Roughly 40% of all under-nourished children under 5 years of age live in India. This report by Sam Mendelson and Dr. Samir Chaudhuri dismisses many prevalent myths about child malnutrition in India and points to real solutions. Even after a decade of galloping economic growth, child malnutrition rates are worse here than in many sub-Saharan […]
Anuradha’s Update on the Sunanda Gandhi / Avani School
July 21, 2010 by 2 Comments
From Kolhapur / July 20, 2010: Namaste! I would like to update you all on the projects we have been involved in of late with Scott, Jean and Tushar. A donor provided seeds and labor to cultivate the lower part of our land during the monsoon. Therefore, around one acre of land has been occupied […]
Spare the Child and Spoil the Rod!
July 19, 2010 by 1 Comment
Guest Blog by Iti Rakshit in Kolkata Child abuse is a common phenomenon in many developing countries. To protect child rights India recently passed a bill to ban corporal punishment in schools. In a country where less than half the number of children goes to school, it is ironic that crimes committed by school teachers against […]
Eliminate Child Labor Now
July 8, 2010 by 1 Comment
Guest Blog by Sreeja in Mumbai: Whether due to the fear of being boycotted by large US stores like WalMart, JC Penny or GAP, or whatever might be the compelling forces, the decision of the Indian apparel exporters to formulate a code to eliminate child labour from Rs 46,000 core garment export business is highly […]
Spinning Khadi for Peace
June 26, 2010 by 2 Comments
Gandhi’s vision of “swaraj” or self-rule was centered in part on the rejuvenation of the village organized around the spinning of cotton, which also had the political goal of freeing India from its artificially created dependence on British textiles produced in Manchester.
Communal violence legislation, a matter “of life and death”
June 17, 2010 by Leave a Comment
06/15/2010 18:12 INDIA Communal violence legislation, a matter “of life and death” for millions of Indians » by Nirmala Carvalho India’s federal Home Affairs minister is seeking quick approval for the Communal Violence Bill, which will impose harsher penalties on those guilty of stoking inter-religious conflict. Read more on AsiaNews.it
Nature works: Self-Adaptive Systems
June 17, 2010 by Leave a Comment
Arun Maira: Self-Adaptive System Nature works as a complex web of billions of independent parts that work across permeable boundaries towards a common goal. The future organization will have to do the same. Read more on Forbes
Berklee Visits Kenya for Scholarship Auditions
June 17, 2010 by Leave a Comment
EDUCATION: Berklee Visits Kenya for Scholarship Auditions and Music Education Events Berklee College of Music, the world’s leading institution for the study of contemporary music, will visit Kenya for the second straight year to hold events that include auditions and interviews (A&I) for scholarship opportunities, music education outreach, workshops, and clinics for area musicians and […]
Health Highlights: June 11, 2010
June 14, 2010 by Leave a Comment
Health Highlights: June 11, 2010 Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by the editors of HealthDay: Read more on HealthDay via Yahoo! News Ban employment of kids in agriculture: NGO New Delhi, June 11 : As the nation observes World Day Against Child Labour Saturday, NGO Child Rights and […]
Gujarat can light up all of India: Narendra Modi
June 14, 2010 by Leave a Comment
Gujarat can light up all of India: Narendra Modi Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi Sunday claimed that his state has the capacity to light up the entire nation. Read more on Calcutta News Andhra Pradesh CM moots 6-point plan for excellence in school education Hyderabad, Jun 12 : Andhra […]
Nonviolence and the Pursuit of Truth
June 14, 2010 by Leave a Comment
The best way to understand Gandhi’s philosophy of nonviolence is to first understand the extent of the violence we practice, consciously or unconsciously,
Charity concert
June 13, 2010 by Leave a Comment
Charity concert Famous sarode player, Aashish Khan, is playing an exclusive concert at the Bhavan in Castletown Road, Kensington. Read more on My Village Kensington
NGO launches action week before child labour day
June 13, 2010 by Leave a Comment
NGO launches action week before child labour day Child rights organisation, Bachpan Bachao Andolan (BBA), Wednesday said they have launched an India Action Week 2010 during which raids are being conducted in factories, eateries and other places and child labourers are being rescued. Read more on Calcutta News
Indian kids labour in fields in hazardous condition: Survey
June 13, 2010 by 1 Comment
Indian kids labour in fields in hazardous condition: Survey More than half-a-million children below 18 years of age have been working under hazardous condition in cotton and vegetable fields in five western and southern Indian states, a report said Friday. Read more on Calcutta News Sunil Chacko: US-India Business Council Celebrates Its 35th Anniversary Hundreds […]
Paul Vallely: All praise to the stiff upper lip
June 13, 2010 by Leave a Comment
Paul Vallely: All praise to the stiff upper lip Once he was every schoolboy’s hero. I am gender-specific here deliberately, for what was celebrated in Scott of the Antarctic was a kind of manliness, which then went out of fashion. Modern heroes do not have “of” in their name in the way they did in […]