Melting pot designer! Meeting Poonam Bir Kasturi was like meeting several people at once, says Sumana Bharadwaj of the talented designer, psychologist, educationist, design researcher and more recently, the 'compostwali'!
No end to violence Despite international efforts to curb gender-based violence perpetrated on women, there is no
evidence of decline in levels of violence. Instead, there is violence in greater magnitude, scope
and intensity. The recent Mumbai molestation case also proves this point, says Deepti Priya Mehrotra.
A radio that lends voice to women Revi Sterling, a research scholar at University of Colorado's Atlas Institute, has designed the Alternative through Interactive Radio (AIR), a device that allows women to interact through community radio.
Making news through radio Ever since its launch earlier this month, "Appan Samachar" (Our News), as the programme is aptly called, has become popular in over a dozen villages in Muzaffarpur district.
There is a proposal to set up a commission for reorganisation of states. Is it desirable to have smaller states? Deccan Herald had invited its readers to comment on the topic. While some of the readers believe that it is good to have smaller states as it would help the government machinery to function effectively, others opine that the division of states would affect the already diminishing national unity and could only add troubles to the country.
