The book “The World Bank in India: Undermining Sovereignty, Distorting Development” Edited by: Michele Kelley and Deepika D’Souza brings together academic discussions on public policy and the experiences of the common people of India, this collection of essays by a range of eminent scholars across disciplines tackles the problems of contemporary development policy and contributes to the ongoing debate. Read the rest of this entry »
The three day Seminar-Workshop on 16-18 August 2010 at YUVA, Mumbai which was attended by about 60 people with representations from a wide variety of social movement groups, academics, activists, NGOs and members from communities who were displaced by World Bank projects in India. Intercultural Resources was represented by PT George and Susana Barria. Read the rest of this entry »
Interview with Herman Bellinghausen at San Christobal de La casa, Chiapas, Mexico by P.T George on 8th May, 2010.
About Herman Bellinghausen: Born in Mexico City, Bellinghausen obtained his MD from the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. He has served as collaborator on the Mexican weekly magazines En Solidaridad and Mundo Médico and as an editor for Ojarasca. He is an editorialist and a correspondent who covers the state of Chiapas and the activities of the Zapatista Army of National Liberation (EZLN) for La Jornada.[1] Along with Alberto Cortés, he wrote the script for the movie Ciudad de ciegos (“City of the Blind”).
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An Independent People’s Tribunal (IPT) led by Hon’ble Justice (Retd.) A.P. Shah (Retired Chief Justice, Delhi and Mumbai High Court), Dr. Devinder Sharma (International Researcher and Agriculture Policy Analyst) and Prof. Jaya Sagade (Faculty, Indian Law Society, Law College, Pune) concluded their two-day visit and mass public hearing in the Sardar Sarovar Project (SSP) affected region in Narmada valley today evening. Read the rest of this entry »
SR. Reshmi HC
Worried over the current wave of violence in the country, 50 concerned citizens from 13 states undertook a peace march in the Naxal affected state of Chhattisgarh. Organised by Dr. Banwarilal Sharma, the march took off from Raipur on May 5 and ended at Dantewada, the hotbed of Maoist violence, on May 8. Read the rest of this entry »
The book “The World Bank in India: Undermining Sovereignty, Distorting Development” Edited by: Michele Kelley and Deepika D’Souza brings together academic discussions on public policy and the experiences of the common people of India, this collection of essays by a range of eminent scholars across disciplines tackles the problems of contemporary development policy and contributes to the ongoing debate. Read the rest of this entry »
