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#India – Check the Pollmeter of #Chhattisgarh

Updated: November 10, 2013 01:28 IST The HinduExistential Issues: Residents of several villages, deep inside Maoist-controlled areas, have never voted in any election since independence The HinduWeddings, a casualty: Manuram Korram, a tribal school teacher in Tumnarh, Dantewada. Photo: Suvojit… Continue Reading →

#India – Give the bai a break – International Domestic Workers Network (IDWN)

Madhavi Rajadhyaksha, Nov 3, 2013, TNN (Brazil has capped working…)  This week, representatives from 42 countries — including India — came together to create the International Domestic Workers Network (IDWN), a first-ever formal federation of domestic workers. This important milestone was… Continue Reading →

#Nigeria- Silence is Treason ,Remembering Saro-Wiwa and other martyrs, #Mustread

Ken Saro-Wiwa was born in 1941 as the eldest son in an Ogoni family. After leaving university he pursued an academic career and became the most outspoken environmental activist in the Niger Delta decrying the devastation of the land, air… Continue Reading →

#India – Six Aadhaar lessons from Maharashtra #UID

  State has set the golden standard in best practices in enrolment setting a high bar for other states GEETANJALI MINHAS | MUMBAI | NOVEMBER 01 2013 Governance Now Image Farzana Pathan (right) withdrawing money transferred to her Aadhaar-linked bank account under Janani Suraksha… Continue Reading →

#India- PIL Congress, BJP, AAP get ‘foreign’ funds from #Vedanta and others

Buttered Greenback PILs say DEBARSHI DASGUPTA, Outlook Donation High Table Rs 6 crore: Sterlite to Congress Over Rs 1.6 crore: Sesa Goa (Vedanta) to Congress, BJP Rs 25 lakh to BJP from Honda Siel Cars India Ltd; Rs 5 lakh… Continue Reading →

#India – Coop Forest, Eco Friendly experiment with Green Business #mustread

Growing green Anusha Parthasarathy, The Hindu Special Arrangement Some eco-friendly alternatives for construction materials. Special Arrangement A sustainable, bamboo cycle Special Arrangement Some of Coop Forest’s water conservation methods The Coop Forest in Salem experiments with finding alternatives to plastic, steel and cement…. Continue Reading →

Sri Lanka, ‘Corrupted Journalism’ and Channel 4 News #mustread

Channel 4 News Editor Ben de Pear writes in response to a 222-page book entitled Corrupted Journalism given out to journalists attending the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Sri Lanka. Channel 4 News Editor, Ben de Pear (@bendepear) writes:… Continue Reading →

#India – A History of Killer Coca- Cola (Coke) Crimes #mustread

Overexploitation and pollution of water sources in India. Of the 200 countries where Coca-Cola is sold, India reportedly has the fastest-growing market, but the adverse environmental impacts of its operations there have subjected the parent company and its local bottlers… Continue Reading →

#India – Effective PDS lifted 38 million people out of poverty in 2009-10

Case for food security: Effective PDS implementation by states has helped pull millions out of poverty By Avinash Celestine, ET Bureau | 10 Nov, 2013, ​New research argues that the public distribution system lifted 38 million people out of poverty in… Continue Reading →

‘Anti-Rape Underwear’ reinforces every Rape Myth #WTFnews #Vaw

Think Progress / By Tara Culp-Ressler The line includes several different types of underwear and shorts that are intended to be difficult for a sexual predator to remove. November 6, 2013  |   A company named AR Wear is making waves by marketing “a clothing line… Continue Reading →

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