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Confining childhood in India
Do child rights activists need to step out of the boxes of ‘development’, ‘survival’, ‘protection’ and ‘participation’ into which they have confined India’s children? Do we need to interrogate child rights programming and the somewhat limiting notions of childhood around … Continue reading
National Food Security Act: Universalisation Vs Targeted Approach
With the government at loggerheads with the National Advisory Council and civil society groups on the question of a universal vs targeted approach to the proposed food security Act, Sachin Kumar Jain presents the case against the targeted approach in … Continue reading
Contextualizing Reservations For Women
If accompanied by sincere efforts to deal with gender violence, education and healthcare for girls, the Women’s Reservation Bill could be a termination notice for gender inequality in India. If the Women’s Reservation Bill becomes law, then 181 out of … Continue reading
Rethink CRZ Conversion In Dona Paula: HC To NCZMA
The high court of Bombay at Goa on Friday directed the National Coastal Zone Management Authority (NCZMA) to reconsider its approval given to convert certain stretches of Dona Paula falling in CRZ III areas to CRZ II that benefitted developers.
The most powerful Indians in 2010
1 : Rahul Gandhi, 39 Congress General Secretary Why He topped the power list last year. He’s at the head of the power list this year as well because, even more than one year back, after the Congress’s big general … Continue reading