Popular Press Outputs
2008
Ramana, M.V., and J.Y. Suchitra, 2008, "Nuclear Energy: A Costly Affair", Hosathu, (in Kannada), January, pp. 50-54.
Andrew Lichterman 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, 2008.
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 Chernobyl", 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
2007
Krishnan, Lina, 2007, "Jaduguda Fallout", Himal Southasian, 20 (4), April. (Article, Pdf file, 52 KB). Also available at http://www.himalmag.com/2007/april/report_4.htm
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. (Article, Pdf file, 100 KB). Also 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 2007. (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, 2007. (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, (in Assamese), June 16, 2007. (Article, Pdf file, 719 KB)
Bidwai, Praful, and M.V. Ramana, 2007, “Home, next to N-Reactor”, Tehelka: The People’s Paper, June 23, 2007, also available at 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.
Praveen Singh, 2007, Book Review of One Valley and a Thousand: Dams, Nationalism and Development, by Daniel Klingensmith, Oxford University Press, New Delhi, 2007. 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, also available at http://www.himalmag.com/2007/august/koodankumal_nuclear_manju_ramana.htm
Menon, Manju and M. V. Ramana, 2007, "Address local concerns at Koodankulam", TribuneSeminar, 577, September. [link]
Ramana, M.V., 2007, "The Nuclear Deal and Fundamental Choices", Dainik Janambhumi, (in Assamese), 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, also available at http://epaper.hindustantimes.com/artMailDisp.aspx?article=23_10_2007_013_003&typ=1&pub=264
M. V. Ramana, 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, also available at 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.
(Chandigarh), August 8. Sarkar, Rinki, 2007, "Coping with the exigencies of Development and Change in an Ecologically Fragile Belt of the Middle Himalayas",
Ramana, M.V., 2006, "Let’s not chase the atom", Down To Earth, 14 (21), March 18, also available at 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
Pattanaik, Sarmistha, 2006, "Chilika, a Contested Space", Infochange News & Features, August, also available at http://www.infochangeindia.org/features377.jsp
Lélé, Sharachchandra, 2006, "Thinking about Ecological Sustainability", Seminar, (564), pp.48-52, August. [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, 2006. Reviewed in Down to Earth,
Krishnan, Lina, Gautam Menon, and M.V. Ramana, 2006, "Citizens’ input on power tariffs", India Together, November 27, also available at http://www.indiatogether.org/2006/nov/eco-ptariff.htm
2005
Lélé, Sharachchandra, and Ajit Menon, 2005, "Neo-liberal verbiage," DownTo Earth, p.53, January 15.
Lélé, Sharachchandra, and Ajit Menon, 2005, "DRAFT NEP 2004: A Flawed Vision", Seminar, (547), pp.55-62, March.
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. Also available at 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
Lélé, Sharachchandra, 2003, "Karnatakadha Aranya Samasyegalu (in Kannada), " Hosatu, July.
Ramana, M.V., 2003, "Assessing emergency plans," The Daily Times, March 13. [Abstract: Pdf file, 8 KB]
Ramana, M.V., 2003, "Climate change and developing countries," The Daily Times, December 18. [Abstract: Pdf file, 6 KB]
Ramana, M.V., 2003, "Climate change failure: Underlying causes’," The Daily Times, November 21. [Abstract: Pdf file, 6 KB]
Ramana, M.V., 2003, "Phasing out nuclear energy in Europe," The Daily Times, January 30. [Abstract: Pdf file: 6 KB]
Ramana, M.V., 2003, "Remembering the Chernobyl catastrophe," The Daily Times, April 24. [Abstract: Pdf file, 6 KB]
Ramana, M.V., 2003, "Reprocessing: the cons," Outlook, July 25. (Article, Pdf file, 28 KB)
