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News Snippets
Issue Date: Jun 30, 2012
>> Peru’s last uncontacted tribes may have never heard of Mick Jagger but conservationists are calling on the Rolling Stones frontman to help save their Amazonian homeland. The rockstar, who was made an honorary ambassador for environment during a visit to Peru last year, is being asked to weigh in on a controversial gas field project that threatens Mashco-Piros.
‘Independent India worse for tribals’
@Richard20711534 Issue Date: Jun 15, 2012
You are often asked what has changed in Bastar since you quit the job of a collector. What has not changed?
Interviewee:
B D Sharma
Hunger games – it’s the real India show
Posted on: 15 May, 2012
The celluloid fantasy of a dystopian world is a reflection of our society
Letters - May 31, 2012
Issue Date: May 31, 2012
Focus Rural
The interview, “Tribal philosophy can’t be ignored beyond a point” (April 1-15, 2012), is highly relevant in the context of the ongoing conflict between development and tribal philosophy. Mahatma Gandhi was the first pre- and post-Independence politician and social activist to comprehend the importance of rural way of life. He wanted the state to protect it.
The civil spring
Issue Date: Apr 15, 2012
It is a spring India’s civil society will remember for a long time. A series of government and judicial pronouncements this February has created a flutter among non- government organisations (NGOs) and activists working on key governance issues.
Kudankulam meltdown
Issue Date: Apr 15, 2012
Liquid pressure
Issue Date: Mar 31, 2012
When media reports suggested water as among the reasons for the political conflict over Telangana in Andhra Pradesh, many readers were not surprised. Analysts see water as a critical cause for almost every other political conflict. Competition for Nile water is acute between Egypt and Ethiopia. Fierce disputes also divide Turkey and its southern neighbours in the Jordan basin. India has water disputes with Bangladesh and Pakistan.
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Issue Date: Mar 31, 2012
News snippets
Issue Date: Mar 15, 2012
>> On February 16, the Moscow Prosecutor’s Office announced that Dozhd TV, an independent online TV station, was under investigation to determine who financed the channel’s live broadcasts of anti-Kremlin demonstrations on December 10 and 24. The probe was in response to a request from Robert Shlegel, a State Duma deputy from the United Russia party and a former spokesperson for the pro-Kremlin youth group Nashi.
