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Saturday, May 25, 2013

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Book Shelf

d-sector takes a look at the world of books and brings to its readers commentary on selected titles that provide interesting insights on various facets of human development. The short-reviews are aimed at generating interest on the subject as much as adding variety to the contents on the portal. While recent non-fiction books will feature prominently on this page, some vintage books of immense significance will be revisited as well. Sudhirendar Sharma will run this page for d-sector every month.

Publishers are encouraged to send their books for commentary on d-sector though the selection of books for review will remain the prerogative of the d-sector team.

River Dog Posting Date: 05 Apr 2013	Provocations for Development Posting Date: 05 Apr 2013

Water Drops Posting Date: 05 Apr 2013	Psychology in the Bathroom Posting Date: 08 Mar 2013

China's Silent Army Posting Date: 08 Mar 2013	Paper Promises: Money, Debt and the New World Order Posting Date: 31 Dec 2012

Rippling: How social entrepreneurs spread innovation Posting Date: 31 Dec 2012	Architecture and Design versus Consumerism Posting Date: 31 Dec 2012

Why doesn't microfinance work? Posting Date: 30 Nov 2012	The new religious intolerance Posting Date: 30 Nov 2012

River Bagmati: Bounties become a curse Posting Date: 30 Nov 2012	What Money Can't Buy Posting Date: 28 Oct 2012

Science and Public Reason Posting Date: 28 Oct 2012	Slam-dunking Walmart Posting Date: 28 Oct 2012

School Education: Pluralism and Marginality Posting Date: 18 Sep 2012	Zero Degrees of Empathy Posting Date: 18 Sep 2012

Why everyone (else) is a hypocrite Posting Date: 18 Sep 2012	On Bullshit Posting Date: 30 Jun 2012

The Shaman in Stilettos Posting Date: 30 Jun 2012	How much is enough Posting Date: 30 Jun 2012

Growing stories from India Posting Date: 30 Apr 2012	Slow Violence and Environmentalism of the Poor Posting Date: 30 Apr 2012

Water: Asia's New Battleground Posting Date: 30 Apr 2012	Big-box Swindle Posting Date: 30 Nov 2011

Unnatural Selection Posting Date: 30 Nov 2011	Climate Change Posting Date: 06 Oct 2011

Dead Ringers Posting Date: 06 Oct 2011	The Politics of Belonging in the Himalayas Posting Date: 05 Oct 2011

Consumptionomics Posting Date: 06 Jul 2011	Corporate Water Strategies Posting Date: 06 Jul 2011

Understanding Gandhi New Delhi \| Posting Date: 06 Jul 2011	Economy of Permanence Posting Date: 27 Mar 2011

Alien Technology Posting Date: 27 Mar 2011	How to Win Campaigns Posting Date: 27 Mar 2011

Rural Poverty Report 2011 Posting Date: 24 Feb 2011	The Sustainability Transformation Posting Date: 24 Feb 2011

Interrogating Development Posting Date: 24 Feb 2011	State of India's Livelihoods Report 2010 Posting Date: 31 Jan 2011

Transboundary Water Management Posting Date: 31 Jan 2011	Chinamerica Posting Date: 31 Jan 2011

The Spirit Level Posting Date: 23 Nov 2010	Delete Posting Date: 23 Nov 2010

McDonaldisation, Masala McGospel and Om Economics Posting Date: 23 Nov 2010	Rebels for the Soil Posting Date: 30 Oct 2010

Outlaw Posting Date: 30 Oct 2010	Poverty Capital Posting Date: 30 Oct 2010

Power and Love Posting Date: 09 Sep 2010	Ant Encounters Posting Date: 09 Sep 2010

Out of this Earth Posting Date: 09 Sep 2010	Small Change Posting Date: 23 Jul 2010

What's eating you? Posting Date: 23 Jul 2010	Fair deals for watershed services Posting Date: 23 Jul 2010

Good Cop, Bad Cop Posting Date: 12 Jun 2010	What Works in Development? Posting Date: 12 Jun 2010

The Aid Trap Posting Date: 12 Jun 2010	Vulnerable India Posting Date: 09 May 2010

The Conservative Nanny State Posting Date: 09 May 2010	Criminal Tribes of Punjab Posting Date: 09 May 2010

The Vanishing Face of Gaia Posting Date: 06 Apr 2010	Taming the Anarchy Posting Date: 06 Apr 2010

Portfolios of the Poor Posting Date: 06 Apr 2010	When the Rivers Run Dry Posting Date: 08 Mar 2010

Inclusive Value Chains in India Posting Date: 08 Mar 2010	Squatting with Dignity Posting Date: 08 Mar 2010

A Calendar of Resistance Posting Date: 15 Feb 2010	The New Economics Posting Date: 15 Feb 2010

Foreign Aid for Indian NGOs Posting Date: 15 Feb 2010	The Atlas of Water Posting Date: 07 Jan 2010

Women in Green Posting Date: 07 Jan 2010	Hind Swaraj Posting Date: 07 Jan 2010

Unleashing Nepal Posting Date: 09 Dec 2009	Why not socialism? Posting Date: 09 Dec 2009

India: The Emerging Giant Posting Date: 09 Dec 2009

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Free Will

Many feel that all hullabaloo on corruption may not rattle the business-as-usual scenario! A peep into the latest developments with the controversial scheme for elected parliamentarians may confirm such apprehension. Each MP has Rs 5 crore each year at his/her discretion for promoting 'local area development'. Whatever it may mean, the privileged members can now assign works under MPLADS scheme without calling tenders and they have liberty to engage any agency or assign the task to any NGO.The only clause being that the assigned party should fit into the subjective interpretation of being of 'national reputation' .

That the scheme is under Comptroller & Auditor General's scanner for 'irregularities' doesn't concern the government a bit. Far from taking cognizance of irregularities pointed out by CAG, the Ministry of Statistics and Program Implementation has gone to the extent of suggesting that MPLADS funds can henceforth be used for works on 'private lands'. With an estimated Rs 21,300 crore riding on members in each session of the parliament under the scheme, the chance for public money to be squandered for private purposes cannot be ruled out. There is enough evidence to suggest that 'that' might indeed be the case!

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Water Ignorance

No denying that each drop of water must be conserved. In this light, 92.7 Big FM ongoing campaign on water conservation deserves appreciation. Using multiple celebrity voices, the 'paani bachao life banao' campaign has been pitched around plugging leakages and saving wastages. Targeted primarily at urban listeners, bulk of the messages relate to saving basin wastage, plumbing leaking cistern and restricting car washing. While the 'frequency modulation' medium is being effectively used to spread crucial message, it erroneusly assumes that 'indivuals' have been the cause of the crises. In reality, individuals have little role in the big water crises.

The question that must be asked is: does water saved get reallocated to those who deserve it more? Ironically, the distribution system has no such provision and whatever little is saved gets sucked within the inefficient system itself. Afterall, municipal consumption is less than 10 per cent of the total water consumed across diverse sectors. For the big picture change, focus needs to shift from acts of personal consumption to gross failure of the system that controls and delivers water. Any campaign taking consumers on a guilt trip by engaging them in what-you-can-do-to-save-the-earth guilt trip is surely misdirected!

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Lead View
Food diversity can fight hunger
By Pandurang Hegde
22 May 2013

Living democracies where farmers make their own decision on what to grow and eat leads to eradication of hunger. It enhances the dignity and confidence of local communities, and teaches them ..

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Book Shelf

Water Drops	Provocations for Development
River Dog	Psychology in the Bathroom

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