A hailstorm of worries
Sone-Sangvi, Kej, Beed (Maharashtra): The breeze that began to flow around noon on April 6 had by the evening grown into a heavy storm. Then the hails, the size of […]
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Dam
Why is Government of India indulging in this unwarranted & unnecessary act of raising SSP Dam height?
Why this hurry to submerge tribals and farmers under Narmada waters? In a shocking decision[1] on June 12, 2014, the Narmada Control Authority (NCA), headed by the secretary, Union Ministry
Diyar development-hit tribal villages, ab ki baar, greater good hain yaar
On day 2 of Modi on the job, his cabinet has passed the ordinance for the Polavaram project. It is waiting for Pranab Mukherjee’s signature. Apart from 136 villages, 211 hamlets
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Election Commission Corruption BJP Conspiracy, blackout Kejriwal campaign
Press release by Ravinder Singh of the “Sabka Bharat Party” raises some pretty strong points. I am willing to publish any rebuttals made as well. 1. It is Corrupt Election
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Land, loss and lunacy – Niyamgiri’s story of India out of sight
A lunacy drives India’s development. Vast untouched treasures of nature are discarded with scant thought on the altar of a mythical development. Lakhs of development hit Indians are reduced to lives of despair.
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Apocalypse by the Srinagar Hydro Electric Project
Translated from Sitaram Bahuguna’s report from Srinagar, Uttarakhand on the Uttarakhand flood in Hindi. [slideshow] The apocalyptic flood in the Alaknanda showed its destructive dance in Srinagar (Uttarakhand). A large
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Environmental fraud by Tavleen Singh
An article by Tavleen Singh in the Indian Express is accurately named Environmental fraud, though it is rare for such transparency of intent to be declared upfront. I do appreciate
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Get out of the dark ages – Quit Nuclear Power – Part 1: The Cost
Is it time for India to Quit Nuclear Power? Once, US stunned the world with the power of nuclear bombs. Hiroshima and Nagasaki were destroyed, and a messy war abruptly
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Debunking the Myth of the Necessity of Nuclear Energy
There is a prevailing fiction actively promoted by the government that Nuclear Energy is the only way out of the energy crisis for India. Every time I write about issues
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