Women contribute maximum to Indian Economy, but are still neglected: Women contribute 63 percent to agricultural production, in their hands lie the welfare of the whole family and society; they are the keepers of the commons and the indigenous seed heritage of the country. Yet, they are almost completely in the unorganized sector (71%) having no assets or economic security. Even though Indian economy is growing at a rate of 9%, 52% of women of the country suffer from malnutrition; they go hungry even when the granaries are full and overflowing. Sujata Mahapatra >>> Read More

Odisha Civil Society demands CBI Probe into the Pipili Gang Rape Case, seeks review of all rape cases by independent agency: As the Pipili gang rape case has placed Odisha in the headlines again for a wrong reason, series of cases of rape almost frequently in different parts of the state has started uproar from political and non-political circles. Expressing dissatisfaction over the stand and the actions taken by Odisha government in the direction of controlling such shameful incidents, the Civil Society members along with members of all opposition political parties today staged a rally and submitted a memorandum to the governor of Odisha demanding CBI probe into the alleged gang rape and attempt to murder of a girl from Pipili and seeking review of all the rape cases reported across the state. Memorandum submitted by "Odisha Gana Samaja" >>> Read More

Climate Change Impact may force Olive Ridley marine turtles to abandon Odisha beaches for mass nesting: Higher degree of coastal erosion has started to threaten the tradition of annual nesting activity by Olive Ridley marine turtles as the nesting grounds are being squeezed alarmingly and the coastal vegetation that plays a vital role in providing food to lakhs of mother turtles is vanishing rapidly because of inundation of sea. In regard to this season’s nesting activities, things look uncertain for most space of the regular nesting grounds are now submerged in the Bay of Bengal. Basudev Mahapatra >>> Read More

Imprisoned by Profit: It seems the blogger looks at farmer suicide as numbers which make her say that “one” suicide is not news and “many” suicides are news. “How many deaths does it take to be a massacre?”- Derrida is said to have asked in the closing hours of his life and is said to have answered the question as “One.” News worthiness, according to the blogger, is decided by the media itself. Media as she sees is a private enterprise and has its own “business prospects”. B. A. Samvartha (Sahil) >>> Read More