Who is responsible for Swine flu?

2009-05-02 Thread sudeshku...@jharkhand.org.uk
Swine flu. Bird flu. Mad cow disease. SARS. These diseases have all spread from animals to humans in one form or another. But animals aren’t to blame for outbreaks of animal-borne diseases – humans are. Our demand for meat means pigs, turkeys, chickens, cows and other animals must be mass

INVITATION: A day of solidarity with NREGA activists and protest against state repression on 14 May 2009

2009-05-02 Thread dr prabir chatterjee
INVITATION: Lalit Mehta Sahadat Divas A day of solidarity with NREGA activists and protest against state repression  On 14 May 2008, Lalit Mehta was brutally murdered in Palamau District, just as a social audit of NREGA was about to begin in the area. One year later, on 14 May 2009, a public

The Tragedy of Farmers Suicides in India

2009-05-02 Thread Mallika Chopra
This ongoing tragedy in India is hardly some faraway global event, but a terrifying manifestation of a simple truth that many of us would rather ignore or forget: all of us are directly responsible for the present state of this ailing planet, and all of us directly responsible for finding a

First family of Congress party is a target for probe

2009-05-02 Thread J.venkata subramanian
First family of Congress party is a target for probe. Who will probe first family's billions? S. Gurumurthy (New Indian Express, 30 April 2009, page 9) When it comes to the topic of funny money stashed in foreign banks, why has the Congress party observed a studied silence over the years, almost

Foolish Political Petitions Damaging Our Credibility

2009-05-02 Thread Ravinder Singh
Foolish Political Petitions Damaging Our Credibility    Friends, There are perhaps over 1000 Small Political Parties operating in India but due to lack of leadership and competent professional advice causes more harm to polity of India than any good. We failed to achieve anything. What we have

Re: Is Greenpeace NGO backed up by Science or emotion?

2009-05-02 Thread Arnab Sen and Nitish Sinha
I would urge the writer to support this claim with credible evidence. References to the IUCN and Marine Turtles Group reports are required to substantiate this claim. As far as I know the promoters of the Dhamra port, particularly the Tata group has an abysmal record in CSR and corporate