Karnataka better than others on renewables
There’s a silver lining around that dark cloud called “energy crisis”. Karnataka is performing well on the renewable energy front. In fact, it is outperforming most other states, and exceeding its own targets too in the bargain. Karnataka achieved 122 per cent of its target and was fourth among...Continue reading Karnataka better than others on renewables
Of a pride of lions and Modi's hurt pride
It is not often that conservationists, during times when pursuit of a frenzied double-digit growth is a national obsession, find something to cheer about. The Supreme Court order of Monday asking Gujarat to translocate Asiatic lions to Madhya Pradesh will come across as something that happens once in a...Continue reading Of a pride of lions and Modi's hurt pride
Of death penalty and a brutal society
If one were to go just by the sheer numbers documented in the annual Amnesty International report on death penalty that was released last week, prima facie it would seem there is not much to write about India. Prima facie, of course. After all, on the face of it, the big numbers of...Continue reading Of death penalty and a brutal society
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A lifetime of 5 years on the Net

A lifetime of 5 years on the Net
Centre for Internet and Society observes its fifth anniversary on Sunday.
 
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The Northeast is in danger of becoming the next Maoist hub

The Northeast is in danger of becoming the next Maoist hub
Reports of Maoists mobilising people against dams in Arunachal Pradesh, shortly after Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi had warned about ultra-Left presence in Assam, can only mean that policymakers both in New Delhi and the North-East can no longer ignore the presence of the Reds in the region. The...Continue reading The Northeast is in danger of becoming the next Maoist hub
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More endangered than the tiger

More endangered than the tiger
A few weeks back an incident disappeared from the news space as mysteriously and suddenly as it had appeared. The affair in question was that of a Jarawa woman being made to dance naked for the amusement of tourists in the Andamans. A video clip appeared on the website of a British newspaper and set the...Continue reading More endangered than the tiger
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India: Over 14000 people killed in custody in 10 years

India: Over 14000 people killed in custody in 10 years
More than four persons per day were killed in police and judicial custody in India between 2001 and 2010. The total of 14,231 persons includes 1,504 deaths in police custody and 12,727 deaths in judicial custody from 2001-2002 to 2009-2010 as per the cases submitted to the National Human Rights...Continue reading India: Over 14000 people killed in custody in 10 years
 
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Talabs of empowerment

Talabs of empowerment
When Kanupriya Harish took a team from Wells for India around Janadesar village in Rajasthan’s Jodhpur district, it was the routine monitoring visit of a donor agency that had supported a sanitation project in the area. Meeting over, a woman took Kanupriya aside and whispered, “It is because of you...Continue reading Talabs of empowerment
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Flashback: The Hollywood production system and stars

Flashback: The Hollywood production system and stars
The rise of the Hollywood system started with companies which developed a way of manufacturing films on a large scale. It went on to be so successful that European companies sent over people to study and, if possible copy, it. Among these American companies was Adolph Zukor’s Famous Players-Lasky...Continue reading Flashback: The Hollywood production system and stars
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Did Warren Buffett firm try back-door entry into India?

Did Warren Buffett firm try back-door entry into India?
Did Berkshire Hathaway, one of the largest insurance companies in the world resort to a back-door entry into India in order to circumvent caps on foreign direct investment (FDI) in the insurance industry? A closer look at the facts indicate enough grounds for suspicion. Berkshire India Private Limited...Continue reading Did Warren Buffett firm try back-door entry into India?