Stories written by Ranjit Devraj
Regional editor Ranjit Devraj, based in Delhi, takes care of the journalistic production from the Asia and Pacific region. He handles a group of influential writers based in places like Bangkok, Rangoon, Tehran, Dubai, Karachi, Colombo, Melbourne, Beijing and Tokyo, among many others. He coordinates with the editor in chief and forms part of the IPS editorial team. Ranjit Devraj has been an IPS correspondent in India since 1997. Prior to that he was a special correspondent with the United News of India news agency. Assignments for UNI included development of the agency’s overseas operations, particularly in the Gulf region. Devraj counts two years in the trenches (1989-1990) covering the violent Gorkha autonomy movement in the Darjeeling Hills as most valuable in a career of varied journalistic experience.

HEALTH-INDIA: Indian Cyclone Victims Guinea Pigs for U.S.Genetic Food

By Ranjit Devraj
Millions of poor peasants affected by the super-cyclone which hit India's eastern coastal Orissa state last year, are being used as guinea pigs for testing genetically modified (GM) food made by the U.S. biotech industry and rejected by Western consumers, say food security activists.

ENVIRONMENT-INDIA: Forests Go up In Smoke as Fuel Prices Soar

By Ranjit Devraj
India's forests are going up in smoke with the rural poor once again using mainly firewood to cook meals in place of non-wood fuels that have become costly in recent years, says a new U.N. study.

//REPEATING FOR POINTS NEEDING// //GENDER EQUALITY 2000//DEVELOPMENT-SOUTH ASIA: Learning How to Invest in Women

By Ranjit Devraj
Gender was far from their minds when European Union (EU) officials launched an ambitious programme to green the barren Aravalli hills that flank the Indian capital.

//GENDER EQUALITY 2000//DEVELOPMENT-SOUTH ASIA: Learning How to Invest in Women

By Ranjit Devraj
Gender was far from their minds when European Union (EU) officials launched an ambitious programme to green the barren Aravalli hills that flank the Indian capital.

ECONOMY-INDIA: Good Monsoons, But Millions Still Hungry

By Ranjit Devraj
Weather experts have predicted India's 13th good monsoon in a row, bringing cheer to farmers, the government and the booming consumer goods industry, but this is little consolation for tens of millions of underfed Indians.

RIGHTS-INDIA: Flak For AIDS Programme as Workers Jailed

By Ranjit Devraj
A controversial AIDS pamphlet that put its activist authors in jail, triggering nationwide charges of rights abuse, has revived criticism of the government's handling of its ambitious World Bank-funded HIV control programme.

TRADE-INDIA: Biopiracy-friendly Laws Worry Neem Battle Winner

By Ranjit Devraj
A prominent Indian intellectual rights campaigner who got revoked European patents to a trans-national corporation (TNC) for pesticides from the 'neem' tree, says the battle against biopiracy must begin at home.

ECONOMY-INDIA: Budget Fudged Say Opposition Leaders

By Ranjit Devraj
Accusing Finance Minister Yashwant Sinha of fudging the fiscal deficit figures, Opposition leaders have called for resistance to his 'pro-rich, pro-reform' annual budget proposals, presented in Parliament, Saturday.
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