No need to be neutral
NEW DELHI, August 28, 2003. At a press conference, Narmada Bachao Andolan (NBA) leader Medha Patekar said that the NBA would support candidates …
Promises to keep
With the 1996 general elections just around the corner, the nation's premier political parties are back to making elaborate 'green' promises. But …
Civil v political
Arguably, this is the hottest political summer for Delhi. Reason: friction between anti-corruption activists and the Union government over the …
The CNG sabotage
To clean up Delhi's air, the Supreme Court ruled in July 1998 that all public transport should move away from diesel and towards compressed …
Die Grnen
The Greens. Forebears of the present German Green party. What has happened to their ideals? Why is the party viewed just as a somnolent giant …
The great American whims
The murky wrangle between environmental zeroes and heroes of the 104th Congress in the US becomes evident
Wanted: a green spin doctor
Although considered a sensitive pressure group, the British Green Party badly needs to recover from languor and gain gloss
Greening German politics
The Green party, until recently the dark horse of German politics, is finally sitting pretty in the Bundestag, after years in the radical fringe
Industrialising agriculture dooms the sources of life
Greens contend that agricultural productivity can be increased many times with minimal use of water and a few external inputs, but most …
Spirit of Mandate 1996
Although women did not figure prominently in this year's elections, women power definitely proved to be a very heady potion for aspiring candidates
Weapons of the weak
In the current election, campaign, mainstream parties were once again caught napping on their environmental commitments, spurring a novel people'…
Hour of the green crusader
A third-party candidate - a renowned green lobbyist - has the US ballot watchers in a tizzy over possible outcomes of this year's presidential polls
Going green helps
The evidence is conclusive. Politicians who take care of the environment end up taking care of the people and their vote bank as well
Fielding politics
Commitment of a donor organisation to bring about a shift in the agrarian set-up should be matched by political machinations as well
The joke's on the panchayat
The recent panchayat elections in Madhya Pradesh was the latest edition of the mock ritual of decentralisation
World's first green party takes root
THE REST OF THE WORLD IS WATCHING: TASMANIA AND THE GREENS Edited by Cassandra Pybus and Richard Flanagan Publisher Pan Macmillan Publishers, …
Autopsy of a betrayal
The Prime Minister has exposed his political immaturity on a matter as grave as the Sardar Sarovar Project and the bureaucracy has forced his …
In support of Hazare
Politicians, social activists and non-governmental organisations rally behind Anna Hazare
Save our democracy
The death of an activist in Gujarat following his arrest and the recent arrest of social workers in Uttar Pradesh gives rise to a number of questions
Incorporating social welfare in national planning
FOUNDATIONS OF INDIA'S POLITICAL ECONOMY: TOWARDS AN AGENDA FOR THE 1990S Edited by Subroto Roy and William James . Publisher: Sage Publications,…
The Colour of GERMANY
For the first time in German history, the Green Party is part of the ruling coalition. The country is all set to embark upon new environmentally-…
IN TUNE WITH THE MASSES
Before the elections, Congress's chances in Madhya Pradesh looked dismally thin. But an unusually high tribal turnout ensured that Digvijay Singh …
Performance pays
The chief ministers of Andhra Pradesh and Sikkim, who were rated as the greenest chief ministers in a CSE survey, have retained power in their states
"Green" politicians?
A WWF charter urges political parties to address environmental issues in the forthcoming general elections
