Independent journalist and contributor, Down To Earth. Her concerns relate to the way power structures in society - business corporations, governments and lobbies - impact the lives of the powerless.
Encouraging orphan drugs in India
India needs to formulate an atrractive law to spur development of drugs for rare diseases
No end to these silly GIs
In their mad rush for Geographical Indication tags Indians are ignoring economic rationale
WIPO’s piracy blacklist is flawed
Why is the UN body putting a stamp of approval on a system that is patently unjust and dangerous
Why the US fears China
The trade war launched by Trump has the alleged theft of intellectual property at its core
कम नहीं हुआ है बीज के अधिकार पर मंडराता खतरा
अमेरिकी कंपनी पेप्सिको और गुजरात के आलू उत्पादकों के बी…
Software outsmarts drug research
Now, a programme can bypass patented drug pathways and create synthetically-produced medicines
No worries? Ask Simba
A furore over Disney's trademark on the Swahili phrase Hakuna Matata heats up the cultural appropriation debate
Pressed for sharing
The Uttarakhand high court order on Ramdev's firm to pay for use of bioresources has put herbal companies on notice
When judges copy
Should the rules on plagiarism matter as much as the independent analysis made by judges in adjudicating cases?