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View Article  Bloggers Blocked After Mumbai Blasts
India's fast-growing community of 'bloggers' and Internet users was in for a rude shock when it found favourite sites blocked out in the wake of the serial blasts in crowded trains that killed 200 commuters in the western port city of Mumbai, last week.   more »
View Article  American Students Get Taste of Real India
Seven University of Michigan students got a taste of the real India recently--water problems, low literacy, poor infrastructure, ill-managed cities, and rural poverty.   more »
View Article  Indian NGOs Demand More Humane Approach to Development
Nearly 2,000 people marched Friday under Delhi's blazing summer sun to protest government policies that are causing people to lose their homes and land across India in the name of economic development.   more »
View Article  Coke Slammed at Shareholders Meeting for Practices in India
As the level of anger and resentment against Coca Cola touches new heights throughout India, rights activists in the U.S. have increased pressure on the company to mend its ways of doing operations in rural areas.   more »
View Article  India: Hunger Strike Ends as Court Rules for Locals in Dam Dispute
Indian human rights activist Medha Patkar ended her 20-day-old fast Monday after the Supreme Court of India said it will halt construction of a dam on the Narmada river if the government does not appropriately compensate displaced people.   more »
View Article  Many More Join Protest and Hunger Strike over Indian Dam Project
Medha Patkar
The hunger strike led by Indian civil rights leader Medha Patkar got a boost Friday--two days after she was forcibly hospitalized by the Indian government--as student unions, academics, and other organizations joined the protest over the Indian government's failure to properly compensate tens of thousands of farmers displaced by floodwaters from a rising dam...   more »