What can a dissident do in a democracy of our variety? This question has been engaging me for quite some time. I have seen impressive rallies for Peace against...
ARDC's recent press release has been receiving interest from the media, and so far it has been picked up by: KTVU Television, San Jose Fox Station, 4-11-03; ...
Looks like the extra-judicial killings (no more limited to the only the ones alleged to be naxalites) and the lawlessness in AP has become quite concerning. ...
It is argued these days by many that lack of 'IT-enabled-citizens' services' is a serious lacuna in India and that if only every citizen has a proper...
Eenadu of 26th May carries a news item to the effect that BJP has officially demanded that the Government must implement reservation for economically backward...
For a very moving descrition of the ongoing migration from rural areas of Andhra Pradesh, please read Sainath's article in the Hindu of 1st June. Here is the...
Here is the link to the second and concluding part of the set of articles that appeared in the Hindu. (Incidentally Andhra Pradesh happens to be one State that...
As you may know, a delegation of 6 Senators, led by John McCain, visited Iraq and Afghanistan last week. Win the Peace has proposed that they follow up their...
Here is an editorial that describes efforts of an NGO 'Sakti', working for tribal empowerment in West Godavari, East Godavari and Khammam districts: Southlink...
http://www.pucl.org http://www.pucl.org/Topics/Human-rights/2003/kannabiran.htm Threats to the Life and safety of family of Mr. Kannabiran, National President,...
This group values human life and therefore condemns the attack on Chief Minister without any hesitation. It does not condone the severity of equally...
Media have reported large number of claims in the electoral list of Andhra Pradesh. There is a lot to learn from the experience of MKSS (Mazdur Kisaan Shakti...
World social forum meetings are taking place in Mumbai from 16th to 21st of January.Details can be seen at www.wsfindia.org The Charter of Principles of WSF as...
There has been a view that communists of various hues should unite.This view keeps getting expressed time and again, despite overwhelming evidence that shows...
In case you are interested: There is an active discussion going on about WSF and globalization at voiceofindiagroup@yahoogroups.com Please join in if you have...
Centre for Economic and Social Studies (www.cess.ac.in) has brought out an edited book titled "Andhra Pradesh development: Economic reforms and challenges...
'Centre for Environment Concerns' is an NGO, piloting the idea of giving food security to the poor by supply of rice on credit basis. This NGO(3-4-142/6,...
Dear friend, A nice discussion on terrorism was initiated by Anshumala recently at voiceofindiagroup@yahoogroups.com. Not many have brought in the human rights...
So much of violence is caused by armed groups who do not believe in the kind of elections we have now.This violence ranges from threatening elected people of...
Yes I agree with u velugu_t. velugu_t <no_reply@yahoogroups.com> wrote:So much of violence is caused by armed groups who do not believe in the kind of...
I agree with your views. I want to suggest that the Law should be amended to recognise the right of 'dissent' or 'no choice' by making the following changes: ...
I too think it is a good idea to have a "none of the above" button in the Electronic Voting machine. I am sure a vast majority of indian citizen would welcome...
I hope the new Government will assure and ensure that fake encounters will not continue. Securing human rights is not a one- time step, but series of steps in...
The issue of increasing number of suicides of farmers cannot be ignored. It cannot be explained away merely as something prompted by the new Government's...
At least the following 16 laws seem to govern moneylending for Agriculture in Andhra Pradesh: 1. Andhra Pradesh Pawn Brokers Act, 2002 which has repealed the ...
The Hindu carried an editorial titled 'Women in Science' on 12/6/2004.It mentions,"Women account for 30 per cent of the doctoral degrees that are awarded by...
July 15 issue of 'Down to earth' carries an interesting article about village Punukula in Khammam district. For about two years, the village has avoided using...
Many human rights groups have rightly opposed the death sentence given to Dhanunjay Chatterjee. He was convicted of raping a minor girl and murdering her...
IF YOU ARE A HUMAN This article is about Human beings, Democracy, UNHCR, Refugees, The Iraqis, Islam, Kurds, Human rights, Respect, Money, Donations, Angelina...
