Sex ratio, alarm and tunnel vision
The Vital Statistics of India report, based on the Civil Registration System 2016 published by the Office of the Register General of India is out and with it, the alarm …
Tribal rights
How Government of Maharashtra is helping destroy Mumbai’s forest
Save Aarey Forest movement is a citizens initiative to fight deforestation in the rare urban forest in Maharashtra to make a carshed for the Mum
A long march of the dispossessed to Delhi
Imagine a democratic protest where a million farmers, labourers and others march to the capital and compel discussion of the exploding crisis of the countryside in a special three-week session …
It seems Ashok Malik thinks tribals are too stupid to know their ground realities
It is a piece Ashok Malik wrote to explain Rahul Gandhi’s stupidity. It ends up improving my estimation of his intelligence. In a rather long winded post “Green means stop“, …
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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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Cognitive dissonance
The scent of the earth… the title deed The life of a man… and futile need The freedom to be… in silly glee And the weight of the smallest deed. …