Archive

2008

268 articles

  1. If this isn't hell, what is?

    Report · Relief · Bihar · 30 December 2008

  2. Woman of steel

    Opinion · Displacement · Jharkhand · 30 December 2008

  3. A mother's plea: protect our seafarers from pirates

    Report · Government · Law and Order · 28 December 2008

  4. Responding to terror

    Opinion · Society · 27 December 2008

  5. "I am a portfolio guy"

    Interview · Society · 25 December 2008

  6. Getting things done

    Review · Society · 25 December 2008

  7. Incredible Medepally: so clean and green

    Report · Health · Sanitation · Andhra Pradesh · 25 December 2008

  8. Driving away cars from city centers

    Report · Economy · Transport · 24 December 2008

  9. Over 16,600 farmer suicides in 2007

    Opinion · Agriculture · 21 December 2008

  10. A stimulus package for farmers?

    Opinion · Agriculture · 21 December 2008

  11. Water privatisation: Start again

    Report · Environment · Water · Maharashtra · 18 December 2008

  12. Vidarbha meltdown: bumper crop losses

    Report · Agriculture · Maharashtra · 14 December 2008

  13. He did not wait for the government’s new sop

    Report · Agriculture · Maharashtra · 14 December 2008

  14. Gandhi in our times

    Review · Society · 13 December 2008

  15. Patterns from the past

    Report · Agribusiness · Agriculture · 11 December 2008

  16. A notorious coexistence gone wrong

    Report · Adivasis · Environment · 9 December 2008

  17. Models of reform

    Opinion · Government · 9 December 2008

  18. An indirect response to terror

    Opinion · Society · 7 December 2008

  19. All asleep on the western seaboard

    Opinion · Society · 5 December 2008

  20. Dispensing clothes, not cash

    Report · Poverty · Assam · 4 December 2008

  21. Put in the water, take out the guarantee

    Report · Environment · Karnataka · 2 December 2008

  22. Will it be different this time?

    Editorial · National Security · 1 December 2008

  23. Selling thick and fast: land and dreams

    Report · Economy · Maharashtra · 26 November 2008

  24. Lured to sell, driven to buy

    Report · Economy · Maharashtra · 26 November 2008

  25. Nagpur's land party: risky, unregulated

    Report · Economy · Maharashtra · 26 November 2008

  26. Faceless citizens

    Opinion · Livelihoods · 25 November 2008

  27. Legalising coastal destruction

    Report · Environment · Environmental Regulation · 24 November 2008

  28. Outsourcing food production

    Opinion · Agribusiness · Food Security · 24 November 2008

  29. Who fits the bill?

    Opinion · Society · 23 November 2008

  30. The Jurassic auto and idea park

    Opinion · Health · Transport · 21 November 2008

  31. How deep is the rot?

    Opinion · Society · 20 November 2008

  32. Democracy as vaccine

    Opinion · Society · 18 November 2008

  33. Securing live-in relationships

    Report · Society · Women · 16 November 2008

  34. One-third of the lawmakers

    Report · Gender Law and Policy · Laws · 16 November 2008

  35. Teen journalists make their own newspaper

    Report · Children · Media · Delhi · 15 November 2008

  36. Clamping down on second-hand smoke

    Report · Health · Public Health · 14 November 2008

  37. Water sector reforms: Time for a new model

    Report · Environment · Water · 10 November 2008

  38. CAG conference: Caged tiger, much ado

    Report · Government · Public Funds · 9 November 2008

  39. Kerala revises controversial school textbook

    Report · Education · Kerala · 9 November 2008

  40. Higher education: The underbelly of privatisation

    Report · Education · 8 November 2008

  41. In Kurukshetra, a new victory

    Report · Health · Sanitation · Haryana · 4 November 2008

  42. Winning the battle against poaching

    Report · Environment · Forests · 4 November 2008

  43. "Just let a woman be"

    Interview · Women · 31 October 2008

  44. Lessons up the hill

    Report · Environment · Environmental Regulation · Himachal Pradesh · 31 October 2008

  45. For the people, by the government?

    Opinion · Government · 30 October 2008

  46. Breaking the silence

    Opinion · Society · Maharashtra · 27 October 2008

  47. Softening hard water with rain

    Report · Environment · Karnataka · 27 October 2008

  48. Military cooperation with the US: A mixed bag

    Opinion · Peace · 26 October 2008

  49. Children in the crossfire

    Report · Children · Education · West Bengal · 23 October 2008

  50. Consent under duress

    Report · Environment · Forests · Maharashtra · 22 October 2008

  51. Mumbai's eye in the sky

    Report · Cities · Government · Maharashtra · 19 October 2008

  52. Tribals, forest interdependence, and integration

    Report · Adivasis · Environment · 19 October 2008

  53. Despair and defensiveness in Azamgarh

    Report · Peace · Uttar Pradesh · 16 October 2008

  54. An argumentative Indian look at China

    Review · Society · 16 October 2008

  55. The Hindu Jinnah?

    Opinion · Society · 15 October 2008

  56. Praja Rajyam: Caste-ing a political net

    Report · Caste · Society · Andhra Pradesh · 15 October 2008

  57. Milkmen of a dying village

    Report · Economy · Livelihoods · Maharashtra · 12 October 2008

  58. Nagpur cargo hub plan drives villagers desparate

    Report · Economy · Livelihoods · Maharashtra · 12 October 2008

  59. The violence of the virtuous

    Opinion · Peace · 12 October 2008

  60. Give us a break, Mr Sreedharan

    Report · Economy · Public Funds · Andhra Pradesh · 8 October 2008

  61. The gift from the sky

    Report · Environment · Karnataka · 8 October 2008

  62. PPPs: Tall claims, but little evidence

    Report · Economy · 6 October 2008

  63. Heed the silent protest

    Opinion · Peace · Public Funds · 5 October 2008

  64. Scamming the law, pretext of inability

    Report · Government · Relief · Madhya Pradesh · 1 October 2008

  65. Doors open for familiar nuclear worries

    Report · Energy · Environment · 1 October 2008

  66. Another anti-environment ruling at the NEAA

    Report · Environment · Environmental Regulation · Maharashtra · 29 September 2008

  67. A forgotten Bengali hero

    Opinion · Elections · West Bengal · 28 September 2008

  68. Can there be justice without the state?

    Opinion · Peace · 27 September 2008

  69. Using popular culture to mainstream AIDS

    Review · AIDS · Culture · 25 September 2008

  70. A run on the Yamuna banks

    Report · Cities · Government · Delhi · 24 September 2008

  71. The key to speeding up languishing RTI appeals

    Report · Right To Info · Maharashtra · 22 September 2008

  72. In Muslim India, an internal battle

    Opinion · Peace · 21 September 2008

  73. Pause before you eat

    Opinion · GM Crops · 19 September 2008

  74. Repairing Kosi’s breaches not a longterm solution

    Report · Environment · Bihar · 17 September 2008

  75. A village on the screen

    Review · Society · Karnataka · 14 September 2008

  76. Livelihood crisis for Chakma, Hajong refugees

    Report · Human Rights · Livelihoods · 14 September 2008

  77. Eye donations remain rare, amidst low awareness

    Report · Health · 13 September 2008

  78. Hug and save the trees

    Report · Environment · Karnataka · 10 September 2008

  79. Rethink needed in dealing with naxalite violence

    Report · Peace · 10 September 2008

  80. Artisanal weavers struggling to survive

    Report · Economy · Livelihoods · Andhra Pradesh · 9 September 2008

  81. Kosi breaches repeatedly, governments merely fiddle

    Report · Government · Bihar · 9 September 2008

  82. Dam forays in other countries

    Report · Environment · 7 September 2008

  83. Relocation of settlements is healing Sariska

    Report · Environment · Rajasthan · 7 September 2008

  84. Uttarakhand Gujjars being ousted without compensation

    Report · Forests · Human Rights · Uttarakhand · 5 September 2008

  85. Blessed by water

    Report · Environment · Water · Karnataka · 3 September 2008

  86. The new avatar of banks

    Opinion · Economy · Karnataka · 31 August 2008

  87. When a woman conducts the Nikah

    Report · Culture · Women · 30 August 2008

  88. 'Street' fight in Bangalore

    Report · Cities · Government · Karnataka · 30 August 2008

  89. The trouble with Eden

    Opinion · Society · Jammu & Kashmir · 29 August 2008

  90. Mid-year chakravyuh

    Opinion · Peace · 27 August 2008

  91. Old Port Trust lands on the dock

    Report · Cities · Government · Maharashtra · 26 August 2008

  92. Dismal breastfeeding rates hampering infant health

    Report · Child Health · Health · 25 August 2008

  93. Of need and greed

    Opinion · Society · 25 August 2008

  94. Skip the loo, my darling

    Report · Women · Rajasthan · 24 August 2008

  95. Living-in: Shades of grey

    Report · Gender Law and Policy · Society · 22 August 2008

  96. Missing: A 'healthy' debate

    Opinion · Public Funds · Public Health · 21 August 2008

  97. Kerala's unconvincing shot at the environment ministry

    Report · Environment · Environmental Regulation · Kerala · 21 August 2008

  98. Learning loss and the education bureaucracy

    Opinion · Education · Karnataka · 20 August 2008

  99. Early gains from Forest Rights Act

    Report · Forests · Government · Odisha · 19 August 2008

  100. Inventing a controversy

    Report · Peace · Jammu & Kashmir · 19 August 2008

  101. Tiger terror in Chandrapur

    Report · Environment · Environmental Regulation · Maharashtra · 17 August 2008

  102. Institutionalising compensation for lost forests

    Report · Environment · Environmental Regulation · 17 August 2008

  103. Less government, by default

    Editorial · Society · 15 August 2008

  104. Guide to getting a community radio license

    Report · Media · Radio · 12 August 2008

  105. Niketa's choice

    Opinion · Society · 11 August 2008

  106. Edible oil policy on the boil

    Report · Agriculture · Agriculture Policy · 10 August 2008

  107. Preparing for the future of RTI

    Report · Right To Info · 9 August 2008

  108. Relocation of tigers to Sariska proceeds, amidst caution

    Report · Environment · Wildlife · Rajasthan · 6 August 2008

  109. Like father, like son

    Opinion · Society · 3 August 2008

  110. Bit by bit, he filled his well

    Report · Environment · Water · Karnataka · 3 August 2008

  111. Eyes and ears, on wheels

    Report · Society · Maharashtra · 31 July 2008

  112. CDM and hydro-power

    Report · Climate · Energy · 28 July 2008

  113. Unanswered questions, forgotten middle path

    Opinion · Government · 28 July 2008

  114. Wrong priorities?

    Opinion · Sanitation · 27 July 2008

  115. Decentralising knowledge

    Opinion · Society · 26 July 2008

  116. Looking back at Hum Log

    Report · Gender and Media · Women · 25 July 2008

  117. Missing the mountain for the snow

    Report · Climate · Environment · 24 July 2008

  118. Water is no pipe dream here

    Report · Environment · Water · Karnataka · 23 July 2008

  119. A change in an inhuman tradition

    Report · Caste · Women · Madhya Pradesh · 21 July 2008

  120. The law on horse-trading

    Report · Government · 20 July 2008

  121. Starvation persists in Orissa

    Report · Food Security · Livelihoods · Odisha · 19 July 2008

  122. Films from the fields

    Report · Creative Media · Gender and Media · Andhra Pradesh · 17 July 2008

  123. Heavy odds, meagre resources

    Report · Human Rights · Justice System · 16 July 2008

  124. Still fighting, in a maze of law and usury

    Report · Government · Law and Order · Maharashtra · 15 July 2008

  125. School textbook issue spirals into political row

    Report · Curricula · Education · Kerala · 15 July 2008

  126. NREGA: A fine balance

    Opinion · Labour Issues · Andhra Pradesh · 13 July 2008

  127. NREGA hits buses to Mumbai

    Opinion · Labour Issues · Andhra Pradesh · 13 July 2008

  128. Islamic elegies for social justice

    Report · Society · West Bengal · 10 July 2008

  129. Draft coastal regulation threatens fishermen

    Report · Environment · Tamil Nadu · 9 July 2008

  130. Making nuclear sense

    Opinion · Peace · 9 July 2008

  131. From biodiversity to biotech

    Report · Biodiversity · Environment · 7 July 2008

  132. Work matters

    Opinion · Women · 5 July 2008

  133. India's coal-to-liquid push short-sighted

    Opinion · Economy · Energy · 3 July 2008

  134. Borderland travails

    Opinion · Society · 1 July 2008

  135. From Busway to BRT

    Report · Cities · Economy · Delhi · 1 July 2008

  136. NREGA shines for Tripura women

    Report · Livelihoods · Women · Tripura · 30 June 2008

  137. An uneven, but important journey

    Review · Water · 29 June 2008

  138. Life sentences: How long is enough?

    Report · Human Rights · Justice System · 29 June 2008

  139. Jhum cultivation under conflict in the Northeast

    Report · Agriculture · Assam · 27 June 2008

  140. Karma Sutra

    Review · Women · 26 June 2008

  141. As inequalities rise, the moral commons is vanishing

    Opinion · Society · 25 June 2008

  142. Karnataka defers decision on Chamalapura power

    Report · Energy · Environment · Karnataka · 24 June 2008

  143. From market yard to police yard

    Report · Agriculture · Maharashtra · 23 June 2008

  144. CAG indicts SEZ policy

    Report · Government · Public Funds · 23 June 2008

  145. France eyes India through environment lens

    Report · Climate · Energy · 20 June 2008

  146. Modi's secession?

    Opinion · Government · 18 June 2008

  147. Mujhe jeene do

    Report · Health · Maharashtra · 17 June 2008

  148. Taking dance beyond boundaries

    Report · Art · Society · West Bengal · 15 June 2008

  149. Aravind Eye: Infinite vision

    Report · Health · Tamil Nadu · 13 June 2008

  150. This bank deposits rain and draws water

    Report · Environment · Water · Karnataka · 12 June 2008

  151. Still advising the Forest Committee?

    Report · Environment · Environmental Regulation · 11 June 2008

  152. Zooming in on Vidarbha

    Review · Society · Maharashtra · 8 June 2008

  153. Caste as race

    Report · Caste · Society · 8 June 2008

  154. Diary of the displaced

    Opinion · Cities · Displacement · Delhi · 7 June 2008

  155. Jadcherla 13 draw votes from main parties

    Opinion · Elections · Andhra Pradesh · 5 June 2008

  156. Street-side story

    Report · Cities · Housing · 4 June 2008

  157. Watching the watchdog

    Opinion · Society · 1 June 2008

  158. Women warriors of the sea

    Report · Fisheries · Women · Gujarat · 31 May 2008

  159. They lock on to the NREGA

    Opinion · Poverty · Andhra Pradesh · 31 May 2008

  160. Too much fruit, too little bounty

    Report · Agriculture · Agriculture Policy · Tripura · 30 May 2008

  161. High growth: In deep waters

    Report · Economy · Water · Odisha · 30 May 2008

  162. Lessons from good telecentres

    Report · E-Govt · Government · 28 May 2008

  163. Vedanta - the suspense continues

    Report · Environment · Environmental Regulation · Odisha · 26 May 2008

  164. 'Relief' irrigation increasing worries for farmers

    Report · Environment · Relief · Maharashtra · 26 May 2008

  165. The nation and the nation-state

    Opinion · Society · 24 May 2008

  166. Whose films are these, anyway?

    Report · Art · Society · West Bengal · 22 May 2008

  167. From prosperity to a struggle for dignity

    Report · Agriculture · 21 May 2008

  168. Pushed over the edge

    Report · Children · Education · Uttar Pradesh · 21 May 2008

  169. Of loan waivers and tax waivers

    Opinion · Agriculture · Public Funds · 20 May 2008

  170. Letting Coke off the hook

    Report · Environment · Kerala · 19 May 2008

  171. New rules for seizing land

    Report · Displacement · Laws · 19 May 2008

  172. One-man-army greens barren land

    Report · Agriculture · Karnataka · 14 May 2008

  173. Furore over EU carbon tax plans

    Report · Climate · Environment · 12 May 2008

  174. This monsoon, Assam takes on malaria

    Report · Health · Public Health · Assam · 10 May 2008

  175. Women join hands for a better media

    Report · Gender and Media · Media · 10 May 2008

  176. CAG report slams Vidarbha waiver package

    Report · Government · Public Funds · Maharashtra · 10 May 2008

  177. Connecting to the Northeast

    Opinion · Society · 9 May 2008

  178. Regulating domestic work

    Report · Gender Law and Policy · Labour Issues · 8 May 2008

  179. Inaction on panel findings against beverage major

    Report · Environment · Environmental Hazards · Kerala · 6 May 2008

  180. Long disenfranchised, and struggling for ST status

    Opinion · Adivasis · Society · Assam · 5 May 2008

  181. What about the other entitlements?

    Opinion · Public Funds · 4 May 2008

  182. The beauty of compromise

    Opinion · Peace · 2 May 2008

  183. Social audit of jobs programme in UP

    Report · Labour Issues · Poverty · Uttar Pradesh · 1 May 2008

  184. CAG: Compensatory afforestation a hoax in M.P.

    Report · Forests · Government · Madhya Pradesh · 30 April 2008

  185. A hazardous smokescreen of words

    Report · Environment · Environmental Regulation · 29 April 2008

  186. No country for women

    Report · Gender Violence · Women · 29 April 2008

  187. How not to protect the Gir lions

    Report · Environment · Wildlife · Gujarat · 28 April 2008

  188. Ski village plans hit the skids

    Report · Environment · Himachal Pradesh · 27 April 2008

  189. Neither law nor justice

    Report · Government · Law and Order · 25 April 2008

  190. A two-in-one well

    Report · Environment · Water · Maharashtra · 24 April 2008

  191. Where is our space?

    Report · Housing · Poverty · Delhi · 23 April 2008

  192. Power to the rich, literally

    Report · Economy · Energy · 21 April 2008

  193. 'We cultivate pearls, but our children go hungry'

    Report · Agriculture · Maharashtra · 20 April 2008

  194. Between a rock and a hard place

    Opinion · Agriculture · 19 April 2008

  195. A club for change

    Report · Energy · Environment · 18 April 2008

  196. Wanted: talented young to match jobs galore

    Report · Economy · 16 April 2008

  197. A creeping insularity

    Opinion · Education · West Bengal · 16 April 2008

  198. Surviving a battle they fight every day

    Report · Health · Maharashtra · 14 April 2008

  199. The beginning of history

    Opinion · History · 11 April 2008

  200. Old conflict resurfaces at Athirappilly falls

    Report · Energy · Environment · Kerala · 9 April 2008

  201. Defending the right to legal aid

    Report · Human Rights · Justice System · 8 April 2008

  202. Fighting to learn in their language

    Report · Education · Maharashtra · 8 April 2008

  203. And now the good news

    Opinion · Media · 6 April 2008

  204. Is Vox Populi good enough?

    Opinion · Peace · 5 April 2008

  205. Wilful distortion denies salt pan owners justice

    Report · Human Rights · Justice System · Maharashtra · 3 April 2008

  206. Assam's poorest district moves forward

    Report · E-Govt · Government · Assam · 1 April 2008

  207. Not quite on the DOT

    Report · Health · Public Health · 30 March 2008

  208. Two classes, two unions

    Report · Economy · Assam · 27 March 2008

  209. No future without a past

    Report · Cities · Government · 26 March 2008

  210. Shedding the borewell dependency

    Report · Environment · Water · Karnataka · 26 March 2008

  211. Government itself to blame for backlog of cases

    Report · Government · Justice System · 25 March 2008

  212. Kerala's development paradox

    Opinion · Society · Kerala · 23 March 2008

  213. Fail, fail, fail .... and pass!

    Report · Environment · Environmental Regulation · Chhattisgarh · 23 March 2008

  214. A unique land scam in MP

    Report · Displacement · Human Rights · Madhya Pradesh · 20 March 2008

  215. When I'm sixty-four

    Report · Society · Delhi · 20 March 2008

  216. Girls count

    Report · Women · 18 March 2008

  217. Living under constant threat of eviction

    Report · Environment · Government · Bihar · 16 March 2008

  218. Farm policy fails to address key issues

    Report · Agriculture · Agriculture Policy · 15 March 2008

  219. Getting the roll call wrong

    Report · Cities · Elections · Karnataka · 12 March 2008

  220. Oh! What a lovely waiver

    Opinion · Agriculture · 11 March 2008

  221. Corruption eats into children's meals in Madhya Pradesh

    Report · Children · Food Security · Madhya Pradesh · 9 March 2008

  222. Telecentre musings

    Report · E-Govt · Government · 6 March 2008

  223. What policies can inspire men?

    Report · Gender Violence · Women · 4 March 2008

  224. A day in the life of a dhandewali

    Review · Women · Work+Life · 3 March 2008

  225. The evolution of violence

    Opinion · Society · 2 March 2008

  226. Successful deterrence? Hardly.

    Opinion · Peace · 29 February 2008

  227. Landless and fighting, as ground beneath shifts

    Report · Society · Kerala · 28 February 2008

  228. A 'Gurukula' for surangas

    Report · Environment · Karnataka · 26 February 2008

  229. Missing chapter in history of universal schooling

    Report · Caste · Education · Kerala · 25 February 2008

  230. Dress code wars continue

    Report · Culture · Women · 23 February 2008

  231. The ability debates

    Report · Disability · Health · 22 February 2008

  232. Study: India sitting on tobacco epidemic

    Report · Health · Public Health · 20 February 2008

  233. The crowded centre

    Opinion · Society · 19 February 2008

  234. Baba Amte: Restless and romantic

    Opinion · Human Rights · Maharashtra · 18 February 2008

  235. Massive dam plans for Arunachal

    Report · Displacement · Energy · 17 February 2008

  236. No reason to be MIFFed

    Report · Society · 16 February 2008

  237. College saves lakhs of rupees on water

    Report · Environment · Water · Karnataka · 14 February 2008

  238. The glory days of the Raj?

    Opinion · Society · 12 February 2008

  239. A rosy narrative

    Opinion · Society · 12 February 2008

  240. Insufficient relief for Kerala's endosulfan victims

    Report · Relief · Kerala · 11 February 2008

  241. Fit to drive

    Report · Health · Laws · 11 February 2008

  242. What happened to non-nuclear options?

    Report · Energy · Peace · 10 February 2008

  243. Divide and conquer, with plant and port

    Report · Environment · Environmental Regulation · Odisha · 9 February 2008

  244. Assessment to action: The example of ASER

    Report · Education · 6 February 2008

  245. "Every house should be a woman's organisation"

    Interview · Women · 5 February 2008

  246. Unwilling learners pose special problems

    Report · Children · Education · Maharashtra · 4 February 2008

  247. Should the RTI Act be extended to bourses?

    Report · Laws · Right To Info · 3 February 2008

  248. In Orissa, NREGA is still a ray of hope

    Report · Human Rights · Livelihoods · Odisha · 2 February 2008

  249. From silence to voice, taking stock

    Report · Women · 31 January 2008

  250. SRI: Small state, big results

    Report · Agriculture · Tripura · 29 January 2008

  251. Know disaster, no disaster

    Report · Children · Education · Maharashtra · 28 January 2008

  252. Codifying indigenous ways of building

    Report · History · Housing · 27 January 2008

  253. Pioneering library sparks volunteerism

    Report · Education · Odisha · 25 January 2008

  254. Living off prostitution

    Report · Women · 24 January 2008

  255. The ultimate shaadi point for those in love

    Report · Caste · Panchayats · Maharashtra · 22 January 2008

  256. Invisible women

    Opinion · Women · 20 January 2008

  257. Discrimination for dummies: V 2008

    Opinion · Caste · 19 January 2008

  258. That 'new type' house

    Report · Environment · Urban Environment · Karnataka · 17 January 2008

  259. Diesel threat in cities continues to rise

    Report · Energy · Environment · Delhi · 16 January 2008

  260. Guarding the guardians

    Report · Justice System · Laws · 15 January 2008

  261. Of daughter, father and river

    Review · Society · West Bengal · 14 January 2008

  262. Children fix their own schools

    Report · Children · Education · Maharashtra · 12 January 2008

  263. The Dr Watson problem

    Opinion · Culture · Education · 10 January 2008

  264. Soya cultivation rising in crisis-hit Vidarbha

    Report · Agriculture · Agriculture Policy · Maharashtra · 9 January 2008

  265. New vistas in construction

    Report · Environment · Urban Environment · Karnataka · 7 January 2008

  266. Tripura aims for total immunisation

    Report · Child Health · Health · 6 January 2008

  267. Right to displace, but no duty to rehabilitate

    Report · Displacement · Laws · 4 January 2008

  268. Internal security agenda for the new year

    Opinion · Society · 3 January 2008