The challenger to the might of Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar, Raju Shetty remains active after having been released from jail on Friday. Raju has come into prominence by following Pawar’s route of fighting for sugarcane producers’ rights. A session’s court in Pune has ordered enlargement of parliamentarian Raju Shetty who had been arrested for inciting the sugarcane farmers in western Maharashtra to violence. The court also released some of his followers. The sugarcane ...

There’s quite a buzz in Manchester Central (United Kingdom), where 10,000 men and women from co-operatives around the world have gathered to share their ideas and experiences. The three-day Co-operatives United event marks the close of the UN International Year of Co-operatives and highlights the staying power of a movement that is gaining renewed attention worldwide. Personally, I find it inspiring to be in the land of the Rochdale pioneers – 10 weavers and 20 others who in 1844 ...