I was involved with India’s Right to Food Campaign since its inception in the early 2000s. These articles offer brief reflections on the campaign and my involvement in it. To know more about the campaign, please visit the campaign website (www.righttofoodindia.org).
Articles on Right to Food Campaign
Jharkhand police: Enquiry or cover-up in Lalit Mehta’s murder case?
Published by June 17th, 2008 in India, NREGA and Right to Food Campaign. 1 CommentA report by the Dy. Commissioner, and SP Palamu indicates that police in Palamu is not serious about pursuing Lalit Metha’s murderers One of our colleagues, Lalit Mehta, was brutally murdered in Palamu, Jharkahand recently. A sloppy report has prepared by the Deputy Commissioner and the SP, Palamu indicates that the Jharkhand police is either [...]
Murder of Lalit Kumar, NREGA activist in Palamu, Jharkhand
Published by May 23rd, 2008 in Governance, Human rights, India, NREGA and Right to Food Campaign. 2 CommentsIn one of the worst cases of attack on an NREGA activist, Lalit Kumar was murdered this week in Palamu Right from the word go combating corruption in the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) has been a major agenda of activists of the Right to Food Campaign. Needless to say, it brings activists into [...]
Being young in a social movement
Published by July 3rd, 2007 in Right to Food Campaign and Social Movements. 1 CommentYoung people contribute a lot in social movements…but what is their status in them? It looks like there is a large attrition of young people from social movements in India, and perhaps elsewhere. I guess a part of it must be for financial and professional reasons. But that is clearly not the whole story. Social [...]
America’s New Deal & India’s Employment Guarantee Act
Published by June 25th, 2007 in Governance, India, NREGA, Right to Food Campaign, Right to food and Social Policy. 2 CommentsComparisons are often drawn between the New Deal in USA and the Employment Guarantee Act in India (NREGA). One programme of new deal comes close to NREGA – Civilian Conservation Corps The Government of India passed the all-important National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) in 2005 (for an intro click here). Whenever I mention it [...]
Papers and Reports I was involved in
Published by February 21st, 2007 in Books, articles & talks, My research, Naan fiction, Right to Food Campaign, Right to food and Social Movements. 0 CommentsThe right to food has been my main academic preoccupation so far. The following are some of my pieces (many co-authored) on various themes surrounding the issue. Citizens’ Initiative for the Rights of Children Under Six. 2006. Focus on children under six. Delhi: Circus. This report looks at the status of children under six, and [...]
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