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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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MP: Dalit boy dies by suicide, blames teacher’s casteist remarks
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He wrote in his note that the teacher harassed him and even abused his parents
Armed cops, paramilitary sent to ‘protect’ top mining group, ‘oppose’ Odisha tribal rights
The civil rights group, Forum Against Corporatization And Militarization...
Jharkhand displacement: Bokaro villagers continue their five-decades-old struggle
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Tribals gather in Giridih, demand freeing of Marang Buru (Parasnath) from Jains: Jharkand
Image Courtesy: india.postsen.comThousands of Adivasis (tribals/ indigenous peoples) from three...
NCST: Rajasthan Police asked to submit report in lynching of Adivasi man
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Mata Gurdev Kaur Martyrdom 6th Anniversary Observed In Sangrur
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Adivasi activist Hidme Markam walks out of jail 22 months after being branded a “terrorist”
Markam, a woman forest rights and prisoners’ rights activist, was falsely accused by the police and the NIA of involvement in Naxal activities and arrested on March 9, 2021. She was acquitted in four cases and granted bail in the last one; she was released on January 5 at 7 pm
MP: Acquitted After 2 Years in a ‘Gang-Rape’ Case, Tribal Man Sues Police, Govt for Mental Agony
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Dalits demand to be treated equally in death (payment of ex-gratia) if not while living: Jammu & Kashmir
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Tribal-Jain fallout as Centre stays all tourism at Jharkhand’s Parasnath when tribal bodies seek ‘freeing’ of area from Jains
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