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Bloggers Blocked After Mumbai Blasts

owuseditors — Mon, 24 Jul 2006 12:53:11 -0400

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.

American Students Get Taste of Real India

owuseditors — Mon, 05 Jun 2006 11:29:17 -0400

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.

Indian NGOs Demand More Humane Approach to Development

owuseditors — Fri, 28 Apr 2006 20:44:39 -0400

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.

Coke Slammed at Shareholders Meeting for Practices in India

owuseditors — Thu, 20 Apr 2006 14:15:06 -0400

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.

India: Hunger Strike Ends as Court Rules for Locals in Dam Dispute

owuseditors — Mon, 17 Apr 2006 12:40:57 -0400

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.

Many More Join Protest and Hunger Strike over Indian Dam Project

Jeffrey Allen — Sun, 09 Apr 2006 16:23:49 -0400

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...