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Director of India??s Deendayal Research Institute Nandita Pathak told a crowd in Lowell Library yesterday that integral humanism—which emphasizes the holistic development of communities—was integral to the development of Indian villages. According to Pathak, the problems of development stem from plans that lack great involvement from the people they are designed to help. Pathak said that development should instead flow from the bottom up. This type of grass-roots development can be achieved with integral humanism, she added. To stress the importance of the project to India??s well...
...While the deal does force India to separate its military and civilian nuclear facilities, it requires no limitations on India??s nuclear weapons program. Analysts indicate that there is virtually no way to verify that technology provided for electricity generation is not diverted to the nation’s weapons program. And even if the fuel provided by the international community is not used directly for weapons, fissile material is, to some extent, fungible. As Henry Sokolski, the director of the Nonproliferation Policy Education Center, said, “We are going to be sending, or allowing others...
...areas. But not only was the economy in those areas not developed enough to utilize this labor force, but social tension resulted from the marrying of men to more educated women, Khan said. This experience led the organization to open schools for boys, she said. Khan also said that India??s rural, isolated communities demonstrated the need to “be sensitive” of the “tension between education for global citizenship and being true to their cultures,” while post-Soviet Central Asian countries showed the importance of providing...
...India??s economy is booming; its leaders proudly proclaim it is the world’s largest democracy. To promote this unqualified positive vision of modern India, however, is to ignore the many negative aspects of development that tell a less optimistic story. Improvement in India has been in pockets, leaving huge numbers of people both invisible and vulnerable. Until recently, the government tolerated civil society, human rights defenders and non-governmental organizations that are often the only voice for India??s otherwise disenfranchised groups. But the government’s attitude towards these groups...
...Sen’s arrest is only one event in a disturbing trend toward imprisoning journalists, human rights advocates, academics and others under India??s nebulous anti-terrorism laws. The most recent arrestee was Ajay T.G., also a leading member of PUCL-Chhattisgarh, a human rights activist and film-maker, on May 4, 2008. Individuals like Dr. Sen have a global network of support, including Noam Chomsky, Amartya Sen and Paul Farmer, and yet his incarceration continues. Global demonstrations on May 13 and 14, including one in Harvard Square, will not only mark one year of Dr. Sen?...