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The destruction of construction
By Roger Moody Half-a-million labourers are employed in the natural stone industry of Rajasthan alone, so it’s impossible to calculate exactly how many people toil all over India to supply the stone, cement and bricks of the boom-time construction industry. … Continue reading
10 THINGS DISTURBING ABOUT THE CONGRESS
by VIJAY SIMHA, From Tehelka Magazine, Vol 7, Issue 41, Dated October 16, 2010
Status of occupational safety and health in India
By Sanjiv Pandita .from InfoChange News & Features, April 2009 India has had legislation on occupational safety and health for 50 years. But regulatory authorities are limited to 1,400 safety officers, 1,154 factory inspectors, and 27 medical inspectors. These numbers … Continue reading
Fishworkers and Boatmen assert their Right to Water and Fisheries in Sardar Sarovar
NBA press release, 30 September 2006 The governments of Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra and Gujarat as well as the Union of India always made propaganda of the rehabilitation policy of the Sardar Sarovar Project Affected People as that of being an … Continue reading
‘I dare the RSS to give a third of the land to Muslims’
From Tehelka Magazine, Vol 7, Issue 41, Dated October 16, 2010 SP general secretary Mohan Singh in an interview with KUNAL MAJUMDER says that Mulayam Singh Yadav’s comments reflect Muslim concerns.
‘The intensity of Kashmiri alienation is much deeper than before’
From Tehelka Magazine, Vol 7, Issue 41, Dated October 16, 2010 CPM Politburo member Sitaram Yechury in an interview with TUSHA MITTAL says that the starting point for any discussion on Kashmir should be its pre-1953 status
AYODHYA CHURNS UP THE RIGHT
From Tehelka Magazine, Vol 7, Issue 41, Dated October 16, 2010 The Ayodhya verdict has brought peace. But sections of the BJP want to use it as their ticket back. The RSS and the VHP don’t want any of it. SOPAN … Continue reading
Big is not beautiful
By Medha Patkar, Apr 01 , 2006, tehelka If the Sardar Sarovar Dam’s height is increased, a clandestine move violating Supreme Court guidelines, 35,000 homeless families in the submergence zone will be exiled from their habitat, writes Medha Patkarin a letter to … Continue reading
Unravelling the food mess
Author(s): Latha Jishnu, Ravleen Kaur, Aparna Pallavi, Ashutosh Mishra, Kumar Sambhav Down to earth, Issue: Oct 15, 2010 Reaching food to people who need it the most has remained one of the most stubborn problems in India. The public distribution system (PDS) is in a … Continue reading
A question of political will
Down to earth Oct 15, 2010 Today, Chhattisgarh buys most of its food requirement from local farmers. Using the minimum support price scheme of the Centre, it procures three million tonnes of paddy in the kharif season, benefitting about one … Continue reading