The Gorakhpur tragedy and Nero’s guests
As I watch the Gorakhpur tragedy unfold, “Nero’s Guests”, a documentary by P Sainath, comes to my mind. It concludes with Sainath’s speech where he shares a piece of ancient […]
As I watch the Gorakhpur tragedy unfold, “Nero’s Guests”, a documentary by P Sainath, comes to my mind. It concludes with Sainath’s speech where he shares a piece of ancient […]
The ways in which state governments have misrepresented farmer suicides in the NCRB data and the NCRB published manipulated data without audit.
Business Standard has written a piece challenging the data on farmer suicides from Uttar Pradesh titled “As farmers commit suicide, Uttar Pradesh hides their deaths”. It is a pretty good
Error in farmer suicide data in Business Standard piece Read More »
The Election Commission has issued notice to Ashok Chavan for fudging poll expenses and asking him why he should not be disqualified (a pointless question, me thinks – what possible answer
Election Commission finds Ashok Chavan guilty of fudging accounts Read More »
Association for India’s Development produces a calendar each year and it reaches 5000 people with messages related to grassroots development and social issues. For 2014 our theme is performing arts.
Inviting Photo Submissions on performing arts: Association for India’s Development Read More »
There is a category of journalists and publications which consistently publish seemingly scientific articles that are aimed at one or more of the following goals: Trivializing the problem of farmer
Farmer suicides in India: Peddling anti-farmer bull shit Read More »
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
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
Transcript: Globalizing Inequality by P. Sainath Part 4 Read More »