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Arts, crafts, colour and people say no to the BRAI bill on World Food day in Delhi

Blog entry by Neha Saigal | October 20, 2011

The street play spread awareness about the ill-affects of genetically modified food on World Food in Delhi. © Greenpeace/Anshuman Akash “Khidki ke peeche kya hai, Khidki ke aage kya hai: Mon-san-to!” These were...

Celebrating safe food on World Food day

Feature story | October 28, 2011 at 15:16

“There is no love sincerer than the love of food,” George Bernard Shaw.

Zero demand for genetically modified crops!

Blog entry by Shivani Shah | December 1, 2011

This is not new, as a matter of fact there has been no demand for genetically modified organisms (GMOs) from anywhere in the world, ever. On the contrary, ever since foods containing GMOs were introduced in the nineties, they have...

Make this year count and withdraw the BRAI bill

Blog entry by Neha Saigal | December 23, 2011

Open letter to Hon. Prime Minister of India Dear Mr. Manmohan Singh, A contentious bill labeled by some as the wrong bill, drafted by the wrong people, for the wrong reasons. This could be any of the numerous bills, listed to...

We will not STOP expressing ourselves till the BRAI bill is withdrawn

Blog entry by Neha Saigal | January 20, 2012

We are lucky to be born in a country which has a functional democracy and expression through art, dance, and music is a part of the culture. The history of our independence is marked by non-violent expression and after 200 years it...

BRAI bill: A threat to our food and farming

Publication | February 9, 2012 at 17:30

The Biotechnology Regulatory Authority of India (BRAI) bill, 2011, has been proposed by the Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India. If cleared, this bill will ease the entry of genetically modified crops into our country.

From the prison floor

Blog entry by Arko Datto | February 10, 2012

On Wednesday, February 8, 2012, Greenpeace activists in Kolkata set out to do an awareness drive. They were outside the Writers Building, talking about the state's need to oppose the Biotechnology Regulatory Authority of India...

“I am with you.”

Blog entry by Md. Azim ud Doula | February 14, 2012

Valentines Day brought hope for the youth of Kolkata. Chief Minister Ms Mamata Banerjee said, "I'm with you," to a group of us, who visited her residence to gift her a canvas painted by youth of West Bengal. The canvas contained...

Greenpeace welcomes China's legal initiative to keep GE away from the country's...

Press release | February 24, 2012 at 14:58

New Delhi, 24 February 2012: Chinese government has finally put out its long awaited policy on GM crops this week for public inputs. The State Council has released the draft proposal of a grain law that establishes legislation restricting...

Didi did not let us down: reassured West Bengal of a GM-free future

Blog entry by Amaan | March 15, 2012

My name is Amaan and I belong to an organisation called YUVA in Kolkata, which works to spread awareness and engage with youth on social issues. More than a month ago Greenpeace India and YUVA started working together in Kolkata to...

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