In India mafias rule and honest die
Region: IndiaThe other day something very unusual happened in the state of Maharashtra. Almost all its officers, numbering around 150,000 went on a day’s strike. They were protesting against killing of Additional District... more
Views: 1581The spurious in India
Region: IndiaThe other day the Bhopal edition of a national daily reported a raid on a local manufacturing unit of spurious Unani medicines. Unani is a traditional system of medicine which has been practiced in the country for ... more
Views: 1603Kanas National Park - an example for India
Region: IndiaChina is generally known for the environmental degradation that it has wrought in its various regions in its quest for rapid economic growth. Reports of extensive desertification, contamination of its rivers, air pollution... more
Views: 3092Let's cry a halt to cars, cars and cars
Region: IndiaThe news has just come in that Beijing municipal administration has decided to restrict the quota of passenger vehicles for 2011 to 20000 a month. The monthly quota will be distributed among fleet buyers and first-time pri... more
Views: 1805The Tiger Summit and the Tiger State
Region: India
With as few as 3200 tigers in the wilds of the world as many as thirteen tiger-range countries met in November 2010 in Tiger Summit in St. Petersburg in an effort to save the species. They committed around $300 milli... more
Views: 2404Of malls, hypermarkets and consumerism
Region: IndiaThe other day our entire family visited Hyper City, the new hyper-market in the premises of the mall known as DB City. Promoted by a big vernacular media group, the Mall is situated close to the biggest business di... more
Views: 2028Of tigers and environment in Madhya Pradesh
Region: IndiaThe other day, Shivraj Singh Chauhan, chief minister (CM) of Madhya Pradesh (MP), came out with a startling statement. Speaking at the Panna Tiger Reserve he asserted that he was not in favour of creating a... more
Views: 1697"Jhurjhura tigress" dies revealing government apathy
Region: India
An NGO, “Udai”, led by Shehla Masood, a wildlife activist has been seeking action against those who were responsible for the death of a tigress in the famed Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve in the central Indian provi... more
Views: 2289Second Mumbai international airport - another view
Region: India
Recently the members of parliament (MPs) representing all hues from Mumbai displayed rare unity when, together, they met the Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh. At stake was the clearance of the proposal for the second int... more
Views: 3411The "Silver tsunami"
Region: IndiaEver since I crossed 70 I have been apprehensive of the future. With the rising life expectancy I just do not know how long I am going to live. The government from which I retired more than a decade ago provides a ... more
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A retired Indian civil servant who took to writing on local issues, eventually ending up as a citizen journalist and a social activist
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