Pluralities

The conflict in Kashmir seems to be unending and the way it is being handled by our armed forces, especially the CRPF is further aggravating it. Unfortunately still it is being addressed primarily as a law and order problem and the aspirations of people and their problems hardly matter. Our armed forces go on violating human rights and they know only to kill.

On the introduction of Genetically Modified (GM) crops in India, Dr Sahai has been asking for greater technical competence, transparency and public participation in the regulatory process dealing with GM crops

No one will dispute the fact that social reforms are urgently needed with breath taking changes taking place all around in our society. But two questions become important in this respect: 1) what is the role of state and 2) what is the role of religion? There are people who insist that state should play an active role and usher in these reforms. Secondly there are people who think religion can hardly be helpful and instead it becomes an obstacle in social change

The Garo Hills, the site of famous Balphakram National Park and Nokrek Biosphere Reserve, in Meghalaya is facing threat of deforestation due to illegal mining of resources like coal, limestone and recently uranium mining by NPCIL

The largest minority of the world i.e. women still struggles for their basic rights and denial is justified through various religious and political processes. The report tries to explain the complex dynamics of religion and politics and their gender implications. The cross cultural nature of study have added various dimensions and perspectives

Orissa, the richest state in terms of mineral wealth, remains the most backward state in terms of development. The benefits of development havenot trickled down to the poor. The fact finding team under Dr. K.S. Subramanian surveyed the districts and revealed the striking ground realitie

Interview with Dr. K.S. Subramanian, Former DGP (Retd.) on the ongoing and growing problem of Naxal violence in India which is regarded as the one of the major internal security threats which India is facing at present. The interview tries to explore the different dimensions of causes and resolutions of this internal conflict

Interview conducted by Helga Neumayer of Frauensolidarität. Supported by HBF, Ranja Sengupta, Fellow- Centre for Trade and Development (Centad), has conducted sectoral research on the gender impact of EU-India FTA. The research studies are available on our website.

The following an interviews with Dr Shahid Ahmed, Senior Economist earlier with United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) – India. It raises questions of gender justice in trade.