
After Gujarat's demand for a high-level probe into the activities of Medha Patkar-led Narmada Bachao Andolan (NBA), the Madhya Pradesh Government has also accused "foreign hands" supporting NBA in disrupting relief and rehabilitation work concerning . . .
- "Seek People's Opinion On Sezs" (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 01, 2007)
Call for national policy on just rehabilitation of the displaced
No gram sabha consultation before land acquisition: says Medha Patkar
- India Headed For Severe Water Crisis: Expert (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 29, 2007)
Even if every available river and stream is harnessed to the full potential, by 2045 (India’s) population will exceed the availability of water needed to support it,” Wood said.
- Gujarat Govt Urges Sc To Initiate Probe Into Nba Activities (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 28, 2007)
The Gujarat Government has asked the Supreme Court to constitute a high-level inquiry into the alleged anti-national activities involving social activist Medha Patkar's NGO, Narmada Bachao Andolan (NBA).
- Arrested Medha Patkar Sent To Judicial Custody (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 24, 2007)
Social activist Medha Patkar was sent to judicial custody for 14 days on Friday, a day after she was arrested along with 61 other protesters for trying to enter a government office building forcibly.
- "Make Water Management A National Obsession" (Hindu, GARGI PARSAI, Mar 23, 2007)
Unless water becomes everybody's business... we will not build a movement for water-secure India, says Manmohan Medha Patkar: "... Senior police officers used abusive language. Some of the women were slapped, boxed, their arms twisted and their . . .
- River Mythologies Tell A Different Story (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Mar 23, 2007)
With most of the world's rivers under threat from pollution and global warming, it would be instructive to revisit our traditional perceptions of rivers as life-givers and sustainers.
- Who Will Benefit From "Green" Courts? (Hindu, Kalpana Sharma , Mar 23, 2007)
What is worrying is not just the precise nature of the proposed Environment Tribunal Bill but the motive behind it.
- Ratan Tata: One Of India's Most Powerful Magnates On Social Responsibility (Independent (UK), Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 20, 2007)
Ratan Tata is one of India's most powerful magnates - with a dream to build cars for his country's poor. But as a farm girl is found butchered on his land, Peter Popham asks: is the price of his vision too high?
- Din In M.P. Assembly Over Land Allotment To Ramdev (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 17, 2007)
Opposition leader Jamuna Devi led a walkout in the Madhya Pradesh Assembly on Friday protesting against the Government's reply on the issue of allotment of over 300 hectare of land in Jabalpur district to Swami Ramdev's Patanjali Yog Peeth.
- Indiana Gets Revenge Against Gonzaga (New York Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 16, 2007)
Kelvin Sampson's players bought into his no-nonsense system after hearing the first-year Indiana coach tell them again and again it eventually would pay off.
- Ratan Tata: One Of India's Most Powerful Magnates On Social Responsibility (Independent (UK), Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 16, 2007)
"I want to be able to go to bed at night and say that I haven't hurt anybody," Ratan Tata says.
- Bundelkhand's Composite Architecture (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 14, 2007)
The palaces in Datia and Orchha prove that the assimilation of Islamic and Hindu styles is not an invention of the British.
- Ipcl To Merge With Reliance Industries (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 08, 2007)
Four years after the Reliance group of industries acquired Indian Petrochemicals Corporation Limited (IPCL) from the government, IPCL is being merged with the group’s flagship company, Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL).
- At What Cost Consumption? (Hindu, G. ANANTHAKRISHNAN, Mar 06, 2007)
A comparative history of environmentalism in two large democracies, India and the U.S.
- Move Sc On Cauvery, Say Experts (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 06, 2007)
Knocking on the doors of the Supreme Court seems to be the “best choice” before Karnataka to redress its grievance over the final award passed by the Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal...
- Roy Returns To Fiction (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 04, 2007)
ARUNDHATI Roy is to return to fiction writing, 10 years after winning the Booker prize with her first novel The God of Small Things.
- "Satellite Communication Can Help Train Village Students" (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 02, 2007)
Achieve a sustainable growth in the field of performing art: Kalam
- Himalayan Concerns (Frontline, R. Ramachandran, Feb 28, 2007)
Rainfall extremes such as the Mumbai deluge of 2005 can become more frequent in India under the impact of climate change.
- Five Years After Godhra And The Pogrom (Hindu, DIONNE BUNSHA, Feb 28, 2007)
There is no violence but the atmosphere of fear and prejudice still prevails. Gujarat is a society divided — where minorities are segregated and face social and economic boycotts. Muslims have been pushed into ghettos.
- Book Talk (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 25, 2007)
Arundhati Roy is to return to fiction writing, 10 years after winning Booker prize with her first novel, ‘The God of Small Things’...
- State Has Two Legal Options On Cauvery Issue: Moily (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 18, 2007)
`Arrive at a decision after taking everyone into confidence'
It can file a reference petition before the tribunal seeking clarification
It can also file special leave petition before the Supreme Court
- Stars Shining Bright (New Indian Express, G. Parthasarathy, Feb 18, 2007)
There is a prominent leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party who is unduly partial to astrology and astrologers. For some time now, this gentleman stubbornly maintained that regardless of everything, the constellation of stars and planets would not . . .
- Resource, Not Property (Pioneer, Kalyani Shankar, Feb 16, 2007)
States should realise that water is a national resource and they have to share it with others through a give-and-take policy
- Interview: Ramaswamy R. Iyer (Frontline, V. VENKATESAN, Feb 15, 2007)
THE Cauvery water dispute is one of the many federal issues that have consistently engaged the scholarly attention of Ramaswamy R. Iyer, who was the Secretary, Ministry of Water Resources, Government of India, between 1985 and 1987.
- Cauvery: All-Party Meet On Monday (Hindu, T. Ramakrishnan, Feb 15, 2007)
It will be held under the chairmanship of Chief Minister
Persistent demand by Pattali Makkal Katchi
Parties to get final order's copies
- Quiet Flows Indus (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Feb 14, 2007)
Both India and Pakistan had good reasons to claim victory from the binding verdict of a neutral expert on the Baglihar dam. Raymond Lafitte of Switzerland, appointed by the World Bank, has held that the basic design of the dam is in conformity with . . .
- Nba: Centre Given Time On Plea For Cbi Probe (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 13, 2007)
The Supreme Court on Monday granted four weeks to the Centre and the States of Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh on a petition for a probe by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) into the alleged routing of foreign funds received by the Narmada Bachao . . .
- Q&a: Speak Up Every Time A Fanaa Or Parzania Is 'Banned' (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Feb 10, 2007)
Last year, a few political parties in Gujarat forced a ban on Kunal Kohli's Fanaa. The film was targeted because its lead actor, Aamir Khan, endorsed the rights of people who were displaced by the Narmada project.
- The Lie Of The Land (OutLook, Editorial, Outlook, Feb 09, 2007)
For the Congress-led UPA—the prime mover of the Special Economic Zone policy—the SEZs are rapidly becoming dynamite in the hands of rivals.
- My Right Not To Be Censored (Indian Express, Neera Chandhoke , Feb 08, 2007)
The Indian state banned Salman Rushdie’s The Satanic Verses in 1988 and 27 years later film exhibitors ruled out the screening of Parzania in Gujarat.
- Cross Currents (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Feb 07, 2007)
Will Karnataka and Tamil Nadu go to war over water?
The idea is not as far fetched as it initially sounds. Despite having faced off on the battlefield thrice since Independence, India and Pakistan have managed to be fairly civil in sharing Indus . . .
- Tamil Nadu's Lawyers Hail Verdict, Karnataka's Lawyers Guarded (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 06, 2007)
Final award has yielded more than interim award: Tamil Nadu lawyers
Clarificatory petition will be filed after studying the order: Karnataka counsel
- Eminently Implementable (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Feb 06, 2007)
No solution to a protracted and complex dispute is likely to please all sides equally. However, by all reasonable criteria — legal, historical, socio-economic, agronomic, and political — the final order of the Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal is . . .
- Parting Of Waters (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Feb 06, 2007)
It is too early to say whether Monday’s Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal award will help this country put one of its most bitter water-sharing disputes — going back over a century — behind it.
- Cauvery Tribunal Verdict Today (Hindu, J. Venkatesan, Feb 05, 2007)
The Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal, in existence for nearly 17 years, will give its final award on Monday on the apportionment of Cauvery river water among the four riparian States of Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Kerala and Puduchery.
- When Bigotry Blocks The Truth (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Feb 02, 2007)
There is something deeply wrong in Gujarat, an advanced State in terms of conventional development indicators.
- Submerged Hopes (Frontline, LYLA BAVADAM, Feb 02, 2007)
The Sardar Sarovar dam is dedicated to the nation even as the dam-displaced people continue to suffer.
- Settling A Cover For All (Indian Express, Sonu Jain, Jan 31, 2007)
In a meeting held recently to take stock of the interlinking of rivers, an official from the ministry of water resources made a candid admission:
- Narmada, At Last (Tribune, G.S. Bhargava, Jan 31, 2007)
ON the eve of the advent of 2007 the country’s biggest hydroelectric project became operational when the Sardar Sarovar Dam in the Narmada Valley reached its designated height of 121 metres.
- Reading Arundhati Roy (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 30, 2007)
Not to have known Arundhati Roy argues yourself unknown. That she revels in stirring up a hornet's nest is a mild understatement.
- The Right To Offend (Indian Express, SOLI J. SORABJEE, Jan 30, 2007)
The film, Parzania, based on the horrific attack on Gulberg Society in Ahmedabad in which 39 people were burnt alive, can be exhibited in any place in India except in the state of Gujarat.
- Gujarat Has No Time For Riot Activism (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 28, 2007)
Film appreciation being a matter of personal taste, the rah-rah over the release of NRI film-maker Rahul Dholakia's Parzania should be greeted with some caution.
- Gujarat Has No Time For Riot Activism (Pioneer, Swapan Dasgupta, Jan 28, 2007)
Film appreciation being a matter of personal taste, the rah-rah over the release of NRI film-maker Rahul Dholakia's Parzania should be greeted with some caution.
- All Is Not Well (Telegraph, Sunanda K. Datta-Ray, Jan 28, 2007)
The world, even more than India, celebrated yesterday in contemplation not of the wonder that was India but the splendour that will be India. It’s an enjoyable fantasy, but not easy to sustain when you have to queue in post offices to get letters . . .
- From Nehru’S Vision To The Narmada (Deccan Herald, G S Bhargava, Jan 25, 2007)
The biggest hydroelectric project has become operational in the Narmada Valley.
- Elite Davos Forum On The Decline (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jan 24, 2007)
ON Wednesday, the World Economic Forum will begin in Davos, Switzerland. If the meeting sounds like a collection of economists lulling each other to sleep talking about interest rates, think again.
- Controversial India Dam Launched (British Broadcasting Corporation, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 22, 2007)
A controversial dam project in India has started generating power in the western state of Gujarat.
- From Left To Right (OutLook, Editorial, Outlook, Jan 21, 2007)
Last week, eminent Left-leaning historian Professor Sumit Sarkar critiqued the West Bengal land acquisition policy for SEZs in a newspaper article.
- Bjp Wears Mahatma's Mask To Hide Its Ugly Face: Sonia (Hindu, MANAS DASGUPTA, Jan 21, 2007)
Accuses Gujarat Government of not implementing UPA Government-sponsored people's welfare schemes
- Exempt Interest On Narmada Dam Project Loans, Modi Asks Centre (Hindu, MANAS DASGUPTA, Jan 20, 2007)
Dedicates 1,450 MW hydroelectric project at the dam site in Narmada district
Seeks special industrial package for the State
Rehabilitation on at a faster pace: Chauhan
- Sez Stopover: It's Maharashtra Next As Medha Brews Up A Stir (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 20, 2007)
After Singur and Nandigram, Maharashtra could well become the epicentre of the anti-SEZ stir. On Thursday, social activist Medha Patkar announced her plan to hold a convention of SEZ-affected farmers from across India at Sewagram Ashram near . . .
- Sez Stopover: It's Maharashtra Next As Medha Brews Up A Stir (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 19, 2007)
After Singur and Nandigram, Maharashtra could well become the epicentre of the anti-SEZ stir. On Thursday, social activist Medha Patkar announced her plan to hold a convention of SEZ-affected farmers from across India at Sewagram Ashram near . . .
- Farmers Have Rights, Too (Pioneer, Debraj Mookerjee, Jan 17, 2007)
The Singur question is not merely that of a development-minded Chief Minister with good intentions and an unsullied reputation going about the dirty business of acquiring fertile land from politically empowered farmers.
- Truly Barbaric (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jan 17, 2007)
When there was universal condemnation of the manner in which Saddam Hussein was taunted before being hanged, the US President said he wished that the execution had been conducted with more dignity.
- Matter Of Policy (Asian Age, Editorial, The Asian Age, Jan 13, 2007)
The Prime Minister has talked of finalising within three months a new rehabilitation policy for displaced farmers in the context of recent developments in Singur and Nandigram. Dr Manmohan Singh told a FICCI meeting that issues such as land . . .
- Pitchfork And Shovel (Telegraph, Sunanda K. Datta-Ray, Jan 13, 2007)
You can’t make an omelette without breaking eggs. As bandh-bound Calcutta writhed uncomfortably last Monday, it seemed as if people blamed not Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee’s objective of fast-track industrialization to make up for lost time, but the . . .
- Matter Of Policy (Asian Age, Editorial, The Asian Age, Jan 11, 2007)
The Prime Minister has talked of finalising within three months a new rehabilitation policy for displaced farmers in the context of recent developments in Singur and Nandigram.
- A Jurassic Park Near You (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Jan 10, 2007)
It was always known that the subcontinent is a priceless geological treasure chest. The latest confirmation comes from Gujarat where geologists have discovered gigantic plant fossils belonging to the Jurassic era, a throwback to nearly 200 million . . .
- An Iit Cannot Clean Up Bihar (Times of India, A SRINIVAS, Jan 08, 2007)
Before brimming over with hope on how an IIT can help Bihar turn the corner, just look at the case of IIT, Kanpur. There is no evidence to suggest that the excellence of IIT(K) has rubbed off on Uttar Pradesh. This is as much due to the nature of . . .
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