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.
High on broth, low on geography
Geographical indication tags are being handed out indiscriminately—with no strategy
Brickbats for compulsory licences
US criticises India and BRIC group for strengthening provisions on life-saving medicines
The madness of software patents
India’s patent law excludes software per se, yet over a thousand patents have been granted
Forest alert
Saxena panel report on Niyamgiri puts states under watch for forest, tribal rights violations
It’s still open season for bio-piracy
Rich nations block accord on benefit-sharing rules for the world’s genetic resources
Seeds of Strife
The Seed Bill takes away states’ power to regulate seed prices, could lead to Centre-state confrontation
India's nuclear chimera
Going by the Kudankulan example, India’s nuclear power generation target is a pie in the sky
Fake science, shady journals
India is way behind in the patents it files, the reason being that much of its science is of dubious quality