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EU delegation entered into controversy over discriminating Media in Orissa: A delegation of European Union to look into the situation in Kandhamal in Orissa where violence reigned for months in 2008 has been accused of discriminating between media representatives in Orissa. While the state media and representative of national media have been quite in a positive impression about the visit of European Union Delegate, a seriously discriminatory treatment to the media representatives has raised doubt over the intension of the delegation and their nations behind the tour. Basudev Mahapatra >>> Read More
In the fray of development, Angul is becoming unfit for human habitation: The comprehensive environmental pollution index (CEPI) published by central pollution control board, India has marked 23 industrial clusters of India as going unfit for habitation among which is Angul-Talcher belt of Orissa. Even though the local medical officer confirms both air borne and water borne diseases in the district caused due to pollution, and, even though, the report of Central Pollution Control Board indicates that the whole district is becoming unsuitable for human habitation, the officer of regional pollution control board doesn’t believe what has been reported in the pollution index. Basudev Mahapatra >>> Read More
Jharkhand Power Race - Money allured Voters, Scams allured Politicians: It is a fact that the politicians – be it a national or a village level player – they never go by any ethics but only by one desire – holding power by any means and exercising it for solely individual or personal benefits. And, what is more shocking is that Politicians today are rather allured by corruption and scams than giving people an option of transparent governance. This is what observers found in Jharkhand during the recent elections as the polls witnessed huge flow of unaccounted money and finally parties with completely differing ideologies (only as claimed in public) grouped together just to hold a part of power. Gladson Dungdung >>> Read More
Welcome to the killing fields of Orissa - Farmers' plight seen as a Political Phenomenon only! : "It was more like politicking with the misery and death of poor farmers than taking the farming related issues sympathetically. Over 30 farmers committed suicide in the state of Orissa primarily due to crop loss and the pressure of repayment of loans from nationalised banks and other private sources. Political leaders including the agriculture minister of Orissa and his ostrich government officials deny these to be the facts behind a series of suicide. However, experts believe that the farmers are under severe stress in the state for unavailability of suitable farm credit, reducing land holding, escalating input cost and freaky monsoon add to the distress of the farmers. HNF Correspondent >>> Read More
Copenhagen also failed to bring smile in the face of Severn Suzuki: When the temperature around the earth is rising, arctic ice and the glaciers are melting faster, sea level is rising at an alarming rate to submerge many island nations and whole of the earth is undergoing a terrible geographical change, how can the developed nations see the poor and developing countries as only vulnerable and count themselves as safe from the consequences of climate change? Basudev Mahapatra >>> Read More
Orissa soon to be the experiment ground for M-governance: InterraIT and Tatwa are working on a concept of M governance involving mobile applications in specialized fields. InterraIT’s strengths of long and varied experience of world class project delivery for Fortune 500 companies worldwide in wide spectrum of verticals and domains and exposure to the highest end technologies will now combine with Tatwa’s service experience in domestic market and their expertise and network in BPO. HNF Correspondent >>> Read More
Orissa journalists declare forum to ensure press freedom: From political leadership to the governments and the profit monger corporate houses in India, everybody with certain exercisable power or money to acquire people in power have been trying to delink the people-media interface by curbing media activism in public interest. Sujata Mahapatra >>> Read More
Making Profits From Poverty: Isn't it shocking that a poorest of the poor woman in a village, who may be only surviving on the NREGA promise of 100 days assured employment (not getting more than Rs 60 a day), has to pay a 24 per cent rate of interest if she borrows money to buy a goat, and we in the cities can get interest-free loans or loans with a minimal rate of interest for buying a nano car? Devinder Sharma >>> Read More
Condolence Controversy in Orissa Assembly: Should a non-political authority be placed as Speaker of the Assembly?: As per many of the intellectuals, the affairs in the Orissa assembly during last 2-3 sessions have hampered the dignity of a constitutional authority like Speaker of the house as there have been allegations that the chair behaved with political bias. So, now many people including intellectuals and social activists of Orissa seek a revision of the constitution and advocate for placing a non-political authority as the speaker. Basudev Mahapatra >>> Read More
Hind Swaraj 100 Years: 100 years ago (13 November 1909) M.K. Gandhi started writing HIND SWARAJ while traveling from England to South Africa. To commemorate the centenary of HIND SWARAJ an exhibition is held here in Delhi. B A Samvartha >>> Read More
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Maoist Naxalites grow in India for the double standard leadership: Even though the growing Maoist Naxalite movement has been declared illegal by the governments at the centre and the states, the political leadership of India seems to be maintaining double standard in dealing with the grassroot issues that could eliminate the Maoist threat to the country and its poor people. From some instances it becomes almost evident that the anti-naxalite measures pursued by the government are primarily motivated by corporate interests. Gladson Dungdung >>> Read More |
‘Traditional Natural Farming' would provide better food security to poor and tribal Farmers: With series of farmers’ suicide in Orissa, the question raised before planners and the government has been how the farmers can be allowed to live on farming and how they can survive on farming. Since farming, specifically crop farming, has been considered a loss making venture even in the tribal populated areas of Orissa, it’s time for the government and the experts to rely on traditional natural farming knowledge of the tribal farmers and allow them to continue with it. Achyut Das & Vidhya Das >>> Read More
Pen experiences Pain as Journalists are strategically targeted in Orissa: As per the international federation of Journalists, there can be no press freedom if journalists exist in conditions of Corruption, Poverty or fear. In Orissa, and most part of India as well, the first two conditions such as corruption and poverty do prevail. And, now the government is creating the third condition of fear by strategically targeting the journalists who alone can help eliminating the corruption and poverty by exposing the loopholes in the governance system. HNF Editorial >>> Read More
Whom the State prefers – Gandhians or Maoists !!!: Even though there has been louder slogans on tribal development echoing across the power and political corridors of Orissa and India as well, it's a known fact that the innocent tribals are often being victimised by corrupt and manipulative officials in the administration and the greedy exploitative contractors and businessmen. But still there is a hope alive under teh surface, finds Social Activist Vidya Das. >>> Read More
India - Developing to become the 'Hunger Land': The findings of FAO's 'State of Food Insecurity in the World' and IFPRI's 'India State Hunger Index' shocked the whole country, but the political leaders of India are yet to take a lesson from it and realise that taking hunger as a political concept will never provide food security to at least 230 million undernourished people of the country. Industrialisation and development against agriculture would probably bring no solution but worsen the situation. HNF Editorial >>> Read More
Glaciers of Kashmir shrinking at alarming speed: Indian Kashmir's biggest glacier that feeds the region's river system is melting faster threatening the water supply of tens of thousands of people. As per the report, the biggest glacier in Indian Kashmir, the Kolahoi glacier spread over 11 sq km (4.25 sq mile), has shrunk by 2.63 sq km in last three decades. HNF Bureau >>> Read More
A day with the odds and Marvel of Mahendra Giri in Orissa: The nauseating decline of 5,000 feet, the overlooking stretch of vast valleys across the distant township of Manjusha and Badua of Andhra Pradesh, the scores of mountain ranges which stood at a lower height from us gave us a nice vantage point to observe the celestial marvel of nature. One felt at the top of the world to be there in the first place, doing one’s job that brought smiles over thousands of people’s faces at the same time was like a silver lining in the cloud - the bounty of nature explored by Gurbir Singh >>> Read More
Tribal Communities getting sandwiched between Maoists and Police: Life in India continues to be appalling with the country ranked poorly at 134 among 182 countries, 4 lac children die within 24 hours of their birth and 40 percent children under 3 are malnourished. Who are these children? Obviously, they don’t come from the family of sunglasses, shining faces appearing in the television channels and AC lover holy cows but these are the children of Adivasis, Dalits and marginalized communities. Gladson Dungdung >>> Read More
Stop use of Endosulfan - a deadly pesticide encouraged in India: In which crops are endosulfan sprayedby indian farmers? The list is long. It is used in vegetables, fruits, paddy, cotton, cashew, tea, coffee, and tobacco and also timber crops. Even, in Bolangir district of Orissa, this poison is sprayed twice on paddy. It is also being used by farmers in Rayagada of Orissa. Debjeet Sarangi & Jagannath Chatterjee >>> Read More
Tribals must be allowed to decide how they want to live: Why should we move to the land of the tribals and grab them in the name of development? Why should we force them to leave their land and forests for our desire? Isn’t it there right to decide how they want to live their life with simple dignity? If tribal people of Niyamgiri are happy there and are living life peacefully, why are we forcing them to leave the place and move to the colonies? Basudev Mahapatra >>> Read More
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Demolish the walls of hate; Feel Gandhiji in a million smiles: White terrorism involves the babus, bureaucrats, politicians and contractors who eat the vitals of the institution they are serving and close their eyes for every thing around. For them country India is not important- what is important is their money, monthly salary, happy-home, luxury and extra perks (illegitimate income). Biraja Mahapatra >>> Read More |
Police’ Camouflage formula would restrict media persons from doing their job: The formula applied by the West Bengal Police would make a journalist face serious problems at the other end while reporting people’s issues and problems in Maoist dominated areas. The journalists would now be under Maoist scanner and would be suspected as police informer or planted by police. HNF Editorial >>> Read More
Antikythera Mechanism - World's earliest existing analogue Computer: Antikythera Mechanism Research Project' is jointly carried out by Cardiff University, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, National Archaeological Museum of Athens, X-Tek systems of U.K and Hewlitt Packard U.S.A. Pritish Pradhan >>> Read More
Eastern India Must not become a desert: The forests in eastern India are under a great deal of pressure. Population pressure, a phrase widely used in Indian media, is often blamed as the single most important cause for the retreat of the forests. I disagree with this view and would like to point out that Japan, where I live these days, despite having a population density of 339 per square km, which is higher, albeit marginally, than the population density of India at 336 per square km, has over 70 per cent of her total land area under forest cover, as opposed to a mere 20 per cent in India. Dr Nachiketa Das >>> Read More
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