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Dow denies succour to Bhopal despite its new-found environmentalism
Posted by: proloykbagchi
Bhopāl :: India | updated 2012-08-29 05:00:03 -0700 | humanitarian-news
Before the commencement of the 2012 Olympic Games in London, the gas-affected people of Union Carbide, Bhopal and their several organisations mounted a protracted campaign against the Dow’s sponsorship of it. The Dow funded the £7 million wrap around the...
Return of the "Darkness"
Posted by: proloykbagchi
Bhopāl :: India | updated 2012-07-28 06:06:28 -0700 | lifestyle-news
Looking around one comes across a kind of darkness that seems to be descending on the country. It is somewhat like what the Nobel Laureate, VS Naipaul, described in his travelogue, “An Area of Darkness”, but, perhaps more forbidding as...
Planet Earth near tipping point
Posted by: proloykbagchi
Bhopāl :: India | updated 2012-07-04 00:50:10 -0700 | green-news
Despite a dire warning issued by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) about the catastrophe that Planet Earth was headed for, the recent United Nations Rio+20 Conference at Rio de Janeiro on sustainable development proved to be a damp squib....
India's corrupt health administration
Posted by: proloykbagchi
Bhopalgarh :: India | updated 2012-06-04 03:42:28 -0700 | health-news
All is surely not well with the Health Administration of the country. The other day two shocking revelations were made in the press. One of them related to detection of serious irregularities by the Parliamentary Standing Committee on health and...
It's time to give up food
Posted by: proloykbagchi
Bhopāl :: India | updated 2012-05-17 04:40:51 -0700 | health-news
A time seems to have come when people should give up cooking. A recent report said that a domestic LPG cylinder is soon going to cost Rs. 996/-, virtually a thousand rupees, for those who have an income of more...
Checking urban sprawl the US way
Posted by: proloykbagchi
Bhopāl :: India | updated 2012-07-21 01:56:00 -0700 | odd-news
Urbanisation is a phenomenon that is closely linked to industrialisation and modernisation. More and more people are flocking to urban centres seeking well-being and prosperity. There is no gainsaying the fact that urban areas are centres of economic opportunities and...
