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<channel><title>Human Times - pbagchi</title><link>http://www.humantimes.com</link><description></description><pubDate>Tue, 7 Feb 2012 09:29:12 +0800</pubDate><generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.5</generator><language>zh-cn</language><ttl>30</ttl><item><title>India's hungry and rich exist side by side</title><link>http://www.humantimes.com/worldinneed/asia/20120201/60373__india_s_hungry_and_rich_exist_side_by_side.shtml</link><description><![CDATA[ A national daily presented the other day two contrasting pictures of India. On its front page were the findings of a research indicating the extent of hunger and malnourishment in the country and... ]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 1 Feb 2012 02:25:50 +0800</pubDate></item><item><title>The Dow and Bhopal gas tragedy</title><link>http://www.humantimes.com/headlines/asia/20120114/60372__the_dow_and_bhopal_gas_tragedy.shtml</link><description><![CDATA[ 
The row over Dow chemical sponsorship of the London Olympics 2012 has, of late, assumed larger proportions. While the Indian government asked the Indian Olympic Association to lodge a protest with... ]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 14 Jan 2012 02:28:58 +0800</pubDate></item><item><title>Millions of foreign nationals - a big drain on Indian exconomy</title><link>http://www.humantimes.com/politics/Asia/20111223/60371__millions_of_foreign_nationals_a_big_drain_on_indian_exconomy.shtml</link><description><![CDATA[ A group of 140 overstaying Pakistani Hindus have expressed the desire to remain in India and make Delhi their home. They came to India from Sindh on tourist visa and for fear of being targeted are... ]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 23 Dec 2011 02:36:16 +0800</pubDate></item><item><title>The curse of "Paid news"</title><link>http://www.humantimes.com/politics/Asia/20111129/60370__the_curse_of_paid_news_.shtml</link><description><![CDATA[ 
&ldquo;Paid news&rdquo; has drawn its first blood. A sitting legislator, Umlesh Yadav, of Uttar Pradesh assembly has been disqualified by the Election Commission of India (EC) from contesting any... ]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 29 Nov 2011 01:48:56 +0800</pubDate></item><item><title>The great Indian ferment</title><link>http://www.humantimes.com/politics/Asia/20111024/60367__the_great_indian_ferment.shtml</link><description><![CDATA[ India these days seems to be in ferment. If one picks up a newspaper one gets hit by headlines that certainly do not bode well for the country, at least, not in its immediate future. While one can... ]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 24 Oct 2011 07:28:29 +0800</pubDate></item><item><title>Indian iconic lake threatened</title><link>http://www.humantimes.com/tech/environment/20111008/60356__indian_iconic_lake_threatened.shtml</link><description><![CDATA[ Bhopal, the capital of the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh, could have been such a beautiful city. It was endowed with everything a place could aspire for &ndash; green hills and valleys,... ]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 8 Oct 2011 06:46:58 +0800</pubDate></item><item><title>The Indian "Class of 2011"</title><link>http://www.humantimes.com/losangeles/politics/Asia/20110907/60352__the_indian_class_of_2011_.shtml</link><description><![CDATA[ 
The current year has been a year of protests. The &ldquo;Jasmine Revolution&rdquo; of Tunisia was the beginning of it all. It was an intensive campaign of civil resistance, including a series of... ]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 7 Sep 2011 07:28:59 +0800</pubDate></item><item><title>Pristine beauty of Nort Kashmir</title><link>http://www.humantimes.com/travel/diariesadventures/20110829/60351__pristine_beauty_of_nort_kashmir.shtml</link><description><![CDATA[ The other day a photograph and a write up below it in a national newspaper rang a faint bell. It depicted children playing around in caves in what it called the &ldquo;Kalaroos area&rdquo; in North... ]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 29 Aug 2011 04:31:15 +0800</pubDate></item><item><title>India's "Tiger State" loses it sobriquet</title><link>http://www.humantimes.com/naturalworld/animalworld/20110815/60349__india_s_tiger_state_loses_it_sobriquet.shtml</link><description><![CDATA[ 
That Madhya Pradesh lost the sobriquet of &ldquo;Tiger State&rdquo; after the last national tiger census conducted in 2010-11 is now history. Having had the largest number of tigers during the... ]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 15 Aug 2011 05:37:48 +0800</pubDate></item><item><title>Death of India's small change</title><link>http://www.humantimes.com/finance/financialmarkets/20110721/60348__death_of_india_s_small_change.shtml</link><description><![CDATA[ The Indian central bank, the Reserve Bank of India, had been making quite a song and dance about the 25 Paise coins ceasing to become legal tender from the 30th June this year. It had been asking... ]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 21 Jul 2011 05:15:35 +0800</pubDate></item><item><title>Kashmir in environmental peril</title><link>http://www.humantimes.com/tech/environment/20110703/60346__kashmir_in_environmental_peril.shtml</link><description><![CDATA[ 
As the plane came to a halt at the Srinagar Airport one of the cabin crew denied us exit from the rear door. She said passengers had to go out through the front door as the Airport had an... ]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 3 Jul 2011 03:27:46 +0800</pubDate></item><item><title>India needs German help in solar power</title><link>http://www.humantimes.com/tech/environment/20110620/60342__india_needs_german_help_in_solar_power.shtml</link><description><![CDATA[ 
During her day&rsquo;s sojourn in India earlier this month on the invitation of the Indian Prime Minister Angela Merkel, Chancellor of Germany, held inter-governmental consultations, quite... ]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 20 Jun 2011 07:39:36 +0800</pubDate></item><item><title>Bhopal gas-leak: Investigative agency tries to make amends</title><link>http://www.humantimes.com/tech/environment/20110426/60333__bhopal_gas_leak_investigative_agency_tries_to_make_amends.shtml</link><description><![CDATA[ The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) the other day admitted in the Supreme Court that it made a &quot;mistake&quot; in approaching it late for restoring stringent charges in the Bhopal gas... ]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 26 Apr 2011 05:01:21 +0800</pubDate></item><item><title>The cricket overdrive</title><link>http://www.humantimes.com/london/sports/professional/20110409/60327__the_cricket_overdrive.shtml</link><description><![CDATA[ 
It has almost been like carpet bombing &ndash; the media hype during the recent International Cricket Council (ICC) Cricket World Cup of one-day internationals that was recently played out in the... ]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 9 Apr 2011 04:00:41 +0800</pubDate></item><item><title>WikiLeaks cable reveals Manmohan's shady deals</title><link>http://www.humantimes.com/politics/Asia/20110330/60321__wikileaks_cable_reveals_manmohan_s_shady_deals.shtml</link><description><![CDATA[ 
That voters in India are routinely bribed in cash or kind is a well-known phenomenon. In Tamilnadu according to WikiLeaks, it is commonplace, as indeed it is elsewhere in the country. Indians are... ]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 30 Mar 2011 04:18:34 +0800</pubDate></item><item><title>Venal politics subverts Indian democracy</title><link>http://www.humantimes.com/politics/Asia/20110316/60307__venal_politics_subverts_indian_democracy.shtml</link><description><![CDATA[ 
The Outlook magazine, a popular national weekly, has been publishing excerpts from the taped conversations of Niira Radia, the now (in)famous lobbyist of, inter alia, the House of Tata, with... ]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 16 Mar 2011 06:54:54 +0800</pubDate></item><item><title>Mining prohibition in forests in India under attack</title><link>http://www.humantimes.com/tech/environment/20110227/60299__mining_prohibition_in_forests_in_india_under_attack.shtml</link><description><![CDATA[ In India systems that are installed are seldom worked. There are numerous examples but, in the immediate context, the example of the Ministry of environment &amp; Forests (MoEF) should suffice.... ]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 27 Feb 2011 07:11:43 +0800</pubDate></item><item><title>India's oil mafia claims another victim</title><link>http://www.humantimes.com/politics/Asia/20110216/60297__india_s_oil_mafia_claims_another_victim.shtml</link><description><![CDATA[ 
The other day something very unusual happened in the state of Maharashtra. Almost all its officers, numbering around 150,000 went on a day&rsquo;s strike. They were protesting against killing of... ]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 16 Feb 2011 05:59:02 +0800</pubDate></item><item><title>Yhe spurious in India</title><link>http://www.humantimes.com/headlines/asia/20110131/60296__yhe_spurious_in_india.shtml</link><description><![CDATA[ 
The other day the Bhopal edition of a national daily reported a raid on a local manufacturing unit of spurious Unani medicines. Unani is a traditional system of medicine which has been practiced... ]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 31 Jan 2011 07:25:36 +0800</pubDate></item><item><title>Chinese national park- an example for India</title><link>http://www.humantimes.com/tech/environment/20110121/60290__chinese_national_park_an_example_for_india.shtml</link><description><![CDATA[ 
China is generally known for the environmental degradation that it has wrought in its various regions in its quest for rapid economic growth. Reports of extensive desertification, contamination of... ]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 21 Jan 2011 05:24:24 +0800</pubDate></item><item><title>The Tiger Summit and the "Tiger State"</title><link>http://www.humantimes.com/tech/environment/20110101/60278__the_tiger_summit_and_the_tiger_state_.shtml</link><description><![CDATA[ With as few as 3200 tigers in the wilds of the world as many as thirteen tiger-range countries met in November 2010 in Tiger Summit in St. Petersburg in an effort to save the species.  They... ]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 1 Jan 2011 06:43:48 +0800</pubDate></item><item><title>Of malls, hypermarkets and consumerism</title><link>http://www.humantimes.com/tech/environment/20101205/60266__of_malls_hypermarkets_and_consumerism.shtml</link><description><![CDATA[ The other day our entire family visited Hyper City, the new hyper-market in the premises of the mall known as DB City. Promoted by a big vernacular media group, the Mall is situated close to the... ]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 5 Dec 2010 06:08:27 +0800</pubDate></item><item><title>A tigress dies to reveal state apathy</title><link>http://www.humantimes.com/tech/environment/20101013/60197__a_tigress_dies_to_reveal_state_apathy.shtml</link><description><![CDATA[ An NGO, &ldquo;Udai&rdquo;, led by Shehla Masood, a wildlife activist has been seeking action against those who were responsible for the death of a tigress in the famed Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve in... ]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 13 Oct 2010 06:53:09 +0800</pubDate></item><item><title>Second Mumbai airport - another view</title><link>http://www.humantimes.com/tech/environment/20100927/60181__second_mumbai_airport_another_view.shtml</link><description><![CDATA[ Recently the members of parliament (MPs) representing all hues from Mumbai displayed rare unity when, together, they met the Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh. At stake was the clearance of the... ]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 27 Sep 2010 07:50:43 +0800</pubDate></item><item><title>The "Silver tsunami"</title><link>http://www.humantimes.com/health/fitnessnutrition/20100914/60171__the_silver_tsunami_.shtml</link><description><![CDATA[ 
Ever since I crossed 70 I have been apprehensive of the future. With the rising life expectancy I just do not know how long I am going to live. The government from which I retired more than a... ]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 14 Sep 2010 06:55:30 +0800</pubDate></item><item><title>Needed enhanced ecological literacy</title><link>http://www.humantimes.com/tech/environment/20100901/60152__needed_enhanced_ecological_literacy.shtml</link><description><![CDATA[ 
That ecologically India has been facing tough times has been known for some time. Things have not been happy and what is perhaps more forbidding is that they are going to become more difficult in... ]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 1 Sep 2010 04:43:00 +0800</pubDate></item><item><title>Cheetah in India</title><link>http://www.humantimes.com/naturalworld/animalworld/20100819/60131__cheetah_in_india.shtml</link><description><![CDATA[ After prolonged deliberations Government of India has decided to reintroduce the Cheetah in the country. As many as eighteen cheetahs will be sourced from Africa and will be introduced into three... ]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 19 Aug 2010 06:52:25 +0800</pubDate></item><item><title>Innocents caught up in climate-change jam</title><link>http://www.humantimes.com/tech/environment/20100801/60127__innocents_caught_up_in_climate_change_jam.shtml</link><description><![CDATA[ Not many would have heard of the Nenets who inhabit the Yamal Peninsula in the Arctic Circle between the Kara Sea and the Gulf of Ob. I too hadn&rsquo;t until I came across a feature on them in... ]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 1 Aug 2010 04:51:17 +0800</pubDate></item><item><title>GDP growth with growing poverty</title><link>http://www.humantimes.com/headlines/asia/20100721/60125__gdp_growth_with_growing_poverty.shtml</link><description><![CDATA[ 
The forecasts for India&rsquo;s high economic growth have been coming thick and fast. Only late last year the Paris-based Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development predicted a 5.9%... ]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 21 Jul 2010 03:29:46 +0800</pubDate></item><item><title>Solar power is the best bet</title><link>http://www.humantimes.com/tech/environment/20100623/60122__solar_power_is_the_best_bet.shtml</link><description><![CDATA[ 
Recently we had a 16-hour power outage commencing from midnight until 4.00 next afternoon. The inverter saw us through the hot and stuffy night but it, too, lost its energy by the next afternoon.... ]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 23 Jun 2010 02:57:37 +0800</pubDate></item><item><title>A leeson from China</title><link>http://www.humantimes.com/homes/experiences/20100603/60119__a_leeson_from_china.shtml</link><description><![CDATA[ 
The Time magazine, in one of its issues, before Barak Obama was to visit China in 2009, made a mention of a few things that he could learn from the Chinese. Among them were the Chinese habit of... ]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 3 Jun 2010 04:47:05 +0800</pubDate></item><item><title>The multimillion rupee bribes</title><link>http://www.humantimes.com/headlines/asia/20100523/60117__the_multimillion_rupee_bribes.shtml</link><description><![CDATA[ 
One wonders whether it is just coincidence. In at least three recent cases three different individuals were nabbed for asking for and accepting bribes of Rs. 2 crore (Rs. 20 million). Manjit Singh... ]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 23 May 2010 02:50:46 +0800</pubDate></item><item><title>Beating the Moaists back</title><link>http://www.humantimes.com/politics/Asia/20100523/60116__beating_the_moaists_back.shtml</link><description><![CDATA[ &ldquo;No roads lead into Naxal-affected areas&rdquo; screamed a headline recently in a national daily. An internal review the other day at the Indian Planning Commission revealed what has been... ]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 23 May 2010 02:42:20 +0800</pubDate></item><item><title>Unregulated sand mining threatens Indian rivers</title><link>http://www.humantimes.com/tech/environment/20100214/60082__unregulated_sand_mining_threatens_indian_rivers.shtml</link><description><![CDATA[ 
Many in India, perhaps, are not able to foresee how lack of governance, virtually, in every sphere is going to hit them in not too distant future. Take for instance mining. Illegal mining of... ]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 14 Feb 2010 05:00:01 +0800</pubDate></item><item><title>Copenhagen quibbles as Planet Earth sizzles</title><link>http://www.humantimes.com/newyork/tech/environment/20091218/60047__copenhagen_quibbles_as_planet_earth_sizzles.shtml</link><description><![CDATA[ The Environmental News Network of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) in one of its recent newsletters cited a report of the Telegraph of UK that polar bears of the Arctic have turned... ]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 18 Dec 2009 06:38:59 +0800</pubDate></item><item><title>The devastated Afghani</title><link>http://www.humantimes.com/politics/Asia/20091204/60028__the_devastated_afghani.shtml</link><description><![CDATA[ I came across an article recently on Afghanistan by Hugh Sykes who works for the BBC News. While describing the politics relating to the country &ldquo;stranger than fiction&rdquo;, he narrated the... ]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 4 Dec 2009 07:12:30 +0800</pubDate></item><item><title>Rising religiosity hurting Indian environment</title><link>http://www.humantimes.com/tech/environment/20091009/60010__rising_religiosity_hurting_indian_environment.shtml</link><description><![CDATA[ 
The news that came out of Delhi recently was depressing. The water supply in the metropolis was disrupted as the supply lines were clogged. North, West, North-West and parts of South Delhi... ]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 9 Oct 2009 22:52:48 +0800</pubDate></item><item><title>Nature Reserves are not for Tourism</title><link>http://www.humantimes.com/tech/environment/20090831/59994__nature_reserves_are_not_for_tourism.shtml</link><description><![CDATA[ All over the world, countries are creating nature reserves as more and more land, with all that nature has to offer, is harnessed for industry, agriculture or plain urban expansion. The intention... ]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2009 00:16:19 +0800</pubDate></item><item><title>The Kargil I remember</title><link>http://www.humantimes.com/travel/diariesadventures/20090806/59991__the_kargil_i_remember.shtml</link><description><![CDATA[ 
The Tenth Anniversary of the victory in &ldquo;Kargil War&rdquo; somehow got soggy in controversy. Instead of commemorating a crisp, well-fought and spectacular victory achieved at great human... ]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 6 Aug 2009 02:46:56 +0800</pubDate></item><item><title>India's sad record of environmental conservation</title><link>http://www.humantimes.com/headlines/asia/20090504/59951__india_s_sad_record_of_environmental_conservation.shtml</link><description><![CDATA[ 
Environmental matters in India seldom get priority. This is more so in the states where they are mostly kept on the back-burner. The central Indian province of Madhya Pradesh, for example, once... ]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 4 May 2009 23:46:51 +0800</pubDate></item><item><title>Et tu Manmohan?</title><link>http://www.humantimes.com/politics/Asia/20090422/59947__et_tu_manmohan_.shtml</link><description><![CDATA[ It&rsquo;s election time in India and there is a veritable war on. The war is, mercifully, only of words but attacks on each other by the leaders of the two major parties &ndash; the National... ]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2009 23:21:13 +0800</pubDate></item><item><title>Water woes of an Indian state</title><link>http://www.humantimes.com/health/fitnessnutrition/20090325/59933__water_woes_of_an_indian_state.shtml</link><description><![CDATA[ The holy and ancient city of Ujjain, situated on the banks of the Kshipra River in the central Indian province of Madhya Pradesh, is thirsting for water. All the water sources, including the... ]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2009 23:12:11 +0800</pubDate></item><item><title>India's "Dark Underbelly" set to bloat</title><link>http://www.humantimes.com/headlines/asia/20090228/59622__india_s_dark_underbelly_set_to_bloat.shtml</link><description><![CDATA[ While it has swept away the Oscars and the Golden Globe awards, Danny Boyle&rsquo;s &ldquo;Slumdog Millionaire&rdquo; has offended some and hurt the sensibilities of many Indians. It has been... ]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 28 Feb 2009 02:08:52 +0800</pubDate></item><item><title>Sunrise over a dying lake</title><link>http://www.humantimes.com/politics/Asia/20090129/55839__sunrise_over_a_dying_lake.shtml</link><description><![CDATA[ 
The ongoing community effort to de-silt the Upper Lake in Bhopal (in the central Indian province of Madhya Pradesh) does surely have some positive sides. While it could help deepen the Lake, it... ]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 29 Jan 2009 04:20:17 +0800</pubDate></item><item><title>How to kill a thriving wetlandkill</title><link>http://www.humantimes.com/headlines/asia/20090124/55278__how_to_kill_a_thriving_wetlandkill.shtml</link><description><![CDATA[ The dry exposed bed of the Upper Lake in Bhopal, capital of the central Indian province of Madhya Pradesh, is witness these days to frantic digging. About a fortnight back the provincial chief... ]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 24 Jan 2009 00:24:18 +0800</pubDate></item><item><title>Flip side of the Mumbai carnage</title><link>http://www.humantimes.com/politics/Asia/20081222/52370__flip_side_of_the_mumbai_carnage.shtml</link><description><![CDATA[ The carnage in Mumbai on 26th November 2009 caused senseless loss of scores of lives and damage of millions to public and private property. In its flip side, however, it triggered certain... ]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 22 Dec 2008 06:46:15 +0800</pubDate></item><item><title>Mumbai carnage: the way ahead for India</title><link>http://www.humantimes.com/politics/Asia/20081208/50994__mumbai_carnage_the_way_ahead_for_india.shtml</link><description><![CDATA[ 
It took more than 60 hours to get over the mayhem caused by fidayeen attack in Mumbai on 26th November, popularly termed as India ]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 8 Dec 2008 06:36:23 +0800</pubDate></item><item><title>India's healthcare conundrum</title><link>http://www.humantimes.com/health/fitnessnutrition/20081125/49587__india_s_healthcare_conundrum.shtml</link><description><![CDATA[ Anbumani Ramdoss, India ]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 25 Nov 2008 02:54:54 +0800</pubDate></item><item><title>India's healthcare conundrum</title><link>http://www.humantimes.com/health/fitnessnutrition/20081125/49459__india_s_healthcare_conundrum.shtml</link><description><![CDATA[ Anbumani Ramdoss, India ]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 25 Nov 2008 02:53:40 +0800</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
