Let solar shine

The deprived lot

The forgotten class

Blog Intro:  Middle class-driven anti-corruption campaign does not acknowledge the poor Middle class-driven anti-corruption campaign does not acknowledge the poor

Mindless on ‘reform’

Blog Intro:  Reforms in India have become synonymous with opening up to foreign capital. Does it reform our corrupt polity or institutions? Reforms in India have become synonymous with opening up to foreign capital. Does it reform our corrupt polity or institutions?

Bribery live

Have you ever wanted to see an interactive map of all the bribes that change hands in the country?

Fall of a premier institute

WHEN the National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research was set up in 1998, people had high hopes. Established in Mohali, Punjab, as an IIT-equivalent premier institute, NIPER was to set the standard in pharma research in the country, while producing experts and offering technical consultations to small-scale industries. For a country whose pharma industry relies on affordable bulk drugs and generic medicines, an institute like NIPER is essential to provide new molecules and innovations that the industry could access.

Reservoir of corruption

Agents of change

Letters - October 15, 2012

Home remedy For waste Waste management is a problem in all urban centers of the country (‘Stench in my backyard’, September 1-15, 2012). We need to understand that there’s no other way to manage waste except segregating it at the source, that is our homes.

Universal health scare