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Overcoming mental trauma in disaster zones |
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In the tsunami-hit areas, a unique model for providing psychological help and care to the survivors was evolved. A community approach was adopted to provide mental health support to people, jointly by state ministries of social welfare and health, local voluntary groups and international agencies. Community level workers were trained to identify people needing mental health support. They informed local health workers attached to the sub-centre, who could provide necessary help. Both community worker and health worker maintained records of persons needing help and details of consultations. Those requiring constant help and medical treatment were sent to referral hospitals., ( ) |
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Insurance scheme lifts poor out of health debt trap |
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Pushpa of Vyasarajpura village in Mysore district, recently delivered a baby in a primary health center near her village. About a week after coming back home she accidently hit a stone slab near her house and suffered a head injury. Pushpa was back in the hospital. This time it was the taluk hospital at Thirumakudalu Narsipura, abbreviated as T Narsipura or T N Pura.
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Dhanuks help keep Ganga free of floating bodies |
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A silent change is taking place at the burning ghats on the banks of Ganga in Kanpur and surrounding areas. Cremators working in these ghats for centuries are now discouraging people from floating bodies in the river and persuading them to instead bury them- a practice unheard of among Hindus in the North. The change is a result of sustained efforts to prevent people from dumping dead bodies so that the river does not become a floating morgue.
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Traditional leather goods survives globalisation threat |
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Intro- In a derelict city that is dotted with relics of a bygone industrial dominance, it is a pleasant surprise to see a production sector not only surviving but thriving. If closed gates and long, serpentine walls of defunct textile and jute mills are a grim reminder of the city's great industrial past, busy leather units in different parts of Kanpur are indicators of a globalised economy., () |
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Between hope and despair in Bhopal |
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The hapless victims of Bhopal gas tragedy might have got some compensation but justice has still not been delivered to them. Experts feel that the terms of settlement with Union carbide have been faulty and the culprits have been allowed to go scot free. Twenty years have passed since the tragedy took place but no one really knows how long thousands of victims will have to wait for the justice.
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FDI upsets Bangalore’s kirana traders |
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India's Silicon Valley is turning out to be a favourite place for showdowns on globalisation. First it was Cargill Seeds, then Kentucky Fried Chicken, and now it is foreign direct investment in the wholesale trade of agricultural commodities.
The entry of German multinational Metro Cash and Carry (MCC) in the wholesale marketing space has raised the hackles of food-grain merchants, members of the Agriculture Produce Marketing Committee (APMC) as well as large retailers of other goods.
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Empowering panchayats from the skies |
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"Why higher officials and state government departments don't take note of resolutions passed by Gram Panchayats? We passed a resolution refusing to give a no-objection certificate for setting up arrack shops, but the Excise Department issued licenses."
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Labour outsourcing flourishes as agarbathi industry goes global |
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This former princely state can rightly be called the country's fragrance capital. One can smell rose, jasmine and sandalwood in the lanes and bylanes of this town. But the smell is not all that inviting in hundreds of villages in the interior parts of Mysore district that form the backbone of the multi-billion rupee agarbathi industry of not only Karnataka but the entire country., () |
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Irrigation brings disease to the Thar desert |
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Kewal Ram is the lone technician in the dusty pathology lab of the primary health centre (PHC) at this remote village in the Thar desert in Rajasthan. This place is just a few km from the border with Pakistan on one side, and the site of nuclear tests at Pokharan on the other. , () |
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A field laboratory for digital technologies |
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Tikawali (Haryana): It may not be a blockbuster like Amir Khan’s “Lagaan”, but the first digital film made by enthusiastic youth and elders of this non-descript village is no lesser saga of exploitation and struggle., () |
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