New Internationalist

South Asia

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Re-colonizing Africa?

India’s plans to buy up land in Africa are shameful, says Mari Marcel Thekaekara.

Filed in: Africa India

Dow’s toxic waste heads for Mumbai

Environmentalists protest authorities’ shoddy disposal of hazardous waste from Bhopal. Jack Laurenson reports.

Filed in: Disasters India

Norway snatches Indian children from their parents

Two young Indian children have been taken into care in Norway because their mother fed them with her fingers. Mari Marcel Thekaekara is appalled.

Filed in: Children Ethics Human Rights India Norway

Olympic countdown: ‘200 days left to dump Dow!’

As a new campaign kicks off, London 2012 organizers are challenged to drink Bhopal’s ‘clean’ water.

Filed in: Disasters India

Grave concerns over security laws in Kashmir

A grim discovery has exposed the military’s abuse of draconian powers in a culture of impunity, says Freny Manecksha.

Filed in: Human Rights Kashmir Military

Death by spider: deforestation in Pakistan

A strange phenomenon is worsening an already dire situation for the country’s trees, says Syed Hamad Ali.

Filed in: Disasters Environment Forests Pakistan

Justice for Bhopal: stop Dow Chemicals’ sponsorship of London Olympics

The Bhopal disaster cost tens of thousands of lives, and blighted half a million. Alan Hughes asks why the company now liable is sponsoring the Olympics rather than paying compensation.

Filed in: Corporations India

Supermarkets battle for India's soul

India is allowing direct foreign investment, and the supermarkets are sharpening their knives, writes Mari Marcel Thekaekara.

Filed in: India Trade

Novartis vs India: the court will decide

Generic Indian drugs are saving lives around the world. But if the Supreme Court rules in favour of Big Pharma, all that could change.

Filed in: Health India Pharmaceuticals

Bangalore’s urban agriculture boom

Mari Marcel Thekaekara on how Bangaloreans, fed up with soaring vegetable prices, are growing their own organic food.

Filed in: Agriculture India

Chicken à la injection

Wild stories fly around about chicken farming but the reality remains less than wholesome, says Mari Marcel Thekaekara.

Filed in: Agriculture India

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