The Conquest of Koodankulam
This kind of takes over the history from the previous post. The Chernobyl disaster happened on the 26th of April 1986. It took a while for the news to spread, but by […]
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Agriculture
Some disagreements with Sonali Ranade’s on Koodankulam
Sonali Ranade made several tweets supporting the go ahead for the Kodankulam plant. I see things differently. This is not to say either of us is right or wrong, but
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In memory of Swami Nigamanand
Last year, on this day, the 19th February 2011, Swami Nigamananda took the place of another sadhu, Swami Yajnanda as a part of their long struggle against illegal mining of
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Check Dams counter desertification and water scarcity
Check dams are effective at counteracting desertification and water scarcity and are simple to construct from surplus and waste materials available locally to create water bodies that are recharged by seasonal rains or snow melt.
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Quotes
A collection of interesting quotes by various people and from a wide range of sources ranging from books to speeches and even Twitter on occasion.
The Service Provider Government
I am very, very angry right now. In a country reeling with inflation, with a majority of its population under poverty, the government is set to “privatize water”. The Union
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Quotes by P. Sainath
Different quotes from Sainath’s work that I found interesting Well, I would like to tell you the rat race is over. The rats have won.— P. Sainath, Lecture: The Importance of Citizen
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How I got interested in farmer suicides
In 2006, I attended an event of ISABS. I had just returned to Mumbai after spending several years in the mountains, and was still missing rural life. So when the
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Transcript: Globalizing Inequality by P. Sainath Part 3
Transcript of Globalizing Inequality – a lecture by P. Sainath, sponsored by the Center for Social and Environmental Justice of Washington State University, Vancouver. Video by pdxjustice Media Productions. Part
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