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No transport plan for Gurgaon?

IF you have been stuck in those endless traffic jams in gurgaon you may have wondered what the problem is. Three young men, Sachin, Sumit and Satish have the answer: Gurgaon has no public transportation plan. The three have filed right to information (RTI) applications wanting to know what the plan is and drawn a blank. They have met senior officials, including, most recently, the Deputy Commissioner of Gurgaon, and come away without a clear answer.

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Little cash saves pregnant women

THE joys of being a mother were shortlived for Rebati Harijan. When her post-delivery bleeding didn’t stop, she was taken to the nearest government- run community health centre at Khariar road. Anaemic, like most of her counterparts in the district and still bleeding, the doctor advised her blood transfusion and referred her to the district headquarters hospital 10 km away. Rebati’s family, instead of taking her to the hospital went back home because they didn’t have money. She bled and died seven days later.

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Nomads want to settle down

EVERY Indian city has its share of impoverished street ntertainers. They can make monkeys jig and bears dance, or a snake sway to a lilting flute. Sometimes in a park you will see a little girl doing acrobatics or walking on a tightrope high in the sky. Such traditional performers belong to a broad cluster of communities that come under the category of denotified, nomadic and semi-nomadic tribes (DNTs/NTs). For historic reasons these communities are amongst the poorest in India today.

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Kriti’s film club

Atiny workplace in Tara Apartments, New Delhi, comes alive every third Saturday of the month. It reverberates with discussion, debates and friendly arguments over a film that the audience has just watched. This vibrant film club started by Kriti, an NGO, in 1999, is attracting genuine admirers of socially relevant cinema across the city. Generally, documentaries are shown.

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Discovering life at menopause

MANASI Basu had trained to be a classical singer. But marriage and household duties put her talent on the backburner. Two years ago, detected with cancer, Manasi was overcome with depression. She was successfully operated and treated by her gynaecologist. Yet, the futility ofher life suddenly overwhelmed her. The fact that she was childless made her feel worse. Her gynaecologist, Dr Ratnabali Chakraborty, persuaded her to help out at awareness camps for slum women.

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Many surprises in Kerala river

A river that has come to life in Palakkad district of Kerala offers more than one surprise in its unique rebirth. This is the first ime in southern India that a river has been revived. Even more amazingly, its resuscitation has been made possible by a government organisation generally criticised for being sluggish and corrupt. Called Ahads (Attappady Hills Area Development Society) the government organisation worked with local tribals to achieve this miracle.

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Standing up for those who can’t

YOU don’t need wings to fly. Not if your name is Rajinder Johar. A senior occupational therapist working at King George’s Medical College, Lucknow, Johar did not know that his life would change forever when intruders pumped three bullets into him in 1986. One bullet hit his spine and made him a quadriplegic for the rest of his life. He was declared 100 per cent disabled, paralysed neck downwards. Yet the founder of Family of the Disabled (FOD) and winner of 13 awards,

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Kerala river springs to life

Award for Ismail in Kutch

No SEZs say Goans in one voice

A mela of ability

Flowery dyes from JU

Struggle for land in Chengara

The return of Bengal’s wondrous rice

Maldharis find bread in cheese

Fisherfolk left out in the cold

Miramar grows a sand dune

Activists get ahead with new forest law

Rescuing the little household slave

Burma activists seek campus roots

‘The opposition to big retail is growing’

Insurance for HIV breaks new ground

Roji Roti gets NREGA to work

Who will judge the judges?

Angry DU students ask for action

Lepchas grieve for their Dzongu

Cool Kashmir gets warmer

India is an easy hotspot

Buy now! Village for sale

Dharavi displacement project

NREGA flounders in Kalahandi

Chatri halts the bulldozer

Bhatti’s Ods in legal dilemma

Living with global warming

Fruits, farms thrive in Arunachal

Teaching women to earn

Santhals reject mining for organic farming

100 hawkers make their own mall

Slum wins toilet war

OrganiC AaharaM for Meerut

Canvassing for artistic freedom

School gets a herbal garden

Makaibari’s wonderful tea forest

Inspiring the village teacher

NREGA going hi-tech in Bihar

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