Popular Press Outputs

2009

Ramana, M. V., 2009, "Nuclear Imports", Dainik Janambhumi, January 7.

Ramana, M. V., 2009, "Measures to Improve Energy Sector", Dainik Janambhumi, February 12.

2008

Ramana, M.V, and J.Y. Suchitra, 2008, "Nuclear Energy: A Costly Affair", Hosathu, (in Kannada), January, pp. 50-54.

Lichterman, Andrew, and M.V. Ramana, 2008, "Choosing the Wrong Future: The U.S.-India Nuclear Deal", Peace Now, January 22, pp. 35-36. [Article : Pdf file, 936 KB]

Ramana, M. V., 2008, "A Land Dispute Ready to Explode", The Hindustan Times, February 11.

Ramana, M. V., 2008, "The Physical Foundation of Climate Change", Dainik Janambhumi, (in Assamese), March 13. [Article: Pdf file, 100 KB]

Badami Rao, Divya, 2008, "The Consequences of Climate Change", Dainik Janambhumi, (in Assamese), April 3. [Article: Pdf file, 104 KB]

Ramana, M. V., 2008, "Remembering Chernoabyl", Dainik Janambhumi, (in Assamese), April 28. [Article: Pdf file, 92 KB]

Ramana, M. V., 2008, "An Offer to Be Refused", Dainik Janambhumi, (in Assamese), May 18. [Article: Pdf file, 102 KB]

Krishnan, Lina, 2008, "When Accidents Become the Norm", Dainik Janambhumi, (in Assamese), June 2. [Article: Pdf file, 88 KB]

Krishnan, Lina, 2008, "Jadugoda: Four Decades of Nuclear Exposure", Infochange News & Features, June 12. [Article, Pdf file 22.8 KB]. Also available at http://infochangeindia.org/200806067168/Environment/Features/Jadugoda-Four-decades-of-nuclear-exposure.html

Ramana, M. V., 2008, "Nuclear Policy: False Premise: Indo-U.S. Nuclear Deal", Siliconeer, August 22. [Article: Pdf file, 255 KB].

Lichterman, Andrew, and M.V. Ramana, 2008, "Rushing into the Wrong Future: The U.S.-India Nuclear Deal, Energy and Security", Dissident Voice, September 20. [Article: Pdf file, 134 KB]. Also available at  http://www.dissidentvoice.org/2008/09/rushing-into-the-wrong-future-the-us-india-nuclear-deal-energy-and-security/

Badami Rao, Divya, 2008, "Uranium Mining Dilemma", Assam Tribune, October 26. [Article: Pdf file, 12.6 KB]. Also available at  http://www.assamtribune.com/oct2608/edit2.html    

Gupta, Pankaj H, 2008, "Women and Work in Garhwal", Himal Southasian, 21 (12), December.

2007

Krishnan, Lina, 2007, "Jaduguda Fallout", Himal Southasian, 20 (4), April. [Article: Pdf file, 52 KB].

Kumar, Ashwin, 2007, "Nuclear Safety: A Poor Record", India Together, April 2. [Article: Pdf file, 124 KB]. Also available at http://www.indiatogether.org/2007/mar/env-nukesafe.htm

Kumar, Ashwin, 2007, "What Ails Nuclear Safety?" India Together, April 17.  Available at http://www.indiatogether.org/2007/apr/env-nukesafe.htm

Kumar, Ashwin, 2007, "A Poor Record of Safety in India’s Nuclear Facilities", Peace Now, 5 (2), May. [Article: Pdf file, 360 KB]

Ramana, M.V, and G. Ananthapadmanabhan, 2007, "Fight against Global Warming: N-Energy Won’t Help", Deccan Herald, May 12. [Article, Pdf file, 32 KB].  Also available at http://www.deccanherald.com/Content/May122007/editpage200705121173.asp

Ramana, M. V., 2007, "Uranium Mining: Health and Ecological Impacts", Dainik Janambhumi, June 16. [Article: Pdf file, 719 KB]

Bidwai, Praful, and M.V. Ramana, 2007, "Home, Next to N-Reactor", Tehelka: The People’s Paper, June 23. http://www.tehelka.com/story_main31.asp?filename=Ne230607home_next_SR.asp

Bidwai, Praful, and M.V. Ramana, 2007, "Koodankulam", Manitha Urimai Kangaani, (in Tamil), July.

Ramana, M. V., 2007, "More Missiles Than Megawatts", IEEE Spectrum, July.

Singh, Praveen, 2007, "Book Review of One Valley and a Thousand: Dams, Nationalism and Development", by Daniel Klingensmith, Oxford University Press, New Delhi, Reviewed in Down to Earth, July 15. [Review: Pdf file, 132 KB]

Menon, Manju, and M. V. Ramana, 2007, "Koodankulam Goes Nuclear", Himal Southasian, 20, (8), August.

Menon, Manju, and M. V. Ramana, 2007, "Address Local Concerns at Koodankulam", Tribune, Chandigarh, August 8.

Sarkar, Rinki, 2007, "Coping with the Exigencies of Development and Change in an Ecologically Fragile Belt of the Middle Himalayas", Seminar, 577, September. [link]

Ramana, M. V., 2007, "The Nuclear Deal and Fundamental Choices", Dainik Janambhumi, (in Assamese), (Part I) (Part II), September 10 and 11. [Part I] [Part II]

Suchitra, J.Y, and M.V. Ramana, 2007, "Fast Breeder of Expenditure?" Hindustan Times ePaper, October 23.

Ramana, M. V., 2007, "The Cost of Nuclear Energy", Dainik Janambhumi, (in Assamese), November 7. [Article: Pdf File, 388 KB]

Pattanaik, Sarmistha, 2007, "Book Review of Global Environmental Challenges: Transitions to a Sustainable World", by James Gustava Speth, Orient Longman, New Delhi, 2005 (Paperback), Reviewed in Contributions to Indian Sociology, 41 (3).

Sarkar, Rinki, 2007, "Living on the Edge", Book Review of Democratizing Nature, by Ashwini Chhatre and Vasant K. Saberwal, Oxford University Press, 2006, New Delhi. Reviewed in Biblio, Vol. XII (11 & 12), Special Issue on Environment and Development, pp. 28-29.

Ramana, M.V, and Ashwin Kumar, 2007, "Nuclear Safety Lessons from Japan’s Summer Earthquake", Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists Online, December 5. http://www.thebulletin.org/columns/m.v.-ramana/20071205

2006

Ramana, M. V., 2006, "Don’t Switch over to Nuclear Power", The Economic Times, March 10.

Ramana, M. V., 2006, "Let’s Not Chase the Atom", Down To Earth, 14 (21), March 18. http://www.downtoearth.org.in/full6.asp?foldername=20060331&filename=news&sec_id=18&sid=44

Ramana, M.V, and J. Y. Suchitra, 2006, "Flaws in the Pro-Nuclear Argument", Infochange News and Features, June. [Article: Pdf file, 598 KB]

Pattanaik, Sarmistha, 2006, "Chilika, a Contested Space", Infochange News & Features, August. http://www.infochangeindia.org/features377.jsp

Lélé, Sharachchandra, 2006, "Thinking About Ecological Sustainability", Seminar, (564), August. pp. 48-52. [Article: Pdf file, 36 KB]

Singh, Praveen, 2006, "Book Review of Drowned and Dammed: Colonial Capitalism and Flood Control in Eastern India", by Rohan D’Souza, Oxford University Press, New Delhi, Reviewed in Down to Earth, November 15. [Link]

Krishnan, Lina.,Gautam Menon, and M.V. Ramana, 2006, "Citizens’ Input on Power Tariffs", India Together, November 27. http://www.indiatogether.org/2006/nov/eco-ptariff.htm

2005

Lélé, Sharachchandra, and Ajit Menon, 2005, "Neo-Liberal Verbiage", Down To Earth, January 15. p. 53.

Lélé, Sharachchandra, and Ajit Menon, 2005, "Draft NEP 2004: A Flawed Vision", Seminar, (547), March. pp. 55-62.

Ramana, M.V, and Amulya K. N. Reddy, 2005, "Nuclear Power Is Not Cheap", The Indian Express, June 20.

Ramana, M. V., 2005, "Nuclear Power: No Solution to Global Warming", The Friday Times, July 1. [Article: Pdf file, 43 KB]

Ramana, M. V., 2005, "India-US Nuclear Agreement: A Bad Deal", The Friday Times, July 29.

Shah, Esha, 2005, "Who Benefits from the Cultivation of Bt.Cotton?" The Hindu, September 14. http://www.hinduonnet.com/2005/09/14/stories/2005091406151100.htm

2004

Ramana, M. V., 2004, "Reinforcing Nuclear Secrecy", The Daily Times, February 5.

Bawa, K. S, John W. Kress, N. M. Nadkarni, Sharachchandra Lélé, P. H. Raven, D. H. Janzen, A. E. Lugo, P. S. Ashton, and T. E. Lovejoy, 2004, "Tropical Ecosystems into the 21st Century", Science, 306 (5694), pp. 227-228.

Ramana, M. V., 2004, "A Fast Breeder of Danger", Indian Express, September 7. [Article: Pdf file, 13 KB]

2003

Ramana, M. V., 2003, "Phasing out Nuclear Energy in Europe", The Daily Times, January 30. [Abstract: Pdf file, 6 KB]

Ramana, M. V., 2003, "Assessing Emergency Plans", The Daily Times, March 13. [Abstract: Pdf file, 8 KB]

Ramana, M. V., 2003, "Remembering the Chernobyl Catastrophe", The Daily Times, April 24. [Abstract: Pdf file, 6 KB]

Lélé, Sharachchandra, 2003, "Karnatakadha Aranya Samasyegalu ", Hosatu, (in Kannada), July.

Ramana, M. V., 2003, "Reprocessing: The Cons", Outlook, July 25. [Article: Pdf file, 28 KB]

Ramana, M. V., 2003, "Climate Change Failure: Underlying Causes", The Daily Times, November 21. [Abstract: Pdf file, 6 KB]

Ramana, M. V., 2003, "Climate Change and Developing Countries", The Daily Times, December 18. [Abstract: Pdf file, 6 KB]