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Decoding Brahminical-Gene Through Popular Films
After centuries of domination, surprisingly it is the ‘Brahminical-Gene’ which is under all sorts of threats. Now, the threat has manifested through Anuradha Tiwari’s assertion of her upper-caste identity....
End police oppression! FIAN Int. stands with Odisha’s adivasis
The human rights body was disappointed by the lack of inaction to protect people’s forest and land rights
Odisha Police beat up Adivasi villagers
Tired of arbitrary arrests by police forces, villagers ask why dissenters are implicated in false cases
Tougher than Steel: Odisha villagers condemn govt’s to attempts to usurp their land
Civil society activists decry state police’s brutal attack on unarmed Dhinkia villagers
UP adivasis lament the slow grant of forest ownership rights under FRA
Hundreds of UP forest-dwellers celebrated ‘Forest Rights Day’ on Wednesday
Sustainability dominates Forest Rights movement agenda
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On Forest Rights day, Adivasis and other forest-dwelling community members as well as forest workers reiterated their commitment to counter climate change and to work in solidarity with every community in crisis as well
Hate Watch: Man loses Panchayat election, forces Dalit voter to lick spit!
Balwant Singh, who subsequently arrested, had reportedly claimed that the victim did not vote for him in the Panchayat elections
What keeps the Tharu Adivasis going in their quest for Community Forest Rights?
CJP Team -
Tharu tribes of 20 villages in Dudhwa region of Lakhimpur Kheri, Uttar Pradesh have objected to the rejection of their claims by the district level committee, contending that the committee has no power under the Forest Rights Act, 2006 (FRA).
Struggle for forest rights, not an isolated movement: AIUFWP
Forest rights activists celebrate small victories and discusses regional mobilisation before concluding 2nd National Conference of AIUFWP and beginning a new year
Muslim man assaulted, Adivasi man lynched to death: What is happening in Jharkhand?
The mentally challenged Muslim man was grievously injured and the Adivasi man was lynched on suspicion of being a cattle thief
AIUFWP elects Sokalo Gond as new President
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The Adivasi woman, best known for her sustained campaign for Adivasi rights to jal, jangal, zameen, promises to commit to the cause with renewed vigour
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