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The Badlaav Blog: About the Badlaav blog
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About the Badlaav blog. Don’t forget about our social media outlets like Twitter. And you can always send us your thoughts at info@badlaavmagazine.com. Elizabeth Peyton has worked on issues of clean energy, food security and entrepreneurship in South Asia for the past two years. Elizabeth is currently a Masters student at the Fletcher School for Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University as a Hitachi Scholar for the Study of Technology and International Relations.
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The Badlaav Blog: The state of the grid: Comments on India’s...
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The state of the grid: Comments on India’s electricity woes. 2014 should be another year of struggles for the Indian electrical grid, with renewables (solar farms, domestic solar, wind farms and biofuels) making slow and steady progress thanks to increased market access and attractive subsidies in some states. The lack of electricity generation in India and outdated infrastructure results in common blackouts, the largest paralyzing much of North India. The heavy subsidies for electricity in agriculture w...
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The Badlaav Blog: The tarnished promise of golden rice
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The tarnished promise of golden rice. The dietary inclusion of milk and eggs, and – to a much lesser degree – spinach, carrots, pumpkin, papaya, and mangoes, can alleviate the symptoms, but these foods are often out of reach for poor families. Opponents are therefore worried that golden rice is something of a Trojan horse. Monsanto, Syngenta, Bayer, and AstraZeneca hold the patents. A scientific field trial of golden rice in the Philippines. In no way do I mean to dismiss these pressing issues. Scien...
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The Badlaav Blog: Intersecting discriminations in the wake of the...
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Intersecting discriminations in the wake of the anti-LGBT Supreme Court decision. The 2012 Delhi Queer Pride Parade. The Indian Supreme Court sent shockwaves through the community of LGBT citizens and their allies this week by re-criminalizing homosexuality, overturning a lower court’s previous ruling. What we must remember, though, is that messages of exclusion rarely come in the sensational form of a Supreme Court ruling that inspires dramatic protests, worldwide media attention, and public weigh-in fr...
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The Badlaav Blog: Voting on a theme for 2014
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Voting on a theme for 2014. To the extent that a ten-month old endeavor can have “traditions,” we’d like to ask you to take part in one of ours. As you may know, the. This year, our themes are:. Public/Private Partnerships and the Role of Government in Development. This topic focuses on the way that development initiatives interact with local and national governments. While this relationship can seem relatively straightforward there are many deeper questions about the role that civil society organiza...
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The Badlaav Blog: The ballot is open!
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The ballot is open! We’ve opened up the voting for this year’s. Theme You have two weeks to vote below - the ballot will close on January 18. Feel free to ask us questions! Edit: The ballot is now closed!
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The Badlaav Blog: Books we love: On remembering policy with "Why...
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Books we love: On remembering policy with “Why Growth Matters”. Rarely a day goes by that India’s hot pursuit of economic growth doesn’t make it into the news. This idea of “growth,” however, involves a complex discussion around India’s economic evolution and the need to garner more support around the benefits that growth provides. In their latest book,. Why Growth Matters: How Economic Growth in India Reduced Poverty and the Lessons for Other Developing Countries.
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The Badlaav Blog: Aravind's Sister Act
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Aravind’s Sister Act. Aravind Eye Hospital today is recognized globally as a model of modern affordable healthcare innovation. Though there are many factors that can be attributed to Aravind’s success – great leaders, uncompromising quality, a focus on efficiency, and making affordable healthcare sustainable – there is one that stands out but is not spoken of too often: the paramedical staff. A nurse conducts test on a patient’s eye at an outreach clinic (Photo credit: Nikhil Mahen). The nurses go throug...
