I have followed news on Maharashtra drought for days. It is most frustrating that there is little obvious drought relief. The need is water. What can we do? I am […]
How can we help with drought relief in Maharashtra? Read More »
A pro-choice response to an article Taslima Nasreen wrote calling for the abolishment of prostitution: Sex Slavery Must be Abolished While Taslima Nasreen and I both share a concern for
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A guest post by Vijay Panjwani, Advocate Supreme Court of India from Gandhi Darshan, Delhi. A beautiful cool sunny spring morning in the calm of Gandhi Ashram, Raj Ghat, Delhi
Save Ganga – A Committment Read More »
Here are things I need done. Kindly do the needful. Quit aping the west on the dehumanization, and instead copy the concept of safe houses. You can’t do shit for
Diyar government, a laundry list for human rights Read More »
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.
Check Dams counter desertification and water scarcity Read More »
Increasing privatization of necessities means citizens are forced to make purchases from private entities that are opaque to scrutiny and unaccountable to people. It is a permanent profit.
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
How I got interested in farmer suicides Read More »
A lecture at University of Texas, Austin by P. Sainath, sponsored by the University of Texas School of Journalism, the South Asia Institute, AID-Austin and the Society of Professional Journalists
Transcript: Sainath on Mass Media v. Mass Reality: Part 3 of 5 Read More »
The Indian state has managed to keep the devastating drought in the country out of the National consciousness. Just as it has kept quiet the massive destruction of water resources,
Tears dry, drought remains Read More »
