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WHERE IS THE RISING MIDDLE CLASS?

Civic activism and our cities
‘Reforms can no longer be done by stealth, behind closed doors’
Twenty years after the process of economic reforms began, a trust deficit haunts India. Industry and community groups are ranged against each other in seemingly endless combat.
Fatehpura’s radical NREGA union
Government officials and functionaries still shudder at the name of Fatehpura taluka in Dahod, a tribal district in Gujarat.
ChildFund’s heroes are leading the way
Nanda Munda, 13, is a tribal boy who lives in a forest hamlet, three kms from Sinduria village in Kendujhar district of Odisha. His impoverished father, a migrant labourer, compelled him to drop out of school after Class 5 and put him to work. For two years Nanda grazed cattle and slaved away at a roadside dhaba.
ITIs get a makeover
At first glance the Industrial Technical Institute (ITI) in Gurgaon looks like a relic from a bygone era. You enter a large unkempt ground reminiscent of a derelict government campus. But keep going and a swathe of well-watered green lawns will surprise you.
Oscar-nominated director Ashvin Kumar, 38, has been fighting fierce battles with the establishment for months now. In 2010, Dazed in Doon, a film that recounted his days in Doon School, was summarily disowned by the very institution that had commissioned the work.
Osteoporosis or porous bones is a condition characterized by low bone mass and structural deterioration of bone tissue which leads to fragile bones and an increased susceptibility to fractures of the hip, spine, and wrist.
Boat ride to see Srinagar heritage

A new attraction awaits tourists in Kashmir this summer. A cruise service has been started which will take you sailing down the river Jhelum under bridges and along the banks of the river.
Insights and cutting edge ideas on contentious issues of today from managing cities to environment control, agriculture and new laws

March 2012

April 2012
Hall Of Fame: Celebration
Spotlight
Government schools across India have been going through a transformation under the BaLA or Building as Learning Aid programme.
Save the sparrow
Try recalling the last time you heard a sparrow tweet in your home. Buildings no longer have those nooks and crannies where little birds could nest. Faced with an acute shortage of housing and food, the homely sparrow is vanishing into the blue.
Cities and citizens
This magazine’s coverage of both the middle class and our cities goes back many years now. Our second cover story in 2003 was on Bhagidari and Sheila Dikshit and from then on we have closely tracked Resident Welfare Associations (RWAs) and other such formations in urban environments across the country.
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