Team Anna’s decision to enter the fray in Uttarakhand’s state elections is fraught with risky political calculations that may adversely impact their anti-corruption campaign and tarnish their reputation as a self-proclaimed apolitical force. Chief amongst these is the group’s celebratory attitude towards the passage of…
Tribal women in Uttarakhand are standing up for their community rights, and resisting the dispossession of their lands by a nexus between powerful landlords and the government machinery. Puja Awasthi reports. 13 August 2011 (India Together) – One morning the pond named Haldubala was gone.…
Social organisations join hands to take forward the agitation of Matra Sadan against the illegal quarrying on Ganga riverbed Tribune News Service Haridwar, June 15 Swami Nigmanand’s death has sparked another agitation against the illegal quarrying being done on the Ganga riverbed in Haridwar. Now,…
Press Trust Of India Dehra Dun, June 12, 2011 The indefinite fast of yoga guru Ramdev against corruption may have created a stir but in Uttarakhand, which is also known as ‘Dev Bhoomi’, such indefinite hunger strikes are not new. Perhaps taking inspiration from Mahatma…
The Tribune, Mussoorie, April 19 The Uttarakhand Parivartan Party (UPP), buoyed by the response during the ‘Uttarakhand Parivartan Yatra’ that began on Martyr’s Day of Shaheed Bhagat Singh on March 23, is all set to take its struggle right to the door of the mafia…
Tribune News Service Nainital, January 18 The first biennial convention of the Uttarakhand Parivartan Party (UPP) began at Ramnagar today. On the opening day of the two-day meet, party workers constituted the core committee of the political outfit. PC Tewari was again chosen as president…
Team Anna’s Blindspot
Team Anna’s decision to enter the fray in Uttarakhand’s state elections is fraught with risky political calculations that may adversely impact their anti-corruption campaign and tarnish their reputation as a self-proclaimed apolitical force. Chief amongst these is the group’s celebratory attitude towards the passage of…
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