Tag: India

  • AIB365: It’s Your Fault

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    Every sexual assault case in India inspires a string of stupid and hateful remarks against women. This is our response to those remarks. Check us out at: http://www.facebook.com/IndiaBakchod AIB 365 is a weekly sketch show from India’s edgiest, politically incorrect comedy collective AIB. AIB comprises of Tanmay Bhat, Gursimran Khamba, Rohan Joshi, Ashish Shakya.  

  • Indian Farmers Learn From Past Mistakes

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    Tan Cheng Li writes about a growing number of farmers in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu who are returning to the old way of chemical-free cultivation of crops: YONG Weng Thing was amazed when he saw the field of spinach. Being a farmer himself, he knows good quality stuff when he sees it and…

  • For Your Enjoyment

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    A R Rahman::Ruth Aa Gayi Re

  • Chhattisgarh state launches “Organic Farming Mission” in India

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    This is how government policy influences the market in a positive way.  Imagine how much different our agricultural landscape would look in the US if we adopted the same practices on a large scale. RAIPUR: In a bid to boost organic farming in state, Chhattisgarh government, on Friday, launched an ‘organic farming mission’ in districts…

  • Lord Ganesha Synonymous With Beginning of Any Work

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    On the boldsky blog, Sanchita Chowdhury explains why Lord Ganesha is worshiped before beginning any task: According to the yogic perspective, anything we do has to fall under one of the two categories: material or spiritual. It is believed that Lord Ganesha rules the ‘muladhara chakra’ of our body. ‘Muladhara’ is the interface between the material…

  • Anti-Mystic Activist Killed in India

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    Looks like these “men of God” felt Dr. Dabholkar was a pretty big threat to their mumbo jumbo.  Not a very mystical way to act. From The New York Times World desk: NEW DELHI — The police on Wednesday detained a member of Sanatan Sanstha, a right-wing Hindu organization, in the killing last week of an…

  • Janmashtami Holds Special Place Among All Hindu Festivals

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    Sanchita Chowdhur posts about the special place Janmashtami holds among all Hindu festivals: Janmashtami or the birthday of Lord Krishna has a huge spiritual significance in Hinduism. As the legend goes, Lord Krishna was born in the darkness of night, inside a cell of a jail where His parents were locked up by his cruel…

  • Organic cultivation: learning from the Enabavi example

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    By: M. J. Prabu Reposted from The Hindu: Is it possible to get a good yield without using chemical fertilizers? Will a shift to organic affect our food security? Can we manage insect pests without using pesticides? Will organic cultivation still be profitable for farmers? These are some of the often asked questions by farmers…

  • America Exporting Poisons to Rest of World

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    Reposted from Salon.com: After eating a school lunch that was made with cooking oil tainted with the toxic pesticide monocrotophos, 23 Indian children were recently killed. While the media has highlighted the widespread use of highly hazardous chemicals in India and subsequent health effects, what’s largely unreported is the role that the United States has played — and continues…

  • Agrochemical Companies and their stockholders the only ones who need genetically engineered crops

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    In the opinion section of Pambazuka News, Ali Masmadi Jehu Appiah, a Chairperson for Food Sovereignty Ghana, asserts, “The only people who need genetically engineered crops are the foreign seed and agrochemical companies and their stockholders.”  He provides a compelling argument for why Ghana should reject genetically engineered Bt cotton: After several years of apparent short-term success in…