KumKum Dasgupta is with the opinion section of Hindustan Times. She writes on education, environment, gender, urbanisation and civil society.
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Articles by KumKum Dasgupta
On the wheels of desire
Mini cabs may replace autos in Delhi. But it will not make the ride easier. KumKum Dasgupta writes.
Updated on Jan 19, 2012 10:48 PM IST
Hindustan Times | KumKum Dasgupta
Climate change... zzz
An effective communication strategy can rekindle interest in the issue.
Updated on Dec 09, 2011 10:06 PM IST
Hindustan Times | KumKum Dasgupta
Everyday heroes
Civil Society magazine’s Hall of Fame award winners have made a difference to the lives of others without expectations of rewards or publicity. KumKum Dasgupta brings us their extraordinary stories. Behind the scenes
Updated on Nov 27, 2011 02:44 AM IST
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Small step, big footprint
In Satara, a move to make unwanted girls a bit more wanted. KumKum Dasgupta writes.
Updated on Oct 23, 2011 09:25 PM IST
Hindustan Times | KumKum Dasgupta
It’s got a nice ring to it
Technology can help India beat those poverty blues. KumKum Dasgupta writes.
Updated on Oct 16, 2011 11:14 PM IST
Hindustan Times | KumKum Dasgupta
Another shot in the dark
So what has changed since a toll booth attendant was gunned down? KumKum Dasgupta writes.
Updated on Sep 28, 2011 01:20 AM IST
Hindustan Times | KumKum Dasgupta
100% quake prediction is impossible: Experts
Six seismologists and a bureaucrat in Italy are facing criminal charges of manslaughter. Reason: they failed to warn the residents L'Aquila of the earthquake that killed over 200 people in 2009. KumKum Dasgupta reports.
Updated on Sep 27, 2011 11:54 AM IST
Hindustan Times | KumKum Dasgupta, New Delhi
In his majesty’s kingdom
A sprawling book in which 35 years of one man’s love for tigers unfolds.
Updated on Sep 23, 2011 11:06 PM IST
Hindustan Times | KumKum Dasgupta
Those discordant notes
In Delhi, leaders croon about 'winning hearts and minds'. In Maoist-hit tribal areas, it's a different song altogether. KumKum Dasgupta writes.
Updated on Sep 20, 2011 10:40 PM IST
Hindustan Times | KumKum Dasgupta
Smaller media, bigger picture
Much before the National Advisory Council gave India’s civil society an entry into the closed world of policy making, much before a feisty Anna Hazare and a nervous UPA government imprinted the term ‘civil society’ in our minds with a permanent marker, there was Civil Society (CS).
Updated on Sep 18, 2011 12:45 AM IST
Hindustan Times | KumKum Dasgupta
Oh, we're the cleanest
Much heartburn after an Aussie points out that India's a 'shit hole'. So it's not? KumKum Dasgupta writes.
Updated on Aug 02, 2011 10:55 PM IST
Hindustan Times | KumKum Dasgupta
This land is mined
At the heart of the Posco agitation lies personal economics. Add politics to this tussle and things get murkier, writes KumKum Dasgupta.
Updated on Jul 24, 2011 09:43 PM IST
Hindustan Times | KumKum Dasgupta
India's promise and peril
In this age of democracy and opportunity, Surpur village calls her its princess. There is indeed something ineffably regal about this shy girl from the lowest of Hindu castes, once doomed to generations of illiteracy in Alwar, the oldest kingdom in the old royal lands of Rajputana. Kumkum Dasgupta reports.
Updated on Jun 27, 2012 03:48 PM IST
Hindustan Times | KumKum Dasgupta
Going for the burn
Why is the government pushing incinerators into our backyards? KumKum Dasgupta writes.
Updated on Mar 03, 2011 11:10 PM IST
Hindustan Times | KumKum Dasgupta
The responsible hedonists
His online avatar is Guitar George. Till a few years ago, his ambition was to become a professional guitarist. But now, five days a week, Guitar George aka Subhayu Mukherji, 24, is a Beatles-loving and Steve Jobs-worshipping "techie" at Cognizant Technologies in Kolkata. Kum Kum Dasgupta writes.
Updated on Jan 27, 2011 12:51 AM IST
Hindustan Times | KumKum Dasgupta
Taken to a lower ebb
Civil society representatives who negotiated with environment and forests minister Jairam Ramesh for the last two years on coastal issues are screaming blue murder. KumKum Dasgupta writes.
Updated on Mar 03, 2011 12:45 PM IST
Hindustan Times | KumKum Dasgupta
A swipe in time
India can save $100 billion over the next five years - and pare poverty, as Brazil did, by depositing subsidies in bank accounts. The UPA's political agenda depends on something that's never been done before. KumKum Dasgupta writes.
Updated on Jun 27, 2012 03:50 PM IST
Hindustan Times | KumKum Dasgupta, Rohtak (haryana) And New Delhi
Stars in stripes
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Updated on Dec 03, 2010 10:23 PM IST
Hindustan Times | KumKum Dasgupta
Faltering badly at the last mile
To meet the Millennium Development Goals, invest more in Integrated Child Development Services, says KumKum Dasgupta.
Updated on May 21, 2011 04:48 PM IST
Hindustan Times | KumKum Dasgupta
Saving for a rainy day
Farm-level storage is a must to ensure food security and reduce stock losses, writes KumKum Dasgupta.
Updated on Mar 06, 2011 01:15 PM IST
Hindustan Times | KumKum Dasgupta
An eye on Indian scientists
The ERC is searching for scientific excellence in non-European countries report KumKum Dasgupta
Updated on Sep 22, 2010 09:20 AM IST
Hindustan Times | KumKum Dasgupta, New Delhi
Hold that pose
On Tuesday, the government halted the project because it had violated forests and environment norms. That ‘correct’ image it tried so hard to cultivate has been sullied now. For this, Vedanta has only itself to blame, writes KumKum Dasgupta.
Updated on Aug 24, 2010 11:44 PM IST
Hindustan Times | KumKum Dasgupta
Unravel the DNA of discourse
When last month at the Euroscience Open Forum in Turin, Italy, I heard someone mention a session on 'Tackling social tension through science communication', I was intrigued: can science actually be used to solve problems among communities? KumKum Dasgupta writes.
Updated on Mar 06, 2011 06:45 PM IST
Hindustan Times | KumKum Dasgupta
Orissa mining stir reaches London
Anti-mining protesters, led by fashion icon Bianca Jagger and activists dressed up like the Na'vi aliens in James Cameron's recent blockbuster Avatar, ambushed the annual general meeting of Vedanta Resources in London on Wednesday. Kumkum Dasgupta and Susanta K Mahaptra report.
Updated on Jul 30, 2010 04:57 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Kumkum Dasgupta and Susanta K Mahaptra, New Delhi/lanjigarh
Orissa mining stir reaches London
For the fourth year in a row, anti-mining protesters ambushed the Annual General Meeting (AGM) of Vedanta Resources, a London-based FTSE 100-listed company.
Updated on Jul 30, 2010 04:58 PM IST
Hindustan Times | KumKum Dasgupta, Susanta K Mahapatra, New Delhi, Lanjigarh
Confer — and fly
Over the years, the 'conference tourist' has also become techno-savvy. These days they carry small digicams and whenever a speaker presents slides with data and important information, click goes the tourist. No more jotting down those painful details about the world going bust, writes KumKum Dasgupta.
Updated on Jul 21, 2010 12:31 AM IST
Hindustan Times | KumKum Dasgupta
A dam big scandal
The Ganga is in danger of falling victim to over-reach, greed and corruption, writes Kumkum Dasgupta.
Updated on Jun 17, 2010 12:16 AM IST
Hindustan Times | KumKum Dasgupta
In death, this town searches for new life
Anshul Garg has a mega challenge coming up in June: he will have to convince the ‘Dom Raja’ of Varanasi — whose family has been controlling the cremation rituals at the ghats for centuries — to give up the conventional wood pyre system and allow him, an outsider, to install an eco-friendly cremation system, reports KumKum Dasgupta.
Updated on Jun 05, 2010 01:27 AM IST
Hindustan Times | KumKum Dasgupta, Vikasnagar (uttarakhand)
A coming-out party
In 2002, 60,000 poor people were asked to identify the main hurdle to their advancement. Above even food or education. the number one need identified was to have a ‘voice’ of their own, writes KumKum Dasgupta.
Updated on May 05, 2010 09:33 PM IST
Hindustan Times | KumKum Dasgupta
Well done Mr Benegal
Shyam Benegal’s latest film Well Done Abba is a fascinating piece of work. The strength of the film lies in its simple yet multi-layered storyline — one that is bold enough to show the issues as they exist on the ground, writes KumKum Dasgupta.
Updated on Apr 06, 2010 11:01 PM IST
Hindustan Times | KumKum Dasgupta