People pay when health facilities are neglected

THE shortcomings in public healthcare are now showing up more starkly than ever. Disease burdens are rising and ...

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‘Himalayas on the verge of a crisis now,’ says Ravi Chopra

Civil Society News, New Delhi

WHEN he set up the People’s Science Institute (PSI) in Dehradun all of 40 years ago, Ravi Chopra, ...

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In a Kolkata hospital : ‘I can’t give you a glass of ...

Aiema Tauheed, Kolkata

THE resting room in the School of Digestive and Liver Disease at the SSKM Hospital is cramped and ...

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Dogs, monkeys and disability rights

Civil Society News, New Delhi

MATTERS pertaining to dangers emanating from snappy street dogs continue to do the rounds of the courts with ...

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When a smart ‘Young Tinker’ comes to the IIC

Civil Society News, New Delhi

WHEN Anil Pradhan earned a degree in civil engineering in Bhopal you could say he had safely transitioned ...

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Pahadi bands make merry as people tire of DJs

Rakesh Agrawal, Dehradun

THE wedding took place in Kalsi, a plateau perched up in the hills, in Dehradun district. The bride, Sangita ...

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