While the world wakes to the human health and environment nuisance of genetically modified crops, India is fast turning into a dustbin for the new technology.
What might be considered 'primitive' by the enlightened may not be a state of backwardness. Tribal knowledge-systems need not conform to 'mainstream' development notions.
A convention whose formulation brought together developing countries as a unified bloc now faces the unfortunate proposition of disjointed Southern representation.
Government attitude is threatening an institution which has shown some degree of seriousness towards ensuring protection of human rights. There ought to be a rethink.
The multinational colas swamp the public consciousness with their advertising blitz, but a parliamentary committee has been doing its job in India.
The government of India in a 'Memorandum of Action Taken' of December 2003 on the 2001-02 annual report of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) of India has
Hunger has emerged as robustly sustainable in the Southasian heartland.
The prospect of free trade in the subcontinent is expected to stamp-out illegal trade and the routing of goods through third countries leading in the long-term to benefits for all in the region.
The United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child, convening for its 35th session from 12 -30 January 2004, examined the most voluminous report in the history of the
"We have sometimes to take tough decisions—even infringing some of our freedoms"
– Prime Minister AB Vajpayee,
November 11, 2002.
Jails are supposed to be reformatory in nature.
A study of the abuse of human rights and the human spirit in "democratic India" reveals the extent of the problem of lawlessness by the state, which can only become much worse when all of South Asia is taken into account. This review regarding the state of respect for human rights in India, and four
