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Should Religious Leaders Loud their Voice on Political Issues?
Friday, August 20, 2010
By Fr. Anand Muttungal Though there has not been a serious debate over whether a religious leader should enter into active politics at all, some sections of political leaders, followers of different religions and opinion makers around the globe send out their dissen...
The Cry of Wetlands in Orissa
Monday, August 16, 2010
By Bikash Kumar Pati
Wetlands are an important component of natural resource, regarded as the lifeline of the state and a grace of nature. The contribution of wetlands in terms of ecological balance as well as betterment of all living forms is incomparable. Wetlands are cons...
Elephants: Once regarded as the pride of the state are in declining trend
Thursday, August 12, 2010
By Sabyasachi Rath
It is so obvious from the Annual Reports of Ministry of Environment and Forest under the Centre and the State governments that there are miles to go with the protection and conservation of wildlife in our State. The dramatic decline in the population of w...
NGO, Administration who is the final authority?
Wednesday, August 11, 2010
The outburst of Government of Orissa on the statement of Mr Jairam Ramesh, Minister of Environment and Forest in connection with POSCO project has again raised the concern regarding interference of central government in the areas of jurisdiction of the state government. The responsibility o...
Vizag to become 2nd international airport in AP soon; Bhubaneswar neglected!!
Wednesday, July 28, 2010
To: MPs from Odisha
cc: Chief Minister of Odisha
Dear Esteemed members of Parliament of Odisha:
Recently the CM of Andhra Pradesh has stated that soon Vizag will be an international airport. Please see
Threats To Media Functioning In Orissa
Sunday, July 25, 2010
A Special Report from the Free Speech Hub of the Hoot.org
Executive summary:
The intimidation of journalists in the form of physical attacks, threats and initiation of legal proceedings against them has reached a peak in Orissa. There have been 12 physical attacks on r...
People's initiative can only restore normalcy in Orissa's Kandhamal
Thursday, July 22, 2010
By Hemant Naik, Kandhamal District is a scheduled district mostly inhabited by the people from indigenous communities with distinct culture, language, tradition, faith, customary practices and livelihood dependent on forest and other natural resources. Out of the total population...
Cure Worse Than Disease: MGNREGA payment woes: bad to worse?
Tuesday, July 20, 2010
To check corruption under the MGNREGA, the Centre is routing funds through banks and POs. But this has resulted in delayed payment and loss of faith in the system among people. Pradeep Baisakh argues the case for the earlier cash payment system.
“Apply for work, get work,...
An Agricultural Disaster in Waiting?
Saturday, July 17, 2010
Orissa has prepared an agriculture plan where crop loans exceed total value of estimated total yield. This kind of an approach has gone to the making of the Draft Climate Change Action Plan. The plan does precious little to save agriculture from threats, including those from climate c...
Water for Industries: Beyond the Law of Humanity
Saturday, July 17, 2010
Report by Bikash Kumar Pati; When public opposition for water diversion to industries from River Mahanadi is forming nucleus for a wider movement, always a question arises in mind that why always industries are superseding the interest of the common in Odisha? When the state Gove...
Celebrating Diversity And Inclusiveness In The Age of Consent
Sunday, July 04, 2010
One year ago, on July 2nd 2009, a Delhi High Court division bench of Chief Justice AP Shah and Justice S Muralidhar said "We declare that Section 377 IPC, insofar it criminalizes consensual sexual acts of adults in private, is violative of Articles 21, 14 and 15 of the Constitution." It upheld one o...
Make Food Security Act effective
Saturday, July 03, 2010
By Achyut Das & Vidhya Das
What does right to food mean - does it mean endless entitlements for the various underprivileged and vulnerable groups, does it mean the right to gorge yourself as and when you want, or does it mean, just the exact amount of food that will a...
A school at work!: A new ray of hope for migrant child labourers…
Saturday, June 26, 2010
By Pradeep Baisakh, Odisha
Sunita Tandi, the eight-year-girl from Jharani village under Tureikala block of Balangir district in Odisha has migrated to Bomalaramaro area of Nalgonda district in Andhra Pradesh. She came along with her parents who have gone in Octob...
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