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National Role for India`s Veterans

Learning from USA's veterans.

(NEW DELHI) - With deepening strategic ties between India and USA, there is also increased military-to-military contact for training and inter-operability.

Both India and USA are democracies, one the largest and the other the oldest, both with volunteer militaries statutorily under civilian control. Just as the two democracies have much to learn from each other, so too, have their respective militaries and their respective veterans.

Prosperity, Dreams and Human Costs

Prosperity, Dreams and Ideals.

(NEW DELHI) - The word prosperity most frequently refers to increase in material wealth. Not so often, it refers in a wider sense to all round development of individuals and society, with justice and social equity being the corner stone.

There is perhaps no society, past or present, in which all sections of people have become prosperous, especially in the latter sense.

A Rare Event in Troubled Times

All the people who participated in the movement against the Chamalapura Thermal Power Plant hereby warn any government that may come in the future, not to undertake such destructive, anti-people projects.

(NEW DELHI) - In present times, barring ritual voting in elections, the will of We the People of the Republic of India rarely receives recognition.

A people's victory is rarer still in today's dispensation by central or state governments which are imposing on the people, a pattern of development that is increasingly being questioned.

Children Show the Way

Kids from Dhinkia, Gadkujang, Govindpur and Nuagaon villages teach adults lessons.

(NEW DELHI) - The people and especially the village children in Jagatsinghpur District in Odisha have shown the nation how people matter over governments' plans for development of business corporations at their cost.

The children “illegally” lay down on the hot earth under in the blazing summer heat and refused to move to allow entry to government officials to take over forest land and their villages for the POSCO mega-project.

`International Day in Support of Victims of Torture`
Remember the Tamil Genocide

Just two years ago, even today, the Tamils of Sri Lanka are suffering torture but denied a world stage.

(SALEM / CHENNAI) - As we approach the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, it is paramount that we direct our sharp attention toward the recent Genocide in Sri Lanka.

Occurring just over two years ago, it is so recent that no accurate figures exist regarding the true number of victims. Today, the Tamil Hindu and Christian survivors live in constant peril; occupied by Sri Lanka's Sinhalese Buddhist army.

AID Condemns Police Intimidation and Unlawful Land Acquisition in Jagatsinghpur Odisha

AID urges the government to heed the voices of the villagers and to uphold the rule of law.

(COLLEGE PARK, Md.) - Thousands of residents of Dhinkia and Gobindpur, including hundreds of children, have been peacefully lying on the ground in the searing heat to protect their homes, lands and livelihoods as the police continue to enter their lands by force.

Serious questions remain concerning the clearance granted to acquire the land of the villagers.

Release of ESG Study on Impacts of POSCO`s India Project

“Tearing through the Water Landscape: Evaluating the environmental and social consequences of POSCO project in Odisha, India”

(NEW DELHI) - On 2nd May 2011, Indian Environment and Forest Minister Jairam Ramesh finally approved the diversion of over 3,000 acres of forest land, of the 4,000 acres demanded, for a steel-power-port complex of the POSCO India project.

Earlier, Ramesh had approved the environmental and coastal regulation zone clearances that the project had secured in 2007, even though all these clearances were obtained by fraud, and thus illegal...

Nation`s Conscience Must be Awakened to Anti-POSCO Struggle

Tackling corruption must begin by scrapping the scandalous POSCO project.

(NEW DELHI) - The brutal police action unleashed by the UPA Government on Baba Ramdev's fasting camp in Delhi has shocked the nation’s conscience; even the Hon'ble Supreme Court has taken suo moto cognisance of the blatant disregard for fundamental rights, and questioned the Government raison de d’etre to so quell dissent.

Most mainstream political parties have jostled with each other to gain attention in condemning the incident.

Dark Side of Giving: The Rise of Philanthro-Capitalism

The Gates influence and stranglehold on global institutions and mechanisms in healthcare are quite evident.

(NEW DEHLI) - A few years ago, Paul Kagame, president of Rwanda, had a chance meeting with Som Pal, former member of the Planning Commission and earlier minister of state for agriculture, and was bowled over by his sage-like views on developmental issues.

The Bucket List: Spiritual Notes from the Popular Media

What are your answers to the Two Questions?

(PHOENIX, Az.) - From the day of its release, "The Bucket List" was bound to be a box office hit. How could a film miss in which Morgan Freeman and Jack Nicholson jet around the world participating in activities most people only dream of?

To be honest, it wasn’t action like sky diving or race car driving, or even the spectacular scenery, that enthralled me. It was the banter between the two stars that piqued my interest and sometimes even made the film a spiritual experience for me.