Dalit Bahujan Adivasi

Forced ghettoisation due to stigma is worsened by an iniquitous access and distribution of public services for Muslims and Dalits in Indian cities, an international study reveals

The delimitation exercise by the ECI, delayed from 2008, finds strong critics arguing vociferously against it stating that basic guidelines have been given the go by and older data, not the 2011 census used as its basis; moreover it is not just the Muslim minority but indigenous peoples who will be adversely impacted.

The Bhumi Adhikar Andolan, a decade long platform of mass organisations working on issue of indigenous peoples, farmers rights and ecologiocal protection has called for a nationwide protest against the exploitation of forest lands and the regressive proposed amendments to the Forest Conservation Act (FCA) on Friday, June 30

A real life battle is on in those lands over which forest dwellers and Adivasis ought to have control but where state and corporate interests intrude

The families have accused the police of torturing their sons to death.

Though five years have passed, and two major investigations have revealed gross lapses in the investigation, the trial is not underway and six of the 16 languish in jail, one is under house arrest

The reporter who highlighted this issue has been booked for reporting this and interviewing the tribal community.

9 out of 10 accused deceased, remaining 90- year-old sentenced to life imprisonment

A constitutional commitment and vision is unrealised due to the lack of visionary zeal in implementation

Incidents of atrocities against the Dalit community reported in the first week of June 2023, apart from being brutal reflect the depth of caste prejudice manifest across India