Privatisation of garbage collection leaves the waste pickers, already on the fringes of society, vulnerable to exploitation.

The debate over 'cashless payments' misses the real point: What we really need is health insurance for all, not just the few people in cities who can afford high premiums and meet absurd 'cherry picking" conditions. And such a system is not only feasible, it exists in many countries.

The debate over 'cashless payments' misses the real point: what we really need is health insurance for all, not just the few people in cities who can afford high premiums and meet absurd 'cherry picking' conditions. And such a system is not only feasible, it exists in many countries.

Interest in Lokpal has revived, thanks to UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi's diktat on fighting corruption. Here is the lowdown on a watchdog that neither the political nor the administrative executives want.

More than 40,000 Jhodias, the 'principal tribe' of Orissa's Kashipur, find themselves disenfranchised for reason's nobody's willing to admit or accept.

This Rajasthan village has its own website, thanks to its journalist-turned-sarpanch.

More than 40,000 Jhodias, the principal tribe of Orissa's Kashipur, find themselves disenfranchised for reason's nobody's willing to admit or accept.

Interest in Lokpal has revived, thanks to UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi's diktat on fighting corruption. Here is the lowdown on a watchdog that neither the political nor the administrative executives want.

The National Commission for Human Resources in Health Bill proposes some bold reforms in medical education but stops well short of a comprehensive cure.

Socialist thinker and leader Surendra Mohan's last interview.

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