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An Adivasi woman once in bonded labour now serves her village as a Sarpanch
As India marks 50 years of the Bonded Labour System (Abolition) Act, 1976, cases of bonded labour still surface in states like Telangana where many workers in sectors such as agriculture, brick kilns, fishing and construction remain trapped in debt and coercion; here the author reflects on a transformative journey of an Adivasi woman who serves as a Sarpanch.
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IMSD condemns caste-based discrimination by a Kerala mosque
Indian Muslims for Secular Democracy (IMSD) is shocked by...
MP, UP witness shocking incidents of violence against Dalits
India once again witnesses a trail of violence against Dalits as three incidents recorded on camera emerge on social media
Pasmanda Muslims need justice, not merely lip service
PM Modi has taken up the cause of ‘Pasmanda’ Muslims in order to woo them to the BJP fold in the run-up to the 2024 elections. Ironically, it was his government too that refused reservation benefits to Pasmanda Muslims and Dalit Christians: infamously the BJP’s official stand under Modi has been that, since “Islam and Christianity were egalitarian religions, did not have untouchability, hence no need to accord SC status to ‘Dalit Muslims’”
Casteism in the Kerala Muslim Community, DPJC strongly objects
The Dalit Pasmanda Justice Collective (DPJC) has, in a tweet, strongly objected to a prevalent instance of casteism by the Puthoorpally Muslim Jama-ath" mosque in Changanassery, Kerala; a letter sent by the Secretary of the Masjid Committee directs exclusion of Dalits Muslims from a meeting, stating that “traditionally your ancestors were prohibited from attenting the general meeting”
SC deems caste-based discrimination in higher education system to be a ‘very sensitive matter’
In the PIL filed by mothers of Rohith Vemula and Payal Tadvi, bench urges UGC take action, propose steps to facilitate students from the SC/ST backgrounds into the mainstream
Adivasis wants protection of identity & rights, not uniform laws: Prof Virginius Xaxa
Professor Virginius Xaxa -- who headed the High-Level Committee...
Challenge to Live Fr. Stan’s Legacy Today!
Times are bad in India: Manipur has been burning...
#DontStealOurLand, widespread protests break out, district to state, to national: Bhumi Adhikar Andolan
Friday, June 30 saw widespread protests all over India from Haryana to Tamil Nadhu, Sonbhadra, east Uttar Pradesh to Jharkand.
Bhim Army chief Chandrashekhar Azad shot at: Saharanpur
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Reports said that the convoy of Chandrashekhar Aazad was fired at by a few car-borne armed men and a bullet brushed past him, SSP Dr Vipin Tada said.
Theirs & ours, how Indian cities discriminate against Dalits & Muslims
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