This week's headlines in The SouthAsian Details at : http://www.thesouthasian.org 70 Farmer Suicides in Vidarbha - in 2007 In the last three days, nine more...
This week's headlines in The SouthAsian Details at : http://www.thesouthasian.org Coke is Polluting Neighborhoods A study of water samples in the vicinity of...
We are all the more committed to peace in South Asia DailySouthAsian ... It is unfortunate to report the train bombing that killed at least 66 people. Train...
FRIDAY SPOTLIGHT: Peace March from Ayodhya to Magahar 7th - 14th March 2007 ... KABIR SADBHAVNA MARCH 7th March to 14th March, 2007 Ayodhya to Magahar In light...
Dr. Lenin Rahguvanshi, a human rights activist working for the Dalits and the backward class in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India has been receiving death threats...
This week's headlines in The SouthAsian Details at : http://www.thesouthasian.org Threat to Life of Advocate for Dalit Rights Dr. Lenin Rahguvanshi, a human...
Railway crossing Hindustan Times Barkha Dutt March 3, 2007 ... INDIA WILL HAVE TO WEIGH ITS WORDS CAREFULLY BEFORE IT POINTS THE FINGER OF BLAME,writes Barkha...
IN-FOCUS: Tobacco industries disregard global treaty in Nepal by Bobby Ramakant ... Published in KATHMANDU POST, Nepal and The Seoul Times (South Korea) Sunday...
SUGGESTIONS-INVITED: 2nd Phase of India Pakistan Peace March Aslam Khwaja, Pakistan ... 1st India Pakistan Peace March was taken out from New Delhi to Multan...
Details at : http://www.thesouthasian.org The Government Won't or Cant End Corruption? Madhulika writes about a protest in rural Rajasthan against corruption...
Kabir Sadbhavna Padyatra 7th March to 14th March, 2007 Ayodhya to Magahar ================= The kabir sadbhavna padyatra is being organized by ayodhya ki awaz,...
This week's headlines in The SouthAsian Details at : http://www.thesouthasian.org Cycle Expedition for Peace Heads to Pakistan Nine cycling enthusiasts from...
WEEKLY-SPOTLIGHT: Indomitable struggle is on at Singur and Nandigram Medha Patkar Source: AID-India ... Indomitable Struggle is on at Singur & Nandigram The...
IN-FOCUS: 5 killed, several injured in Nandigram violence Press Trust of India (published on Rediff News) March 14, 2007 ... NANDIGRAM: Violence erupted again...
Alarm bell sounds in Nandigram for Indian democracy DailySouthAsian ... "Industrialization is not an alternative to agriculture" said Dr Sandeep Pandey, noted...
News: WB Government begins war against the people of Nandigram National Alliance of People's Movements (NAPM) ... * West Bengal Government with CPM Cadres...
UPDATE: nationwide protest against massacre in Nandigram by WB govt- CPM cadres National Alliance of People's Movements (NAPM) ... MUMBAI: peaceful protestors...
WEEKLY SPOTLIGHT: Blood on the soil (Editorial) Barkha Dutt The Hindustan Times March 17, 2007 ... BUT THERE'S SOMETHING SACRED ABOUT A FARMER'S RIGHT TO HIS...
NANDIGRAM BLOODBATH: A government gone wrong 1) Ravindra Kumar, Editor, The Statesman 2) Dr Rama Kant, KGMU, Lucknow ... E X C E R P T S "PARTIES THAT BELIEVE...
The Bengal Paradox Vir Sanghvi March 18, 2007 The Hindustan Times ... It is now over a decade since I moved out of Calcutta. But watching the news last week, I...
This week's headlines in The SouthAsian Details at : http://www.thesouthasian.org Clean Water for Bhopal Bhopali activists continue to demand government action...
Right-to-Water activists arrested on World Water Day DailySouthAsian ... INSTEAD OF TAKING ACTION AGAINST CORPORATISATION OF WATER ON World Water Day,...
APPEAL: Release the 63 activists including Medha Patkar Corporate Accountability International ... Also read: Right-to-Water activists arrested on World Water...
WEEKLY-SPOTLIGHT: Open proposal by The Statesman to WB Chief Minister Ravindra Kumar, Editor, The Statesman ... YES, CHIEF MINISTER! A proposal that Mr...
This week's headlines in The SouthAsian Details at: http://www.thesouthasian.org Sri Lanka: A State Against Minorities The protracted armed conflict between...
WEEKLY SPOTLIGHT: WHO TB Strategy out of reach for many endemic countries By Bobby John and Tim France **************************** Cross-posted from: Stop-TB...
This week's headlines in The SouthAsian Details at: http://www.thesouthasian.org 3000 Peasants in Pakistan Demand Food Security Peasant and Workers gathered in...
Monday 2 April 2007 (Editorial page) Ray of hope for medical teaching For countries like India, where public health is still a dream for a large majority,...
WEEKLY-SPOTLIGHT: Mulayam faces uphill battle in UP Arundhati Dhuru and Sandeep Pandey Rediff News April 04, 2007 ... Mulayam Singh Yadav is desperately trying...
YARDSTICK: Another death of pregnant woman with HIV is alarming Saturday 7 April 2007 (World Health Day) ... FOR MORE DETAILS OR GET INVOLVED WITH ADVOCACY,...