Development Dialogues

We at Development Dialogues are constantly trying to expose what lies beneath the glitzy exterior of 'development' the world over. The blog was started as an archive for the articles and reports pertaining to the land acquisitions in West Bengal and India. The scope of the blog has since been expanded to include resistance movements against state and corporate repressions from around the world.

Friday, January 30, 2015

The voracious land-eaters

By Ranabir Samaddar http://www.dnaindia.com/analysis/column-the-voracious-land-eaters-2056647 By paving the way for land acquisition,...

Tuesday, January 27, 2015

The Barefoot Conservator

http://www.ruralindiaonline.org/articles/the-barefoot-conservator-debal-deb/ By Chitrangada Choudhury Debal Deb’s 1000-and-gro...

Thursday, May 30, 2013

The fear of democracy

http://www.indiatogether.org/2006/dec/psa-ambedkar.htm In the English media, the 50th Ambedkar anniversary rated at best as a traffic pro...

The discrimination 'curriculum' in M.P.'s schools

http://www.indiatogether.org/2007/dec/soc-caste.htm Schools are meant for making better citizens out of our children but in the Dewas ...

Niyamgiri gets some time to breathe

http://www.indiatogether.org/2013/may/env-niyamgiri.htm The battle between Sterlite Industries and tribal communities over mining in...

Kerala loses its precious Kenis

By Shree Padre http://www.indiatogether.org/2013/may/env-keni.htm Keni, the miraculous mini well of adivasis of Wayanad in Kerala,...

Life in no man's land

By Shoma A Chatterjee http://www.indiatogether.org/2013/may/rvw-char.htm On a fragile island spread across 150 kms at the border ...

Sunday, May 19, 2013

Let's tackle inequality head on for development after the MDGs

This is the greatest growing development challenge, and the UN panel still haven't got to grips with it properly http://www.guardia...

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