EQUATIONS IN THE MEDIA
On clicking a Title, you can read online the media reports related to our work or impact. You can sort the media reports across years. Presently, media reports from the year 2006 to 2009 are available.
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Myriad Faces Of Tourism 
September, 2010
In January 2008, a small team of researchers and filmmakers embarked on a trip across 10 tourist destinations in rural India. They were part of a United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) study on community-based rural tourism. UNDP sought to fund infrastructure for local communities. Aditi Chanchani, Coordinator-Programmes at EQUATIONS, was the sole face of the NGO EQUATIONS in the team. The role of EQUATIONS—an acronym for ‘Equitable Tourism Options’—was to document how the other stakeholders were building infrastructure and integrating the local communities.
The Equal and Opposite Effect
August, 2010
We have never before witnessed such a huge multi-billion rupee racket as the Commonwealth Games in Delhi. Every brick and steel bar that goes into the facilities is lubricated with bribes.
State tourism policy scrutinized by various concerned organizations
August, 2010
The second and the final day of the Regional Consultation on Responsible Tourism in the North Eastern States of India took off from where it concluded on Thursday. It briefly discussed on the outcomes of Thursday’s discussion.
NE Tourism conference has an eye for future prospects
August, 2010
A two-day regional consultation on responsible tourism in the North Eastern states of India kicked off this morning at the Regency Heritage retreat, Gangtok, Sikkim, organized by the Impulse NGO Network, Shillong, with technical support from Equations, Human Rights Law Network Sikkim and Sikkim University, and with Bhim Dhungel, minister for Tourism of Sikkim as the chief guest.
NE tourism stakeholders to brainstorm at Gangtok for responsible tourism code
August, 2010
A two day regional consultation on ‘responsible tourism’ in the North-eastern region of India organized by Shillong based NGO, Impulse in collaboration with Equations, Bangalore and supported by UNGIFT is scheduled to be held at Gangtok on August 26 and 27.
Commonwealth Games will not boost tourism, says report
July, 2010
The upcoming Commonwealth Games will not boost the country's tourism industry but will instead have an adverse impact on the sector, claims a report released in the Capital on Tuesday.
Games rush claim exaggerated, says NGO report
July, 2010
A report prepared by a voluntary organization has revealed that the officials may have made a gross miscalculation in estimating the number of tourists for the Games.
Will India’s Commonwealth Games be a source of shame?
July, 2010
India’s hosting of the upcoming Commonwealth Games were intended to be a major boost to national pride - a sort of international coming out party to rival Beijing’s hosting of the 2008 Olympics. Instead, the games now risk being a national debacle.
1 lakh tourists for Games. Really?
July, 2010
The official estimates of tourist arrivals and requirement for hotel rooms during the Commonwealth Games are grossly exaggerated, a new research has said. Bangalore based NGO Equtable Tourism has alleged that the bumped up numbers and the projected requirement for tourism infrastructure was just to benefit the real estate and hospitality sectors, which enjoyed tax holidays, discounted land rates and other incentives, in the name of the Games.
Predators on the Prowl
July, 2010
As child sex abusers find new hunting grounds in Kerala, the police struggle to get their act together!
For over 20 years, Jakub Spalti, a Swiss tourist now aged 82, was a regular visitor to the famed Kovalam beach in Thiruvananthapuram. Giving English lessons to boys from poor families, he was a familiar face for the locals. But that was to change two years ago, when a complaint from two children compelled the Kerala Police to register a case of child abuse against Spalti, leading to hls arrest and the confiscation of his passport. Spalti then jumped bail and has since disappeared, though many in Kovalam say he has been visiting the beach.
For over 20 years, Jakub Spalti, a Swiss tourist now aged 82, was a regular visitor to the famed Kovalam beach in Thiruvananthapuram. Giving English lessons to boys from poor families, he was a familiar face for the locals. But that was to change two years ago, when a complaint from two children compelled the Kerala Police to register a case of child abuse against Spalti, leading to hls arrest and the confiscation of his passport. Spalti then jumped bail and has since disappeared, though many in Kovalam say he has been visiting the beach.
The boy zone
July, 2010
From gigolos to strippers, nautch dancers to maalishwalas, male prostitution is becoming alarmingly common. However, it’s still a phenomenon that’s pretty much swept under the carpet.
NGO expresses concern over tourism Bill
July, 2010
Equations, a research, campaigning and advocacy organisation, has expressed concern over the Kerala Tourism (Conservation & Preservation of Areas) Amendment Bill 2010 on the grounds that it will usurp the powers and mandate of local self-governing institutions.
Tourism Act encroaches upon powers of LSGs: NGO
July, 2010
Equations, a leading NGO working for sustainable tourism, has criticised the Kerala Tourism (Conservation and Preservation of Areas) Act, 2010, saying that the Act, like its earlier 2005 version, encroaches upon the powers of the local self-governments.
10 Wonder Women - Rosemary Vishwanath - Chief functionary, Equations
March, 2010
Rosemary Vishwanath has studied all over the country; her father was in the Air Force. She completed her graduation from St Stephen's College in New Delhi and her post graduation from IIM Bengaluru. She worked in HR development for five years and then decided to work in the non profit development sector. She believes that she belongs here and looks back at the last 20 years as being both challenging and satisfying.
Eagles flying on the beaches between the decent tourism providers and the decent tourists Tourism in Trouble
March, 2010
Male child sexual abuse by tourists are not a rare case in Kerala. Jacob Spalti is one among the many paedophiles who visit the Gods' Own Country. The article talks about different cases in the recent past and the ineffectiveness of the Zero Tolerance Campaign on Child Abuse put forward by the tourism department in Kovalam. The article also highlights how girls from Russia, Nepal and Bangladesh are supplied as escorts by the sex mafia, “Special Welcome at Wayanad” for the young IT professionals and the story of tantric massage available in the tourism destinations of Kerala.
Centre’s code push to wipe off child sex tourism stain
February, 2010
What has made the government and the tourism industry sit up and take note of a trend in which foreign tourists visit tourism hubs like Goa, Kerala as well as pilgrimage-rich stateslike Tamil Nadu and Orissa to seek more than the sun and the culture.
MoT finalises code of conduct for Safe and Honourable Tourism
February, 2010
The Ministry of Tourism (MoT) has finalised a code of conduct for ‘Safe and Honourable Tourism’ to be adopted by major stakeholders like hotels, tour operators, cab drivers and other hospitality-linked services. The code is likely to be unveiled on March 8, 2010 to commemorate International Women's Day.