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Three years after Darshan Solanki, Sahil Wakode’s death shows IIT Bombay still has no answer on caste, power and student deaths
The second-year student died hours after a mid-semester examination; his family alleges caste-based harassment, while the professor named in the FIR continues as faculty despite being removed as Dean
A people on the brink: The fight to protect the Shompen of Great Nicobar
India’s tribal communities have long lived at the margins...
Forced pregnancy tests for Adivasi women students in Maharashtra’s hostels, Rahul Gandhi registers strong protest
The Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha writes to Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Monday, August 24 stating that Adivasi students have been on hunger strike for more than 10 days, a fact that came to light in live interviews with some of them at the Chattron kee Goonj programme in Pune last Saturday
The women India continues to ignore
It is 76 years into the adoption of the Indian Constitution. However, the fundamental promises of equality and dignity remain elusive for many communities - none more so than Dalit women. What is even starker is the sheer indifference of institutions towards their plight. This piece aims to highlight how the understanding of “women” does not mechanically encompass Dalit women and accentuate the underlying forces that precludes the empowerment of women from the most downtrodden sections of Indian society.
#STOPKILLINGUS Protest at Jantar Mantar on August 4 against GOI’s “cover-up” of Manual Scavenging deaths
The Safai Karmachari Andolan (SKA), a nationwide movement to abolish manual scavenging is organising a demonstration on Tuesday, August 4, 2026 at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi to protest against continued government apathy towards sewer and septic tank deaths across country and its attempts to fudge the actual data.
A Small Leap Forward: Chhattisgarh, Mining, Democracy and Gumipal
The year 2026 marks a century of mining in...
Ken-Betwa protest exposes the cost of state-led displacement
Activist Amit Bhatnagar’s removed after a 14-day fast, protesters allege compensation irregularities and lack of consultation as the State defends its rehabilitation process
Who is afraid of Stan Swamy? And why?
Political economist, Parakala Prabhakar delivered the Father Stan Swamy Memorial Lecture, St. Patrick’s High School, Secunderabad July 11, 2026; we reproduce the entire text of the lecture below
Did Indian Democracy fail Father Stan Swamy?
Five years after Father Stan Swamy's death, his life...
To a living Saint, now dead five years: Meeting to commemorate July 5
July 5, 2026 marks the fifth anniversary of Father Stan Swamy, who’s death in judicial custody in Maharashtra has been condemned for the institutional murder that it was; the 84 year old activist priest, who died of maltreatment by the prison authorities in Mumbai after suffering from the dreaded Covid-19 pandemic was an activist priest remembered for his path-brteaking work among Adivasis in Jharkand
Why Adivasis seek to re-assert their traditional identity
(This piece authored by Fr Stan Swamy was originally...
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