Mainstream Weekly

Influx of Refugees and Humanitarian Crisis in Europe

Sheetal Sharma — 2015-10-19T19:41:34Z

The ugly face of human tragedy was unfolded when the world saw shocking images of the lifeless body of three-year-old Syrian boy, Alyanc Kurdi. Alyan's five-year-old brother Galip, and mother Rehan, aged 35, too met the same fate along with other twelve Syrian refugees as their boat capsized while attempting to reach the Greek Island of Kos. The pictures of the toddler went viral on the net, and appeared in the newspapers the world over. The pictures were distressing and caused outrage at (…)

- 2015

Missing Greens the European Way: Ideology - based Politics

Sheetal Sharma — 2013-08-12T11:28:59Z

With less than a year for Lok Sabha elections and only a few months left for Delhi State Assembly elections, politics and party dynamics have accelerated and soon would be in full momentum as soon the campaign begins. There are many ifs and buts related to seen and unforeseen consequences of who wins and who does not. Campaigning in India usually looks more like a drama to woo voters rather than a serious effort to sensitise the masses about the real issues. Once the campaign starts one will (…)

- 2013

Whither Reservations?

Sheetal Sharma — 2010-06-27T20:05:20Z

As the final phase of the intake of OBCs quota in educational institutions—such as central universities, IIMs, IITs, AIIMS, institutions funded or managed under the aegis of the Central Government—is going to be accomplished in the coming session, there is a sense of satisfaction that another step has been taken for the upliftment of the socially backward sections of society. Hitherto, the backward castes and communities have been denied any attempt to rise socially; thus it is our (…)

- 2010

Locational Disadvantage

Sheetal Sharma — 2008-04-27T15:00:54Z

By now discussing advantages and disadvan-tages of establishing Special Economic Zones (SEZs) is nothing new. What is new is that what was being discussed so far in theory and debates has now started to show its consequences in reality. Here is one instance. Pelpa is a small village in Jhajjar district in Haryana bordering Delhi and Gurgaon. A little more than a year ago hundreds of acres of land, belonging to the landed in Pelpa and neighbouring villages, was acquired by the State (…)

- April 26, 2008

Displacing Livelihoods

Sheetal Sharma — 2007-11-03T17:21:12Z

Human displacement, whether in response to war (civil and ethnic), natural disaster, economic opportunity, or building of infrastructure within countries, is the key issue in contemporary discussions of population movements. These movements include displaced, political and economic refugees, migrants, and exiles who move across and within national boundaries, as well as those forced to relocate in response to infrastructural development such as economic zones, power projects, dam (…)

- November 3, 2007