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.
Who owns our identity?
Between Nilekani’s UID and National Population Register’s KYR+is a huge mess and a looming nightmare
Bad business all round
Neither the market regulator nor the Supreme Court has been able to bring crooked businessmen to book
Menacing US diplomacy
Specialist attachés are strenuously pushing maximalist intellectual property rules worldwide
The Smithsonian steps on the ants
Iconic museum files patent claim on fungi to control leafcutter ants—a well-known fact
The GM maize rats
Findings of the Seralini lab on effect of Monsanto’s GM maize on rats set off a global furore
Looming threat of a secretive trade pact
Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement will extend restrictive intellectual property laws globally
Contaminating millets
There is disquiet over government scheme to wean traditional millet farmers on chemical inputs