MS-032 Usha Rai Papers
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Item Media clippings - Development and Public Welfare (1995-1997)MS-032-1-1-1-8Newspaper clippings of articles by Rai on issues of development and public welfare, such as starvation in drought-stricken Orissa; loss of land in Majuli and the workings of the NGO AVARD; the launch of an AIDS counselling hotline; health-care and child-care for the poor and working mothers in the unorganised sector, in tribal areas and deprecation of profit-sharing in hospitals; vehicular pollution and indoor pollution due to low-grade fuels; the mid-day meal scheme; UNDP sectoral assistance; tribal rights, justice for Dalit women survivors of sexual violence; the presumption of Naxalism in cases of dissent and the Adivasi Mukti Sanghatan (AMS); population control measures; poverty and food, water and land deficits and the need for planners to look beyond statistics; malarial drugs; and the inefficiencies of commissions. Also incudes an interview with A.T. Ariyaratne, recipient of the Gandhi Peace Award for 1996.(1995 - 1997)Item Media clippings (1997)MS-032-1-1-1-7Consists of broadsheets and clippings. These pertain to articles by Rai in the Hindustan Times, on environmental issues such as a plan for transborder poaching between India and Nepal; poisoning of tigers and fund allocation for tiger conservation, soil restoration by earthworms, tree-felling ban in the North-East and profile of a community wildlife sanctuary in the north-east, the draft biodiversity bill and designation of biodiversity hotspots; developmental stories such as the Sathin scheme, coverage of rape incidents, construction of dam projects; and a broadcasting story on the feud between DD and NDTV.(9 January 1997 - 17 December 1997)Item Media clippings (1996)MS-032-1-1-1-6Consists of broadsheets and clippings of Rai's articles in the Hindustan Times and the Indian Express on a range of environmental, human interest and development stories such as the lack of support for a war widow; profile of Bhagwati Devi, a parliamentarian; habitat protection in Kutch and Majuli island in Assam; family planning; amendments to the Prasar Bharati act; the exploitation of children as child soldiers; the detachment of the tiger cell from WWF; and assessments of the National Commission for Women's actions and the judiciary's environmental jurisprudence in contrast to the Ministry of Environment and Forests' neglect.(15 January 1996 - 22 December 1996)Item Media clippings (1995)MS-032-1-1-1-5Consists of broadsheets and clippings of articles in the Indian Express etc. on issues related to development such as the lack of access to forest produce for Odiya tribals; environmental issues such as sale of hippos and the categories for classification of waste; political issues such as Congress propaganda on Doordarshan network and a new DD channel.(19 September 1995 - 11 November 1995,)Item Winds of Change : Talking about adolescent reproductive and sexual healthMS-032-2-0-2-26Report on a community health initiative in Bihar and Jharkhand by National Foundation for India . Co-authored by Usha Rai and Swapna Majumdar.(undated)