Why does it take disaster to evoke compassion?

Uncivil WarThe government can workThe host at the battered coastThe fisherman's mafia Nityanand Jayaraman, an independent journalist and activist, has been working on various projects in Cuddalore......

European Parliament offers to help clean UCC site

Twenty-three members of the European Parliament have, in a letter to Prime Minsiter Dr Manmohan Singh, offered supportto the Government of India in assessing environmental contamination in Bhopal,......

Be warned! RTI plea can bring cops to you

Budding RTI activist from Chennai files request with ONGC. Instead of response, the police comes asking about her.Rediff.com's A Ganesh Nadar reports. R Vijayalakshmi, 39, a first-time RTI activist......

Criticality may mean death for Kudankulam's seas

The first two units of the Kudankulam nuclear plant will discharge 6.3 billion litres of waste water every day right onto the beach. This discharge will trigger a slow-motion disaster that will......