The South Reports

Connect with us:
Home » Archives: development

  2. Kerala’s e-toilets

    Posted by
    / January 21, 2012 / Leave a comment
    My first reaction is I hope they would work even at the time of the frequent hartals and bandhs in Kerala. The first state in India to establish e-toilets, 450 of them by the end of March, promises that they would be on par with health and hygiene standards of...

  3. Orissa’s water bodies reborn

    Posted by
    / September 29, 2011 / Leave a comment
    By Piyush Ranjan Rout   This is an example of how local initiatives through better access to knowledge can restore  precious water bodies. The place I am talking about is in Berhampur city, located in south Orissa, about three hours from Bhubaneswar and Visakhapatnam. Before independence, ponds and irrigation channels...

  4. Planning in progress

    Posted by
    / September 11, 2011 / Leave a comment
    By Narasimha Reddy   Montek Singh Ahluwalia (MoSA) has long-term plans. For the next five years, MoSA wants to increase private participation in every sphere of Indian life. He has constituted more number of Working Groups, for this coming 5Y Plan than before. Even the kind of working groups have...

  5. “My name is Telangana”

    Posted by
    / July 25, 2011 / 3 Comments
    By Uma Sudhir I first saw it inside the hospital complex at Nizam’s Institute of Medical Sciences (NIMS) in Hyderabad in December 2009, when TRS leader K Chandrasekhar Rao was on fast inside NIMS. The Andhra Bank counter there was rechristened as `Telangana Bank’ by pro-statehood votaries. Now as the...

  6. Orissa’s David vs Goliath battle

    Posted by
    / June 24, 2011 / 1 Comment
    Images from Dhinkia in Orissa, where villagers are battling the might of the state. The pictures tell you the story. For details, please read Sampad Mahapatra’s blogs on the Posco stand-off. (Photographs courtesy : www.countercurrents.org)

  7. The crisis in handloom

    Posted by
    / April 16, 2011 / 2 Comments
    By Narasimha Reddy   In Andhra Pradesh, handloom weavers are facing problems. Most are leaving their profession, shutting down their looms and work. However, they do not find alternate, suitable employment, and are in a difficult situation. Many of the families are debts ranging from Rs.10,000 to Rs.1,50,000. This crisis...

Archives