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Absurdities of A Police Inquiry in India #Mustread

Samvartha Sahil, July 17, 2013 The first Saturday of July, 2010. Mandeep, Shrisha, Manjunath and I were to leave for Manchikere. The documentary Footprints Of The Black Soil on the Siddhi community in Manchikere and Yellapura, made by Shrisha, Shishira, Vijay, Manjunath… Continue Reading →

Press Release: Niyamgiri Suraksha Samiti Declares Holding of Gram Sabhas

Press Release  Odisha Government in Violation of Supreme Court Judgement Starts Process of Gram Sabha in Serakpadi Village in Niyamgiri  Niyamgiri Suraksha Samiti Declares Holding of Gram Sabhas in more than 100 Villages in the Vicinity as per Supreme Court Order … Continue Reading →

#India – Food insecurity and losing 2000 farmers everyday

Jul 17, 2013, Asian Age , Vandana Shiva Every day we are losing 2,000 farmers. The deliberate annihilation of India’s small farmers is the end of national food security. The new Ordinance does not have one line on securing the… Continue Reading →

#India -Students fall ill across nation Mid-day meal, contaminated water, iron supplements

| 18th Jul 2013, Agencies School children eating mid-day meal at a government school in Gaya on Wednesday – PTI Neyveli (Tamil Nadu): Close on the heels of 23 children in Bihar dying after consuming contaminated mid-day meals, over 100 girl students fell… Continue Reading →

#India – Narendra Modi was at the wheel when Gujarat burnt

Modi’s concern for puppies: With his inappropriate analogy, he has opened up the  wounds of Gujarat afresh BRINDA KARAT | Jul 16, 2013, TNN  In defence of the insulting and repugnant ‘puppy’ analogy he used when asked in an interview about the… Continue Reading →

China- adults drinking breast milk, fresh from the source #WTFnews

This is capitalism gone mad By Tim Stanley World   China‘s come a long way from its Cultural Revolution days… There’s a brand new, ultra-creepy fad in China: adults drinking human breast milk – fresh from the source. According to the South China… Continue Reading →

#India- When Leelabai runs the farm #womenempowerment

July 17, 2013 P. Sainath The Hindu THE LAND LADY: While Ashanna is a symbol of success in agriculture in these parts, Leelabai is the woman behind the achievement. Photo: P. Sainath In a region of poor yields, a gritty woman… Continue Reading →

Supreme Court – State has no absolute right over subsoil minerals

Author(s): Srestha Banerjee [1] Issue Date: 2013-7-17 Ownership over minerals vest with land owner, says apex court; question of payment of royalty to state referred to a larger bench In a landmark verdict last week, the Supreme Court has held that… Continue Reading →

#India – First people’s court rejects Vedanta, tribals claim entire Niyamgiri hills #Goodnews

by Jay Mazoomdaar , First Post Serkepadhi (Muniguda): The palli sabha at Serkapadhi village registered strong opposition to the proposed bauxite mining by Vedanta and claimed religious and cultural rights on the entire Niyamgiri hills after three and a half hours of high… Continue Reading →

India’s defective development – Half of all Indians have no toilet

Amartya Sen: India‘s dirty fighter Half of Indians have no toilet. It’s one of many gigantic failures that have prompted Nobel prize-winning academic Amartya Sen to write a devastating critique of India’s economic boom Madeleine Bunting, The Guardian   The… Continue Reading →

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