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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....
Hate Watch: Dalit worker’s hand chopped for seeking wages in MP
The construction worker was allegedly attacked with a sword by the so called "upper caste" employer, when he asked for his wages to be paid
Teesta Setalvad calls out modern day “zamindars” who are trying to usurp control of India’s forests
Setalvad was the keynote speaker at the inaugural event of the AIUFWP’s 2nd National Conference being held in New Delhi
AIUFWP’s 2nd National Conference begins in New Delhi
Adivasis, forest workers, activists and farmers come together to discuss land and forest rights
AIUFWP’s second National Conference to discuss land, legal, constitutional rights and more
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Eager to mobilise more people at the ground level, the AIUFWP invites various peasant leaders and human rights activists from Dec 1-3, 2021
8 years on, Tharu tribe’s struggle for land rights continues
The community land rights claims filed by forest dwelling Tharu Adivasi community in Dudhwa, Lakhimpur Kheri have been rejected at the district level, even as the community members insist that the law does not authorise the Committee to do so
Hate Watch: Dalit child beaten mercilessly for touching a tap in Barmer
The child was on his way back from school, reached out to drink water from a tap, drawing the wrath of the man who ‘owned’ the tap
BOOK REVIEW – Bhil Vidroh: Sangharsh ke sawa sau saal
Chronicling the historic events of Bhil revolts in India
Palghar Adivasis decry ecologically-dangerous infrastructural projects
Tribals demanded that the state government invest in strengthening existing infrastructure rather than building new modes of transport
Meghalaya: Eviction imminent for Dalit Sikh families?
State government acquires land on which Punjabi Lane was built; residents who are sanitation workers and their families to be relocated to staff quarters
Edesmetta encounter victims’ families await justice; probe indicates CRPF fired at unarmed innocents
In May 2013, little did the tribals know that as they ventured out to celebrate a festival, they would be fired at, unprovoked, by CRPF personnel
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