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Blurred Borders

Vol. 39, Issue No. 27, 03 Jul, 2004
Charu Gupta, Mukul Sharma

Coastal fisherfolk of India and Pakistan are often arrested for crossing borders. They are victims of defined and undefined boundaries and borders in the seas, and increasing conflicts over renewable resources. These coastal conflicts need to be understood from several overlapping but distinct perspectives. Low-intensity conflicts over environmental concerns are as serious as conventional war and simultaneously question cartographic and border anxieties of these countries.

Sonmanki 'Mela':Preventing Erosion

Vol. 36, Issue No. 25, 23 Jun, 2001
Mukul Sharma

Along the Kosi a village has decided to celebrate its vital links with the river through a newly organised 'mela'. This, the local people hope, will go some way towards controlling the increasing land erosion and the river's seasonal change of course.

Bihar

Vol. 36, Issue No. 19, 12 May, 2001
Mukul Sharma

Apart from organising the electoral process, the state government has done little to facilitate broader democratic goals through the panchayat elections in the state. The political parties are equally apathetic towards promoting this objective. But the involvement of a large number of people's organisations in the broader election process has made a 'non-political' election into one which has distinct political dimensions because of the presence of the poor and the issues they are raising.

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