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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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Evict people encroaching upon tribal land: Assam’s CCTOA
Tribal groups surrounded Circle office in Guwahati to stress on need to protect tribal rights
Dhinkia: Three more anti-Jindal activists arrested by the police!
Villagers approach the police to complain against the series of arrest and demand a compensation of ₹ 40 lakh
Dhinkia: Betel plantation destruction hits local economy
With land being transferred, allegedly without consent of villagers for a "development project, and alleged police pressure, the future appears bleak
Chhattisgarh gov’t halts three Hasdeo Arand mining projects
Activists demand that the projects be scrapped altogether
Spate of arrests in Orissa’s Dhinkia, protesting activists held
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“Google wilfully ill-equipped to deal caste discrimination”
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Google cancels caste-based talk with Dalit activist Thenmozhi Soundararajan!
The latest incident reinforces the growing spread of casteism and the fight back by the progressive Indian diaspora
Stop Killing Us: Sanitation workers
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