A search for a lost friend
Book>> Let’s Call Him Vasu: With The Maoists In Chhattisgarh • Shubhranshu Choudhary • Penguin Books • Rs 350
The 'Right to recall'
Palavika Patel, the former president of Anuppur municipality in Madhya Pradesh, India and Gray Davis, former governor of California, usa are two …
African court orders Kenya to pay $1.3 million as reparations to indigenous Ogiek people
The government will also formally recognise the Ogiek, one of the most marginalised groups, as an indigenous people of Kenya
Did economic liberalisation push govt and civil society in to battlefield?
The opening up of India’s economy increased the number of NGOs exponentially, but then…
Internet freedom: why access is becoming a human right
It is time to demand the 'positive right' of affordable access if we want internet freedom for all
Children of the earth, worshippers of nature
Rigoberta Menchu, a Guatemalan human rights activist and peasant leader, was awarded this year's Nobel Peace Prize. Menchu was witness to the …
Commission of omissions
After prolonged negotiations, what the Rio summit has produced is a weak and poorly represented commission on sustainable development
Whose land is it, anyway?
The Mabo judgement, which recognises Australian aboriginal claims to land, has led to protests from business circles and could have an impact as …
On Eve's of footsteps
The Beijing Conference on Women was a revelation of the 20th Century woman's status vis-a-vis environment and other issues
An abduction foretold
Threatened by avard-ne's rising popularity among the people in Majuli, ulfa saw itself losing credibility rapidly. Tried and tested tactics …
Peace, and war in Angola
Even as the government of Angola, mulls over a second draft of a legislation on land rights, aid and humanitarian organisations point out it …
How climate change threatens human rights in various sectors of Tanzania: Report
Right to food, health, education, access to clean and safe water, decent environment, privacy and family affected
The invasion of Ukraine has raised some difficult questions about human rights
In both, Russia and Ukraine, the people’s right to civilian existence has been taken away
The science of sugar: why we’re hardwired to love it and what eating too much does to your brain – podcast
‘We have this really deep-seated attraction to sugar that throughout evolutionary history was a really important advantage’
Air pollution causes 7 million premature deaths every year: UN expert
David Boyd, special rapporteur on human rights and environment, urges countries to beat pollution and hence not violate people’s rights to …
World is at risk if anti-abortion laws are made stronger in the US
The Alabama Human Life Protection Act was supported by more than 20 male senators in a state, where women make up 51.5 per cent of the population
White on black
A series of film clips is designed to bring the East closer to the self-satisfied cobbers in Australia.
Dark arena
The people of Kalahandi may have survived droughts and floods. But they see little hope in their battle against exploitation
How AI, other technologies are already disrupting workplaces
BT’s transition from copper to optical fibre is simply the latest technology transition
UN declares access to clean, healthy environment as universal human right
India voted for the resolution and pointed out that the resolutions do not create binding obligations
As cobalt demand booms, companies must do more to protect Congolese miners
Mining method adopted in Congo comes with major human rights risks such as child labour and dangerous working conditions. Fatal accidents in …
‘Reason to hope’, says global report on civil society
It says that even as democratic values are being encroached upon globally, there are acts of peaceful resistance by civil society
Who has rights over a citizen’s body? New twist in Aadhaar controversy
Centre says citizens don’t have absolute rights over their body, but critics point to right to liberty and dignity
Amnesty portrays India's warts in detail
HUMAN RIGHTS IN INDIA -- THE UPDATED AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL REPORT Amnesty International . Publisher: Sage Publications, New Delhi . Price: Rs 135
Bum deal at the summit
A lot of sound and fury signifying nothing: that was the Social Development battlefield at Copenhagen