Paddy, what price?
Recently in Durg, Raipur and Rajnandgaon (Chhattisgarh) Jagdish Ram Nishad’s winter paddy crop is about to be harvested. On his three-acre farm, a few km from his home, green paddy […]
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Declaration of the Organic Farmers community of India at the 5th National Organic Farmers’ Convention
March 2, 2015 Declaration of the Organic Farmers community of India at the 5th National Organic Farmers’ Convention, 2015, Chandigarh, India The organic farming community of this country, represented in
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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Open letter to Indian media about Lok Sabha Elections
Dear media, India is witnessing an unprecedented event. It is the largest election to date in the world. We have them every five years, but our population has grown since
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LGBT rights and Womanifesto and Bubblegum Feminists
My rift with what passes off for the voice of Indian feminists in public space grows. This time, over reckless grandstanding with LGBT rights. It has come to my attention
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How serious is Modi about the well being of women?
As the election fever hots up, the BJP – seen as the front-runner across most opinion polls – is dishing out a campaign which is a heady cocktail of Hindutva
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Sexual exploitation of the Jarawa and persecution of journalist who exposed it
Denis Giles of The Andaman Chronicles had, on the 1st of February broken news of shocking sexual exploitation of the Jarawa in the Andaman Islands by outsiders and fishermen. While
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Politically incorrect declaration by an extremely conditional feminist
I have a voice and it has weight. However great or little it is. It is my responsibility to use it in a manner that is congruent with my goals.
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