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.
Jugaad of Indian innovation
Patting ourselves for our ability to arrive at makeshift solutions will not take us far
It’s pouring money and schemes in agriculture
No dearth of funds for agri credit and new institutions
Drained royally by MNCs
Royalty payments to firms like Suzuki and Monsanto are sucking out huge sums from India
Left sees red over Marx copyright
A small publisher of Collected Works has run afoul of Marxists by asserting copyright
Annihilation of caste and copyright claims
Ambedkar’s works have been published widely and yet pose a copyright conundrum
Spy versus spy and high tech gizmos
From secure manhole covers to Internet tracking systems, NSA has an arsenal of patents
Who foots the huge dole for business?
Bad loans of public sector banks to business are more than double the food subsidy
Small farmers have little to cheer about
Companies will benefit most from steep hike in farm credit
Public domain is not elementary, Sherlock
The Sherlock Holmes case highlights the stranglehold of copyright laws in the US
Yale guide to fighting drug patent barriers
How human rights can be used to challenge oppressive intellectual property laws
How to save $25 billion and more on drug costs
Patent settlements bring cheaper generics to market early and cut healthcare spending
A plate half full
The National Food Security Bill may not do much but what it does is essential
US piles on the pressure
Patent law, domestic content rules in solar and ICT policy come under attack
Gene patent verdict is as good as it gets
The US Supreme Court’s verdict in the Myriad case keeps everyone happy
Elusive hunt for skills and jobs
Budget outlays will not do much for job creation or readying youth for skilled work
It is not about farmers
Budget 2013 pushed up allocations for agriculture, but it will not help farmers
Mark Lynas and the demeaning of science
He’s fuzzy on facts and low on science, but the campaigner gets big media support
ICAR’s shoddy science
Inquiry panel finds Bt cotton project had serious flaws, scientists were unethical
Indications of a geographic muddle
Are Geographical Indications safeguarding the interests of growers and artisans?
A patent triumph of public interest
New flexibilities make public interest safeguards integral to drug patent rights
Strong medicine for weak drug patents
Revocation of Pfizer, Roche patents for lacking inventive step signals healthy trend
Big tobacco blows new smoke rings
A third front has opened up in their war on Australia’s cigarette packaging rules
Reluctant funding
Compromise on resources salvages CBD conference; marine protection gets big boost
Biosafety issues get a push
Experts to study socio-economic aspects of GMO release