Pursuing its social welfare agenda with a renewed vigour, UPA-II is all set to change the nomenclature of its flagship National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA).
To be called the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, an amendment in the law is likely to be introduced during the coming Winter Session of Parliament.
Bidi is a leaf-rolled cigarette made of coarse, uncured tobacco, tied with a string at one end. Bidis (beedis or biris) dominate the smoking market of India
Gandhi's Hind Swaraj is more than a political text. It is an ontological drama staged by Gandhi, reflected in his treatises against "modern civilisation", and his critique of "modernity".
Gandhi has legions of admirers, but he has also been the target of severe, even virulent, criticism from numerous perspectives. Though Gandhi still commands veneration from many, he is also someone everyone loves to hate.
THE enormous changes taking place across the globe in the field of science are bound to unleash new forms of violating ordinary order of life. This is perhaps already very much obvious in all walks
Environmentalist Anil Agarwal, founder of CSE (Centre for Science and Environment), booming with concern, fighting to strike a balance between environment and development.
"A million Gandhis are not a problem but if you have a million Clintons, it's a big problem"
As a ten-year old child, Dhanua of Koylala was taken to the johad to obtain the blessing of the residing deity. The water in the johad was still and blue. When he got married at the age of 20, he
Development policies based on Gandhian philosophy, rather than consumerism, are the best bet for tackling current environmental and development problems
