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Day August 29, 2016

India – 2,000 acres of assigned lands grabbed #WTFnews

By Naresh Sankepally | THE HANS INDIA | Dalits, tribals and freedom fighters duped by realtors with help of officials Hyderabad: In an explosive finding the Task Force Committee constituted by the State Government, which probed encroachment of lands, has… Continue Reading →

NITI Aayog report on medical draft bill further commercialisation

Alliance of Doctors for Ethical Healthcare (ADEH)  called the bill and the report a “huge disappointment” and said the treatment being suggested to reform and replace the MCI is “even worse than the disease it is supposed to remedy”. Raising… Continue Reading →

सरदार सरोवर बांध के गेट बंद करने के प्रस्तावित निर्णय के ख़िलाफ़ प्रभावित लोगों काविरोध प्रदर्शन, दिल्ली पर्यावरण भवन के सामने

  अनिल दवे जी से हमें है उम्मीद, नर्मदा की रक्षा नदी और उनके लोगों की रक्षा है, एक सभ्यता, संस्कृति है संकट  में : मेधा पाटकर  नई दिल्ली , 29 अगस्त 2016 : आज दोपहर नर्मदा बचाओ आंदोलन ने… Continue Reading →

Visa denied- 64 dalit artistes miss US trip

HUBBALLI: As many 64 dalit artistes are unlikely to perform at the 9th AKKA World Kannada Conference in Atlantic City, New Jersey, after the US Consulate in Chennai denied visas to them owing to delay in the issue of permit… Continue Reading →

Dress code repression: Kerala’s history of breast tax for Avarna women

As burkini controversy unfolds, a look at Kerala’s caste history, its focus on women’s bodies Supriya Unni Nair| Even as media across the globe hotly debates on how much women should cover up – or should not – our own history has… Continue Reading →

Let us have the right to live, say Joginis #Vaw

A former Jogini Ajamma (centre), an active member of Jogini Vyatireka Mahila Sangham along with others at a media conference in Hyderabad on Wednesday| A Suresh Kumar     HYDERABAD: Notwithstanding the Andhra Pradesh Devadasis (Prohibition and Dedication) Act 1988,… Continue Reading →

India – “Swachh Bharat represents toilet users, not toilet cleaners”

Bezwada Wilson, national convenor, Safai Karamachari Andolan, and Magsaysay award winner explains how manual scavenging is a problem arising out of caste, class and patriarchy. – Pankaj Srivastava  Photo: Arun Kumar   As the government plans to build 12 crore… Continue Reading →

Tribals Fight for Khandadhar Hills

Anupam Chakravartty   Once rescued from Korean company POSCO, Odisha‘s ecologically rich Khandadhar hills have now been handed over to the state’s mining body. Tribal communities in the region gear up for another round of fight to save their rivers… Continue Reading →

Nandigram’s women still wait for justice #Vaw

SUVOJIT BAGCHI The martyrs’ memorial in Nandigram. Raped and assaulted, justice eludes the victims, while the perpetrators have returned with political patronage When the farmers of Nandigram came out to protest against the 2007 State government order acquiring 10,000 acres… Continue Reading →

A Revolutionary Dalit voice in Punjab’s Hinterland

SHALINI KASHYAP While the world witnesses the revolution launched by the Dalits in Gujarat, it forgets that there have been several unknown voices fighting against repression while sustaining the fight against it. One such voice has reverberated the hinterland of… Continue Reading →

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