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#India – Where are rural courts?

Author(s): Jitendra  Jun 30, 201 The Gram Nyayalaya Act was passed in 2008 to make the judicial process participatory, inexpensive and accessible to rural India. But rural courts are still few and far between The Gram Nyayalaya Act mandated setting up… Continue Reading →

Rainwater harvesting, not Narmada dam, has raised farm output in Gujarat

The Sardar Sarovar project was billed as a solution to the irrigation woes of Gujarati farmers. But it is another scheme named after Sardar Patel that has come to their rescue. Supriya Sharma ·    On Thursday, the central government gave… Continue Reading →

BJP wins Narmada battle #WTFnews

DC CORRESPONDENT | June 13, 2014, 05.06 am IST Gujarat Chief Minister Anandiben performs worship at Sardar Sarovar Dam on the Narmada River near Navagam on Thursday. After a wait of eight long years, the Gujarat government has got the final… Continue Reading →

Kidiad Massacre In Gujarat

Kidiad Massacre In Gujarat By Abdul Majid Zargar 11 June, 2014 Countercurrents.org During the Gujrat riots 2002, one has heard much about brutal massacre of Muslims at Gulberg society, Panchmal, Naroda Patiya & Naroda Gam. What has relatively remained untold… Continue Reading →

An Architect of Conscience – Mukul Sinha

Mukul Sinha (1951-2014) Vol – XLIX No. 22, May 31, 2014 | Manisha Sethi Mukul Sinha’s death remained largely beyond the limelight amid the din over Narendra Modi’s anointment as the next Prime Minister. His steadfastly resolve and meticulous eye for detail,… Continue Reading →

Did Narendra Modi Abet Mass Murder ?

  by Subuhi Jiwani, World War 4 Report On May 16, 2014, vote counting day of India’s lower-house Lok Sabha elections, I received a message on Whatsapp text with the title “Aaj ki ABCD” or the “ABCD of the day.” All the… Continue Reading →

#SundayReading – To be or not to be is no longer the question- we have ‘be’en “modi-fied”

  Guest Post by – Anwesha Dutta Anwesha is a PhD candidate at the Dept. of Anthropology, University of Tuebingen, Germany and before that she  completed her  MSW in Dalit and Tribal Social Work from TISS,Mumbai.  Her area of work… Continue Reading →

How Narendra Modi can benefit from the Gujarati ethic

What makes Gujaratis so successful? Aakar Patel  Zaveri Bazaar, Mumbai, is the mainstay of Gujarati jewellers. Photo: Saurabh Das/AP What makes Gujaratis so successful? If we look at the Forbes list of billionaires in India, about half are originally of Gujarati and… Continue Reading →

If Gujarat is a model, then Kerala and Tamil Nadu, must be supermodels

May 10, 2014 The Gujarat middle Jean Drèze If Gujarat is a model, then the real toppers in development indicators, like Kerala and Tamil Nadu, must be supermodels In an earlier article published on this page (“The Gujarat Muddle,” April… Continue Reading →

Gujarat- Outsiders in their own land

Outsiders in their own land 1 Author(s): Soma Basu @sbasu_in  May 15, 2014 | Gujarat government eyes limestone underneath land cultivated by Sikh farmers, curbs their ownership rights Nirmal Singh, a farmer in Panandhro village, shows limestone in his farmland (Photo: Soma… Continue Reading →

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