21-11-2009 At the Vatavaran Environment and Wildlife Film Festival held in India’s national capital from October 27 to 31, one of the interesting subjects taken up for discussion was about how documentary films on environment issues could help change mindsets and policies. OneWorld South Asia correspondent participates in the discussion with three eminent award-winning filmmakers.
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14-11-2009 The world is going through its worst ever food crisis with over a billion people going hungry. The global economic crisis is only aggravating this crisis, says Dr Gavin Lindsay Wall, FAO India Representative. In an interview with OneWorld South Asia, he talks of the concrete steps needed to be taken to eradicate poverty and hunger.
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07-11-2009 Peace process should become a tool to achieve peace and not be seen as an instrument of delaying conflicts, says Suhas Chakma, Director, Asian Centre for Human Rights in an interview with OneWorld South Asia. It’s a misconception that human rights organisations in India do not condemn violence by armed insurgent groups, he adds.
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31-10-2009 Prakash Thosre, an Indian Forest Service officer in Maharashtra, was roped in to spearhead the National Green Corps project that has come to occupy a place among the top three states in terms of impact and value additions. In an exclusive interview with OneWorld South Asia, he talks of the project’s achievements.
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24-10-2009 Debates around climate change need to focus more on governance, integrating institutions and addressing gender inequalities than just advocating market-based technical solutions, says Dr Sara Ahmed, senior programme specialist, IDRC. On the occasion of International Day for Climate Action, she argues that the world should espouse gender-sensitive solutions for mitigation and adaptation.
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17-10-2009 This is the first of a series of articles written exclusively for OneWorld South Asia by Ananya Mukherjee-Reed, professor of Political Science and Development Studies at York University in Toronto, Canada. The series will explore several aspects of the ever-growing involvement of business in ‘development’, its effects, responses from the various social movements, and what they tell us about the current approaches to thinking about development.
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10-10-2009 India is a grossly water-inefficient country and people misuse water in every possible way, says veteran water expert Ramaswamy R. Iyer. In an interview with OneWorld South Asia, he discusses the various aspects of water and the laws related to it in the country.
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03-10-2009 Climate change poses a complex security challenge in the form of forced migration and resource based conflicts, says Dr Tobias Feakin from the London-based Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies. In an interview with OneWorld South Asia, he discusses the government’s role and challenges facing the countries.
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26-09-2009 The constitutional imperatives of parliamentary democracy, developmental administration, federalism and panchayati raj are in conflict with the regulatory structure inherited from the British, says former Indian Police Service officer and scholar Kadayam S. Subramanian. That is why the governments in independent India continue to view people as danger to the state, he argues.
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19-09-2009 Mere economic progress and moon-flights are not enough, citizens want fulfillment of basic needs, freedom of expression, and freedom to uphold truth as they see it, says John V. Vilanilam, a renowned expert in development communication, in an interview with OneWorld South Asia.
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12-09-2009 Eminent Indian economist Prof Jayati Ghosh says the proposed food security bill is more than a mere hoax; in fact, it would create more food insecurity. In an exclusive interview with OneWorld South Asia, she talks about the various problems that plague the country.
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