Reflections on Sikholars: Day 1
Posted by AmericanTurban in Events on 02 23rd, 2012 | 2 Comments
(photo: Twitter user @ksalag)
I would like to follow up on Jodha’s recap of the third annual Sikholar’s conference that took place this past weekend at California State University, East Bay (in Hayward, California). I had attended the previous conferences in 2010 and 2011 and was happy...
India changes agricultural subsidies to promote soil health
Posted by Reema in Environment, India, Preservation, Punjab, World News on 02 24th, 2010 | 49 Comments
This week, the Wall Street Journal highlighted India’s decision to change some of its agricultural policies, in response to its post-Green Revolution crisis. (Hat tip: Bandana)
In the 1970s, India dramatically increased food production, finally allowing this giant country to feed itself. But government...
Leaving Punjab on the Cancer Train
“…the first troubling clues in the late 1980s and early ’90s: Peacocks – India’s national bird – disappeared from the fields.”
A recent story on NPR discussed the “cancer train” in Punjab. The train is so named as it routinely carries about 60 patients...
