Website review: http://www.inequality.org

The global divide in income, health and wealth has only widened further in this era of unregulated capitalism. And there are no signs of it being …

Transparency International Global Barometer Survey

If you had a magic wand and you could eliminate corruption from one of the following institutions, what would your first choice be? " The …

USA - all love lost

Neither the World Bank nor the US and the United Nations (un) are popular around the world. While there is still some hope of the World Bank …

Shockwave over Iran

Over the years, overseas-based Persian language satellite tv broadcasters have won over the hearts of a number of Iranians. And to make matters …

Film review: The turtle people

The Turtle People is ostensibly about a fishing community in village Kolavipalayam, Kerala, that help Olive Ridley turtles. Sea turtles are an …

Book notice: The last forests of Bangladesh

According to records, Bangladesh's forest cover has shrunk to a meagre six per cent from 20 per cent in 1927. The southern mangroves are perhaps …

Book notice: Indigenous Honeybees of the Himalayas

Nepal's native honeybees are an acknowledged vital cog in maintaining the region's biodiversity, as they naturally pollinate an assortment of …

Lascaux caves threatened by microbes

The Lascaux caves in France, which host fabulous prehistoric art, are being threatened by harmful microorganisms again. The invading fungus, a …

Website review: http://www.yaw.nhm.ac.uk/nhm/index.html

This web site is the brainchild of UK scientists, who have hit upon an effective method to counter the controversy surrounding the names of the …

Out for political mileage

The recent events in the Wayanad Wildlife Sanctuary in northern Kerala has had an impact on the state government. Why else would it crank up its …

Website review: http://earthtrends.wri.org/

A must-bookmark site for anyone interested in environmental and development issues. It offers up-to-date facts and figures as well as analyses of …

150 years of humanitarian action: peace in war

In 1863 Swiss entrepreneur Jean Henry Dunant mobilised statesmen, doctors and philanthropists to form the International Committee of the Red …

Book review: Christopher V Hill's River of Sorrow

Imperialism is domination, says Christopher V Hill. And this domination is not just of people, but inevitably extends to "subordinating and …

Online activism: internet games

Video games on the Internet no longer spell just mindless escapism for misguided kids. Many of the most popular games today also involve role-…

Anytime is ad time

Companies rely on advertising to convince people to buy things they don't need. They also use advertising to salve their easily hurt egos. Four …

Save the Nu/Salween river

China's plan to build a series of dams over southeast Asia's second largest river has evoked a strong response from environmental, human rights …

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