Perhaps, never in the history of the world has there been any head of state who could be as confident of his governance as India’s Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is. Singh has committed not to charge any tax if anybody in the government system from a clerk in any government or semi-government department to any…
Biodiversity suffers when the planet’s biocapacity cannot keep pace with human consumption and waste generation. The ‘ecological footprint’ tracks this in terms of the area of biologically productive land and water needed to provide ecological resources and services like food, fibre, and timber, land on which to build, and land to absorb carbon dioxide (CO2)…
October 4, 2010: Sporting a Reebok tracksuit and Nike sneakers, Shyam is looking happy serving water to the guests who have turned up for the opening ceremony of the Commonwealth Games (CwG); after all, it is his first job and he is being paid nicely to do so. Shyam does not own anything that he…
Two days ago, a CauseBecause contributor from Toronto flashed a news story saying: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, in a bilateral meeting, told US President Barack Obama that New Delhi is working towards getting rid of chronic poverty, ignorance and disease, which still afflict millions of people, and that it looks forward to US support in…
The Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act (AFSPA or the Act) has now been in force for five decades in states in India’s northeast. It was enacted on August 18, 1958, as a short-term measure to allow deployment of the army to counter an armed separatist movement in the Naga Hills. Similar laws were also applied…
Corporate social responsibility as an affirmation of a company’s good intention and goodwill is largely accepted by now. CSR is not just a ‘can do’ option; it is a strategic imperative now, and will become an even stronger imperative as the days pass by. As more companies realize the importance of addressing social and environmental…
The dark dumping spaces in India are expanding at a far greater pace than the hole in the Ozone, and their negative repercussions are more immediate as compared to the latter. The problem is large and the issue intense. The country’s image, presented wrongly or otherwise, of ‘just pee or dump anywhere’ is being exploited…
