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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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Censorship in learning tarnishes India’s international image: DTF member Dhusiya
AC, DTF and concerned experts heavily criticise the Oversight Committee’s call to remove three significant Dalit women writers from the English literature syllabus.
Maharashtra reports two caste-based crimes within 7 days!
August 2021 has been marred with disturbing incidents of caste violence across India; these crimes can no longer be brushed under the rug or whitewashed
India will remember Gail Omvedt forever
As an American-born Indian scholar, sociologist and human rights activist she was well known all over the world for her writings on Dalits, OBCs and Adivasis
Gail Omvedt passes away
The scholar dedicated to Phule Ambedkar ideology was known for her work in helping preserve Dalit-Bahujan literature
UP: Merely 20% land rights claims approved by district committees
The reality of land rights under FRA in UP is the harassment faced by tribals and the difficulties faced by them in getting their claims approved.
Climate change policies will never work until Adivasis are included: AIUFWP Roma Malik
Experts call for inclusion of Adivasi groups in national policies to effectively address climate change
And now, Hathras-like horror in Delhi!
Rape, murder, hasty cremation of a 9-year-old Dalit girl, this time in a crematorium; where is the political, social outrage?
Kaimur Police firing: 15 Adivasi-activists get bail for lack of evidence
During a sit in protest for forests and lands, the Bihar Police open fired, lathi charged and even arrested some of them in 2020 and 2021
Two ministries and India’s traditional forest dwellers, Adivasis
The controversial amendments to the EPA 2020 and two recent notifications could mean that the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF) is seeking to control the autonomy over land and rights that the Ministry of Tribal Affairs (MOTA) was given in 2006
No eviction of tribals without settlement of land claims: J. Arun Mishra (retd.)
In February 2019, as a judge in the SC, J Mishra had first ordered the eviction of tribals and forest dwellers, but stayed operation of the order soon thereafter
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