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Monthly Archives: June 2013

in the wake of Uttarakhand…

June 29, 2013 · by m rajshekhar | tagged Arunachal Pradesh, Corruption, Hydelpower, Oligarchy, PPPs, Rivers | 1 Comment

As the recent Uttarakhand disaster has shown, the relationship between development and the ecology cannot be regarded as a zero sum game. Not in this country, at least, which will soon be the most populous, and one of the countries likely to be the worst affected by climate change. Yet, state after state is brushing […]

too much coal in too few hands

June 14, 2013 · by m rajshekhar | tagged Coalscam, Corruption, Oligarchy | Leave a comment

So far, debates over Coalgate have been an exercise in selective attention. In the early days, most discussion pivoted around the UPA’s decision to allot blocks through the screening committee, and not auctions. The spotlight then settled on politicians whose family members got coal blocks, before moving to the UPA’s inspired attempts to vet what […]

a trip to southern chhattisgarh

June 4, 2013 · by m rajshekhar | tagged Chhattisgarh, Journalism, Naxalism | 2 Comments

i just got back from a week-long trip to southern chhattisgarh. if you, dear reader, hail from india then you almost certainly know the context for this trip. late last month, left-wing extremists (naxals, for the rest of this post) ambushed a convoy ferrying leaders of the congress party in chhattisgarh. about 27 people died, […]

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