Despair, haplessness everywhere: no succour in sight

March 23, 2007

I have just recently come back from Yavatmal. This is the district in Maharashtra that is the epicentre of suicides …

Wither governance?

November 19, 2006

There was a time when I used to be proud to be a Mumbaikar, or Bombayite as the case may …

February 14, 2006

The homepage of the website of the Ministry of Tribal Affairs, government of India has lovely pictures of tribals in …

February 8, 2006

Romantic films and books have long eulogized utopian ideas of villages in India being homogenous societies. The idyllic, innocent, rural …

February 6, 2006

The one aspect that hits the observer in the face is the vast amount of government funds being spent in …

January 20, 2006

As the Padayatra wends its way through the drought affected regions of Marathwada, one sees more and more misery caused …

January 16, 2006

“These *&^$#@@# politicians… all they care about is their power… no one gives two hoots for our development…. Our lives” …

January 1, 2006

In Jan-Feb 2006 GreenEarth anchored a padayatra across Maharashtra on the issue of Drought. I wrote a series of updates …