Failure in NimarANNIE ZAIDIBt cotton farmers face heavy losses in Madhya Pradesh but the State government is doing little to help them.
Silent victims of silicosisANNIE ZAIDIA large number of quarry workers die a slow death without any compensation from their employers, having no proof to link their illness to the conditio
For a legal deterrentANNIE ZAIDIRECENTLY a young filmmaker presented the country with Matrubhoomi, a film with a grim warning, that we might become a nation without women. Most peopl
Missing girls of MorenaANNIE ZAIDIDespite a crackdown in February on sex determination tests, ultrasound machines at nursing homes and clinics in Morena district in Madhya Pradesh are
The charm of civil servicesANNIE ZAIDIRUNNING a nation's civilian affairs is no mean task, given the challenges of administration in a situation marked by extreme poverty and social confli
Indelible memoriesANNIE ZAIDI AMAN SETHIIt is easy for a nation to forget the violence that it committed on its minority groups and move on, but for the victims the trauma never ends.
Images of conflictANNIE ZAIDIOsian's Cine Fan, a film festival focussing on Asian cinema, captivates audiences in Delhi and provides a platform for independent filmmakers to expre
Seeds of despairANNIE ZAIDIThe draft Seeds Bill seeks to dilute all the safeguards provided by the Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers' Rights Act, 2001, to the farmer, wh
Quota troubleANNIE ZAIDIThe Aligarh Muslim University finds itself at the centre of a controversy after the Central government approves its decision to reserve 50 per cent of
The great Indian family A strict population control policy sounds good on paper, but it ignores sociological correlations.
SlideshowThe hungry river Villages in West Bengal’s Malda and Murshidabad districts live under the constant threat of river erosion that eats up their homes overnight.
