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Two Tales of Farmers’ Agitation: Gandhi’s Against the British & Farmers’ Against Modi

 by Prof Prabhakar Sinha It was in 1917 that Gandhiji visited Bihar for the first time. He was pursued and persuaded by one Raj Kumar Shukla, a peasant from Champaran, to come to the rescue of the peasants against their exploitation… Continue Reading →

How Long Do Shudras Have to Continue Endorsing Insults?

Pragya Thakur’s comment about Shudras echoes what her compatriots say but there is no protest by the Sangh Parivar or even opposition politicians. By Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd How Long Do Shudras Have to Continue Endorsing Insults? Pragya Singh Thakur is… Continue Reading →

Chhattisgarh: Adivasis Stall Rally for Ram Van Gaman Path, Call it an Attack on their Culture

‘The community here does not have any hatred towards a particular religion. But the question is how is the government blatantly cracking down on our indigenous culture and practices to erase what we know.’Sumedha Pal 18 Dec 2020 Marking two years… Continue Reading →

COVID-19 Vaccines: Get the Facts

– Looking to get the facts about the new COVID-19 vaccines? Here’s what you need to know about the different vaccines and the benefits of getting vaccinated. Vaccines to prevent the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) are perhaps the best hope for… Continue Reading →

Dalit students had biscuits or uncooked Maggi because cooking was not allowed on campus

The eyes of humans are witness to many developments in the area of education such as increases in the educational institution, enrollment, scholarships, textbooks, uniforms, mid-day meals and so on but one can not escape the reality which makes us… Continue Reading →

Pesticide suicides reduce post 2011 ban on Endosulfan

India’s 2011 ban on endosulfan may have contributed to almost 30,000 fewer suicides by ingestion of pesticide.Much of the decline, though, was offset by a parallel increase in suicides by hanging and other methods of poisoning, the study found, resulting… Continue Reading →

Bihar scrapped APMC Act, mandi system 14 years ago; here’s what it did to farmers

Why are farmers protesting the government’s ’reforms’, ask many. A look at how Bihar’s farmers have fared may explain  By C K Manoj The recent controversy about India’s newly minted farm laws have brought back into focus what Nitish Kumar did a… Continue Reading →

Police ‘fail to see’ caste-based crime in murder of a Dalit of UP’s Mushahar community

Sunday, December 20, 2020 Banarasi’s wife and son  By Vidya Bhushan Rawat* On May 24 morning, when villagers were went to the field to defecate in the open, they were shocked to see two bodies on the road. It was… Continue Reading →

Harsh Mander’s Near-Death Covid Experience In Delhi’s Hospitals

Memory loss, extensive brain damage and internal bleeding. For the first time, the author and human rights activist shares what happened when he admitted himself to a general ward of a premiere public hospital after he got Covid-19 in October…. Continue Reading →

Answering Modi Govt and BJP’s lies on Farmer’s Demand

REPEAL The THREE FARM ACTS AND ELECTRICITY BILL 2020 Com. Ashish Mital, General Secretary, AIKMS Govt’s Arguments for notAccepting Peasant Demandsof Repealing three FarmActs and Electricity Bill 2020 are Deceptive and Untruthful.Its claim of havingaddressed specific problemsin the Acts are… Continue Reading →

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