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Regulating domestic work (08 May 11:26) |
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The Domestic Worker's Bill, if passed, will be an important step toward securing the rights of a large chunk of the unorganised workforce. But as with
all laws, the real test of this l... |
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What about the other entitlements? (04 May 04:56) |
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Why does the government not allocate funds to meet all the rights that are protected under the law? Partly, this is because allocations in the Budget
each year are made mechanically, w... |
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Inaction on panel findings against beverage major (04 May 04:56) |
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A Pepsi bottling plant in Kerala is extracting excess groundwater and may be subjecting it to contamination risks, a state government study had reported several months ago. Despite meetin... |
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Struggling for ST status (04 May 04:56) |
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The struggle of Adivasis in Assam is more or less unique. It is the only state in India where, post Independence, adivasis were given Other Backward Class status instead of Scheduled Tri... |
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The beauty of compromise (02 May 04:04) |
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The most intractable conflicts in South Asia have remained unresolved because of the inflexibility and dogmatism of the contending parties. It is time
for them to move beyond self-just... |
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Compensatory afforestation a hoax in M.P. (28 April 07:43) |
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The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) carried out a comprehensive performance audit on the diversion of forestland for non-forest purposes in Madhya Pradesh. The result: exposure of s... |
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How not to protect the Gir lions (28 April 07:43) |
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Mindless disruption of human settlements in the name of wildlife protection, and the corresponding restrictions on the rights of people living within
forests destroys the very wildlife... |
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A hazardous smokescreen of words (28 April 07:43) |
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Last year, the Ministry of Environment and Forests attempted to dilute the hazardous waste management regulations. Earlier this year, the Supreme Court intervened and the tacky attempt ap... |
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Ski village plans hit the skids (27 April 09:38) |
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The Expert Appraisal Committee reviewing plans for a large hill toursim project in Himachal Pradesh has taken a critical view of it. Responding to
petitions from locals and conservatio... |
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Neither law nor justice (27 April 09:38) |
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The health, efficiency, relevance and role of our over-centralised security agencies in an ostensibly federal set up need greater debate. This is all
the more important, as the politic... |
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Power to the rich, literally (21 April 09:29) |
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A new policy framework for hydro-electric power seems to have given confidence to private corporations to enter the sector, with a large number of
mega projects lined up. But the same ... |
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A two-in-one well (21 April 09:29) |
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The coastal village of Velneshwar in Maharashtra is home to a unique well that doubles up as a rainwater storage tank.
Shree Padre finds out more about this novel dual-purpose structur... |
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A club for change (18 April 05:48) |
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US-based environmental group Sierra Club has decided to encourage organisations in India that promote green livelihoods. Can this civil
society initiative help the country cut down on ... |
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'We cultivate pearls, but our children go hungry' (18 April 05:48) |
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Shreekrishna Kalamb's life and musings as a poet-farmer symbolise the agrarian crisis that is wrecking havoc in the
Vidarbha countryside. Kalamb ended his life last month, and his grie... |
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Wanted: talented young to match jobs galore (16 April 08:21) |
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The Indian economy is creating millions of varied job opportunities. Despite this, scores of educated youth are not readily employable and face a grim future. Companies are struggling to ... |
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At Santiniketan, a creeping insularity (16 April 08:21) |
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At Santiniketan, Tagore's presence still inhabits many buildings; the keepers of which buildings are often knowledgeable about his legacy. But the
place needs to be de-parochialised to... |
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The beginning of history (16 April 08:21) |
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We need to reflect on the political and social possibilities that India has contributed to the modern world. The Indian experience offers new
interpretations of key modern concepts suc... |
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Defending an accused's right to legal aid (16 April 08:21) |
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Convicted of murder without a lawyer to represent him during the trial, a man was finally set free by the Bombay High Court after a human rights
lawyer obtained the landmark order that... |
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Surviving a battle they fight everyday (05 April 07:52) |
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In India's business capital, the NGO Sanmitra is helping HIV positive women re-enter the mainstream workforce, thereby ensuring them a life of independence and dignity. Sumita Thapar has ... |
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Old conflict resurfaces at Athirappilly falls (05 April 07:52) |
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Kerala's electricity board is preparing to build the seventh dam across
the 144-kilometers-long Chalakudy river. The fate of the picturesque
Athirappilly waterfalls hangs in the bal... |
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Fighting to learn in their language (05 April 07:52) |
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For a miniscule community of East-Bengali origin living in in Maharashtra, it has been a long struggle for the right to learn in their mother tongue. The community has won some victories ... |
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Assam's poorest district moves forward (05 April 07:52) |
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Conflict-ridden and marked as 'backward', Karbi Anglong is the first district in the North-East and the
fourth in the country to have implemented a quality management system in complia... |
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Is Vox Populi good enough? (05 April 07:52) |
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In Advani's worldview, populist sorrow over the Babri Masjid demolition, and Narendra Modi's re-election after the Gujarat riots amount to democratic
endorsement of whatever happened, ... |
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Wilful distortion denies salt pan owners justice (05 April 07:52) |
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Contrary to its own knowledge, the Salt Departmnt has been contending that the lands that belong to salt manufacturers along the Konkan coast are
government lands, and that the claiman... |
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TB control: Not quite on the DOT (30 March 08:37) |
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The Directly Observed Treatment strategy to combat tuberculosis was introduced to ensure that every TB patient completes the full six-month course of
treatment. But most poor patients ... |
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Shedding off the borewell dependency (25 March 09:57) |
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An initiative at an educational institution near Mangalore ensures that the
institution can do without water tankers during the monsoon months. Rainwater
suffices and what's more, i... |
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No future without a past for heritage (25 March 09:57) |
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Are ancient structures the relics of a past that we no longer want to remember? As the 139-year-old Crawford Market in Mumbai faces the demolition
squad, Darryl D'Monte looks at the p... |
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Two classes, two unions (25 March 09:57) |
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At the Guwahati IOC Refinery, labour is divided between organised and unorganised workers, with social and cultural factors at play too. How do the unions handle complex issues? Is there ... |
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Shedding the borewell dependency (25 March 09:57) |
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An initiative at an educational institution near Mangalore ensures that the
institution can do without water tankers during the monsoon months. Rainwater
suffices and what's more, i... |
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Government itself to blame for backlog of cases (25 March 03:20) |
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The state is by far the biggest litigant, and contributes a large part to the staggering backlog clogging the courts. The Centre, States and public
sector companies determinedly appeal... |
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Fail, fail, fail .... and pass! (23 March 06:47) |
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Construction without approval. An incomplete public hearing. Failure to notify local residents in a timely manner. It seems no amount of
non-compliance with the law is enough grounds f... |
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Kerala's development paradox (21 March 09:19) |
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In India, other states look at Kerala's record of firsts with envy. Dr Amartya Sen, the Nobel laureate, has hailed it as a model.
But Kerala, caught in a web of paradoxes, is not what ... |
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A unique land scam in Madhya Pradesh (21 March 09:19) |
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With the state government abdicating its responsibility to rehabilitate dam oustees on cultivable land, middlemen and officials in Madhya Pradesh have
connived to create a huge land sc... |
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Girls count (20 March 10:38) |
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A global investment and action agenda seeks to put adolescent girls at the centre of development initiatives in developing countries. These girls, say
the authors of a new report, form... |
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When I'm sixty-four (20 March 10:38) |
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In Delhi, it is not just private old-age homes that have people queuing up, despite the
relatively steep rates. Government-run old-age
homes, which are far more modest, are also fi... |
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Living under constant threat of eviction (10 March 03:22) |
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People from several villages in Bihar are opposing the construction of a pair of embankments on the Bagmati river and have
stopped work on one of them. Less visible behind their cries ... |
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Telecentre musings (10 March 03:22) |
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Although telecentres have caught the imagination of government, their adoption is caught in a false pedagogy that treats entitlements as services and
citizens as customers who pay serv... |
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Farm policy fails to address key issues (10 March 03:22) |
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A two-day seminar held recently in Mumbai brought together policy makers, bureaucrats, social workers, farmers, journalists, activists and researchers. Scrutinising farm policy in depth, ... |
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What policies can inspire men? (01 March 09:40) |
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What policies can inspire men to end violence against women? This was the topic of a conference
held in New Delhi, recently. The discussion hoped to begin a dialogue on masculinities i... |
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A day in the life of a dhandewali (01 March 09:40) |
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My Mother, The Gharwali, Her Maalak, His Wife (70 minutes) is a play showcasing a day in the life of people who sell sex for a
living. Directed by Sushama Deshpande, it is an unselfcon... |
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Successful nuclear deterrence? Hardly. (01 March 09:40) |
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The absence of open conflict between India and Pakistan since both became nuclear states is cited as proof that deterrence works. But there have been
conflicts, and a closer look at ea... |
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Corruption eats into children's meals in M.P. (01 March 09:40) |
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Despite the tall claims made by the state government and an increase in attendance in the schools, children at many places are simply not getting mid-day meals at all, or are getting it i... |
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A 'Gurukula' for surangas (25 February 12:51) |
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76-year-old Achyutha Bhat brought surangas to Manila village in
Dakshina Kannada district of Karnataka. His passion for the water
caves - which help tap and supply water - and his c... |
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Missing chapter in history of universal schooling (25 February 12:51) |
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The centenary of admitting Dalit children into public schools in Kerala is an opportunity to remember Ayyankali, whose leadership of the movement
isn't part of mainstream history. A pr... |
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Dress code wars continue (23 February 06:57) |
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Recent remarks by the Karnataka Chief Justice about immodest attire being partially responsible for increasing crimes against women harken back to a
history that repeatedly stresses so... |
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The ability debates (23 February 06:57) |
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Quite a few debates are currently raging in the disability rights movement. Special schools or inclusive education, community based rehabilitation or
institutionalised rehabilitation, ... |
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The crowded centre (19 February 09:11) |
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Bigotry is increasing as there is no strong action against it. If greatly talented Indians cannot safely and honourably practice their craft in our
shared homeland, there is little hop... |
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Study: India sitting on tobacco epidemic (19 February 09:11) |
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Within in the next two years, around 10 lakh people will die because of smoking in India
alone, says one of the most comprehensive studies on the habit in the country.
India is on t... |
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Massive dam plans for Arunachal worry locals (17 February 10:31) |
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The laying of the foundation stone by the PM for a project that is not even legally cleared is an indication of the mood in which the current dam
building spree is being pushed, especi... |
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Baba Amte: Restless and romantic (17 February 10:31) |
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He was a zamindar by birth and a successful lawyer by training. He charmed and transformed generations of youth and propelled them into social and political activism. Baba Amte, who passe... |
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