Dalit Bahujan Adivasi

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.

Rohith Vemula’s ‘institutional murder’: Five years on, family and friends still wait for justice

Advocate Raja Vemula, dedicates law degree to brother Rohtih, on his Shahadat Divas, wows to fight for Dalit rights 

Tilak Manjhi: One of India’s first freedom fighters

Jharkhand communities remember the first martyr of India who led an army against the British in 1784.

Bhima Koregaon case: Dalit group demands action against Manohar ‘Sambhaji’ Bhide

Republican Yuva Morcha asks why have the police not named Bhide in a chargesheet, demands Maharashtra CM look into the matter

UP Police allegedly assault Adivasi women

Police arrested the women for protesting an unauthorised construction on forest land in Lilasi in Sonbhadra district

Safai Karamchari Andolan campaigns against dry latrines

100-day campaign aims to end the unfair burden on Dalit women

15 years on, memories of the Kalinganagar massacre still haunt

The unwarranted attack on Adivasis in Kalinganagar area of Odisha is one of the prime examples of how minority suffering gets sidelined when corporate interests are allegedly involved

Why is  #RemoveUsFromScheduleCaste trending on Twitter today?

Devendra Kula Vellalar community leaders want to be removed from the Scheduled Caste list

Goa police tear-gas, lathi-charge Melauli Adivasis 

Protesters allege that local police attacked women protesters and used tear-gas that locals had never experienced before.

UP Government transfers Hathras DM to Mirzapur

The DM was pulled up by the court for his mismanagement of the Hathras rape and murder case of a 19-year-old Dalit girl

A 2020 Report of 10 Worst Victims of apathy: Dalits, Adivasis

How this year saw amplified instances of attacks on historically oppressed & marginalised communities facing both discrimination and violence

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