Meena Menon is Deputy Editor with "The Hindu", Mumbai. She has been a journalist since 1984 and has worked with the United News of India (UNI), "Mid-day", and "The Times of India". In 2004, she published "Organic Cotton: Reinventing the Wheel". Prior to this, she co-authored "The Unseen Worker: On the Trail of the Girl Child", published in 1998. She has received fellowships from the National Foundation of India, New Delhi; Centre for Science and Environment, New Delhi; Panos London, London; and Sarai CSDS (Centre for the Study of Developing Societies), New Delhi. She writes on politics and dev...