India Together: Succumbing to stone-cutting – 01 February 2004
Gopal Krishna reports on the heavy price being paid by stone-cutters of the Lalkuan area of New Delhi. 01 February 2004 – Narayani, Chanda and Ghashi are battling for their…
India Together: Reaching out with valuable technology – 01 February 2004
This IIT Kharagpur professor’s vision is to remove the digital divide between the visually impaired and the sighted world. Rasika Dhavse profiles Anupam Basu and his innovation, Sparsha. 01 February…
India Together: India needs another freedom struggle! – 01 December 2003
This time for public health and hygiene. Ramesh Menon interviews Bindeswar Pathak, the founder of Sulabh International Social Service Organisation. 01 December 2003 – He wanted to be a lecturer.…
India Together: The dirty dozen – 01 December 2003
A Toxics Link report on Persistent Organic Pollutants and the challenges for India. 01 December 2003 – Of all the pollutants released into the environment every year by human activity,…
India Together: Testing healthcare reforms in U.P. – 01 December 2003
Allegedly in the midst of a major reform effort, the Uttar Pradesh healthcare system shows itself to be woefully unprepared for an outbreak of dengue. Abhijit Das reports. 01 December…
India Together: Killing them slowly – 01 November 2003
The Nalgonda uranium project proposal in Andhra Pradesh has serious health concerns. Is it in the public interest for AP to grant a license to Nalgonda uranium project? Buddhi Kota…
India Together: Undone by HIV-AIDS – 01 November 2003
Swapna Majumdar reports on the continuing ostracism that women and children face as a result of their illness. 01 November 2003 – Urmila was always inclined to help others less…
India Together: Two children, countless wrongs – 01 October 2003
Simply suspending the human rights of poor women cannot improve a suddenly over-anxious system. Abhijit Das warns against adopting reactionary population policies, and urges more investment in health instead. 01…
India Together: Public services, private anguish – 01 October 2003
The poor never follow the rules of good health, we often hear. But the rules, in fact, are no guarantee of safe health in a system that is poorly regulated…
India Together: A revolution in infant survival – 01 October 2003
A non-governmental organization has been responsible for the dramatic plunge in the infant mortality rate in Gadchiroli district of eastern Maharashtra, reports Rahul Goswami. 01 October 2003 – It took…