Dalit Bahujan Adivasi

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.

Religious and Cultural Desecration

  Mosques, dargahs, small shrines and other Muslim religious and...

Preparation for Violence, Gujarat 2002

  Role of the BJP and Allied Organisations: RSS/VHP/BD The role played...

State Complicity, Government of Gujarat, 2002, Role of Chief Minister

Courtesy: bpr.berkeley.eduThe post–Godhra carnage in Gujarat was an organised...

State Complicity, Police Misbehaviour, Gujarat 2002

Courtesy: ReutersEvidence before the Tribunal clearly establishes the absolute...

Role of the Central Government (NDA I) in Gujarat Genocidal Carnage

The complicity of the state government is obvious. And,...

Communalisation of Public Space Hospitals, Gujarat 2002

  Courtesy: ReutersOne of the most disturbing and sinister truths about...

Relief and Rehabilitation, Gujarat 2002

Relief  From the night of February 28, when brutal and...

Build-Up in Gujarat before 2002 through Segregation and Discrimination

Courtesy: AFP   In the past four years of BJP rule...

Recommendations, Short Term of the Concerned Citizens Tribunal, Gujarat 2002

Archived from Communalism Combat, November-December 2002 Year 9  No. 81-82,...

Recommendations, Long Term of the Concerned Citizens Tribunal, Gujarat 2002

Archived from Communalism Combat, November-December 2002 Year 9  No. 81-82,...

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