Can government be its own watchdog?

The Union government has finally set itself free. No longer will it have to perform the dirty, stressful and thankless task of redressing …

Usual suspects

Forget the Internet. Welcome to roadblocks on the information route

Soft 'target'

PDS' poor politic

Stung society

Giver and taker eqully culpable

Come clean

A shoddy cleanup exercise in Bhopal has left residents only angrier

In deep water

A national programme on restoring waterbodies is mired in flaws

Old wine in new bottle

The tribal bill seems an extension of the government's forest policy

Perform or perish

What do you do when you have to chose between water and water scientists?

The virtual reality of being Indian

The remoteness of 190 villages in Orissa's undivided Koraput district is an elegy on governance. Over five decades, living in islands inside huge …

The truth behind the Muthanga incident

The People's Judicial Enquiry Commission probe into the Muthanga incident in Kerala sheds new light on this burning issue, which is causing …

A government in denial

Cannot wish ecological poverty away

Participatory pangs

Local governments and the problem of development programmes

Weaving votes

Needling shawl makers, and an antelope

An ad a day will keep voters away

How bizarre can a government policy decision get? India's first national policy on resettlement and rehabilitation for people affected by …

Good bye, people's planning

The programme had little place in the debates of the recent Kerala panchayat elections

Information power imperative

Democracy is not yet dead

Blame it on the foreign hand

Centre's motive behind the unseen "foreign hand" theory is to polarise the development discourse

Environment: A People's Perspective

Justice is a central component of the conceptual transition from human development to sustainable human development and a similar concern for …

Second disempowerment

Tribals have lost their decision-making power twice; first to the state then to the Maoists

True growth is about overcoming hard challenges

IN THE developed world, conducting business today is also about being environmentally accountable. Governments have imposed stringent regulatory …

In strict confidence

A Sri Lankan company profits by recycling confidential paper

Twice shy?

Unions greet labour ministry's plans sceptically

Critical problem

Nuclear power plant hums to life; tribal families disappear

Government is a loss-making proposition

Shut it down

Children once again

A chat and books persuade parents in Shravasti to not marry off young girls