Mahatma a Failure in South Africa

The just-concluded Asian Social Forum (ASF) saw a unique confluence
of grassroots social movements, people's organisations and radical
NGOs which interrogate globalisation and counterpose equality, human
rights and justice to the shop-worn agendas of transnational big
business.

Confederation of Human Rights Organisations (CHRO) complaint to
Kerala Chief Minister on threat to well-known Writer, Paul Zacharia,
from followers of Mata Amrithanandamayi.

It is weird but true that prime criminals always quote Mahabharata
self-righteously in vindicating themselves and justifying their
crimes perpetrated ostensibly against someone or something evil.

Fundamental Issues in Privatisation and Corporatisation of Water
in India

Company refuses return of Bhopal waste

Greenpeace says Dutch police have detained about 20 of its members as
they protested against US chemical firm Dow Chemical.

The more the rulers of countries like Pakistan and India emulate,
collaborate with, or strain to demonstrate their loyalty to,
hegemonic powers like the United States, the more they caricature
themselves-and mock at their own national interest.

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD

It is not the first time that mullahs in a
far-flung village in Bangladesh have warned women against going out
to vote in upcoming elections, but critics say the latest such calls
show how hard it is to counter the issuance of misguided "fatwa" or
"religious edicts".

January 8, 2003-Journalist and human rights activist Shahriar
Kabir, who had been detained for one month on suspicion of conducting
"anti-state activities," was released yesterday.

A&N ADMINISTRATION REFUSING TO IMPLEMENT ORDERS OF THE SUPREME COURT THAT WILL BENEFIT THE INDIGENOUS PEOPLES AND FORESTS OF THE ISLANDS.

Jan 14, 1-3 PM
15 KW Bilgaon Micro-Hydel Project
Inaugaration by Shri R.R.Patil, Rural Development Minister, Government of
Maharshtra.

Jaggi Singh, a Montreal based activist and
organizer, was kidnapped today in Jerusalem by a group of undercover
Israeli police officers. He was on his way to visit a friend, and was arrested as he arrived at his friend's apartment.

Finnish court layers are using illegal methods to jail innocent members of public.

India aims to deport 20 million Bangladeshis

Islam without Illusions

Forcible marriage case: Police fail to track Kanchan Mishra. Poornima Advani is Missing .

Environment Resource Management, London in a study of the Perungudi dumpsite has clearly certified the garbage as most suitable for composting rather than for burn-based technologies. This is the sanest waste management concept but foreign multinational companies perceive Indian waste as a market for their failed technologies. Waste is a problem that can only be solved by people’s participation not by quick fix technologies.

I am sure it was not lost on the Kenyan population that when the IMF/World Bank dictates placed upon Daniel Moi's dictatorship to charge school fees for primary education moved to 40% of children between the ages of 5 and 14 into child labor