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.
Maths of Gilead's hepatitis C drug
Why US firm's super expensive drug sofosbuvir costs so much and how it can be made at a tenth of current price
Rotten tomato for Monsanto
US biotech giant's claim on a natural tomato is its latest patent to be revoked by Europe after soy and wheat
Beware of Obama's trade agenda
Can we trust Arvind Subramanian not to push for the kind of concessions the US will be demanding from India?
A victory and a retreat on CLs
Supreme Court upholds India's first compulsory licence but government baulks at giving the second
Eco-socialism to fight climate change
With Lima failing to tackle critical issues on global warming, Bolivia outlines socialist project to save the planet
He had a dream and a copyright
Martin Luther King's seminal speech on Black rights in 1963 is still not in the public domain because of strict copyright enforcement
Wooing the judges, openly
There is conflict of interest as US patent owners schedule meetings with Indian judiciary and patent regulators
If only we'd listened to Kosambi
India shelved solar energy in favour of nuclear energy and now we are miles behind China and the US
Cipla's audacious move
Why generics maker Cipla has asked government to revoke Novartis patent on respiratory ailment drug
Patent issues delaying Ebola cure
Canada's exclusive licensing rights of its Ebola patent to a US firm are holding up global development of a vaccine
Big step for biocultural rights
The Nagoya Protocol promotes community stewardship of genetic resources. India needs to foster this
Pursuing a nationalist IPR policy
India has enough laws to protect its intellectual property rights. It is the implementation that is wanting
A lethal secrecy in trade deals
Why do democratic governments hide trade negotiations that have dire consequences for public services?
Tesla's `insane' move to free up patents
The electric carmaker's decision could spur a revolution in green vehicles and in the way patents are viewed
Making labour the fall guy
BJP thinks undoing labour laws will spur a manufacturing boom. Even now workers enjoy little protection or social security
US plays dirty on tar sands
The EU appears to have backed off on important climate change policy because of pressure from US-backed Big Oil
In praise of open-source innovation
India slams mania for patents and says open-source models work better to spur innovation
A deadly virus of patenting
A Dutch institute's patent application on the MERS virus raises concerns about public health
A radical new order for living well
India is not in synch with G77's new declaration for development that is in harmony with nature and inclusive for all its peoples
The India effect
The US is targeting India's patent law because it is inspiring other countries to follow suit
Modi and irrational exuberance
India's youth is pinning its hopes of jobs on the development promise of Modi. Can he deliver?
Standing up to the US
India does not have to be apologetic about its patents law, which is fully compliant with WTO requirements on intellectual property protection
The promise of Dayamani
Adivasi activists, however successful in mobilising grassroots struggles, have seldom been able to make a dent in Parliament. Will Dayamani Barla …
Debating science risks
Chinese scientists appear to be more open to discussing the risks and ethics of new technologies than their Indian counterparts
Patently hollow claims of the US
Global organisations and academics defend India’s IP laws and call for US to back off