Will Sister Valsa John's sacrifice go waste?

The killing of Sister Valsa John over tribal rights is another episode of land dispute in the coal belt, writes Sreelatha Menon Why would 40 people kill a solitary nun in a remote village in......

This is Team India's movement: Arvind Kejriwal

Arvind Kejriwal, social activist and founder member of the India Against Corruption, tells Sreelatha Menon their biggest mistake was not to give room to other issues and voices when support for the......

Unlike 2004, India is today READY to face a tsunami

The early warning system gives Indian authorities sufficient time for action, says Gyan Varma & Sreelatha Menon An earthquake struck twice near Indonesia, with an intensity of 8.5 on the Richter......

'A single law cannot remove corruption'

The very people whom you would imagine to be supporters of Anna are against him for being exclusivist, high handed, and a stooge for right wing parties, writes Sreelatha Menon Over 2,500 people......

Why Kejriwal calls NREGS a joke

NREGS has no place in the scheme of things that Kejriwal prescribes for the nation in his book Swaraj, says Sreelatha Menon. The National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS) is the only......

FDI does not benefit any country: Madhav Gadgil

Madhav Gadgil headed the Western Ghats Ecology Expert Panel set up by the ministry of environment and forests in 2010. The report zoned 75 per cent of the Western Ghats into different grades of......

How Kerala is improving healthcare for the poor

Kerala has used the Centre's Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana to the advantage of its government hospitals, says Sreelatha Menon. Workers in the taluk hospital in Cherthala in Kerala got an......

'Barefoot' lawyers to help the poor in AP

Andhra Pradesh sets up centres to provide legal help to the poor caught in land disputes; the model may be replicated in other states, says Sreelatha Menon. There are those who have land and those......