Email: sabrangind@gmail.com
Beyond mere Recognition: The Jane Kaushik judgment and the next frontier of transgender equality
In a landmark decision, the Supreme Court acknowledged the dignity and rights of employment of transgender individuals, ordered monetary compensation for a transwoman teacher who had been terminated from her position, and ordered that a model Equal Opportunity Policy be made mandatory in all institutions, going further than the Constitution's promise of equality in private employment
CJP Team -
Everyday Harmony: Muslim man saves a Hindu girl’s life after she attempts suicide in Madhya Pradesh
Dewas resident Tipu Sultan feted as a hero
SC refuses to stay MP High Court order restraining coercive action under anti-conversion law
The High Court has barred the state government from using coercion against anyone who fails to intimate the DM before conversion
450 Adivasi church-goers faced boycott, violence in December says Chhattisgarh Bachao Andolan report
The report also points towards police apathy who did not take any action despite earlier reports of intimidation and open calls for violence by BJP-RSS backed Janjaati Suraksha Manch
K’taka: Muslim graveyard vandalized, over 100 tombstones razed
The culprits have not yet been identified, the police has begun inquiry in the matter
Savitri rally to be held in Thane on January 3 for the first time
The rally, organised by the Mali community, will start from Thane market go via Shivaji market and will end at Court Naka in front of Babasaheb Ambedkar in Thane
SC will hear petitions filed by CJP challenging controversial “anti-conversion” laws
A two-judge bench of CJI Chandrachud and Justice PS Narasimha is scheduled to hear PILs filed by advocate Vishal Thakre and 'Citizens for Justice and Peace', a civil rights group
Christmas of the 2% is being imposed on the 98%, says Suresh Chavhanke
CJP Team -
While the targets of the Editor-in-Chief of Sudarshan TV vile comments are generally the Muslim community, this time he spoke at length about why Hindus should not celebrate Christmas, which is not a Hindu festival.
TN: Dalit youth dies by suicide after ‘upper caste’ men violently attacked him
The assault is alleged to have occurred after the 19-year-old came to the doorstep of a man of an upper caste to ask for help for an elderly member of that community.
UP: Teacher booked for making students recite “madrassa type prayer”
In the video, students can be heard reciting Mohammad Iqbal’s iconic Urdu poem ‘Lab pe aati hai dua‘.
TN: Human faeces dumped in water tank meant for Dalits
The incident came to light after a young boy fell ill after drinking the water
Trending
Related VIDEOS
ALL STORIES
ALL STORIES
India
SIR exercise leaves trail of suicide across states as BLOs buckle under pressure and citizens panic over citizenship
The SIR of electoral rolls has come under severe distress following a series of suicides involving Booth Level Officers (BLOs) and marginalised citizens in West Bengal, Rajasthan, and Kerala, families and employee unions allege that the pressure to complete a traditionally lengthy verification process in the name of SIR within two months is causing fatal mental distress
Gender and Sexuality
Beyond mere Recognition: The Jane Kaushik judgment and the next frontier of transgender equality
In a landmark decision, the Supreme Court acknowledged the dignity and rights of employment of transgender individuals, ordered monetary compensation for a transwoman teacher who had been terminated from her position, and ordered that a model Equal Opportunity Policy be made mandatory in all institutions, going further than the Constitution's promise of equality in private employment
Farm and Forest
Draft Seeds Bill must be withdrawn: SKM, AIKS
SKM leaders say the draft seed Bill surrendered the seed sovereignty of India and it is aimed at predatory pricing by corporate monopolies
Politics
Civil society warns, Election Commission is “Undermining Democracy”
An interesting formation of citizens groups and people’s organisations has directly accused the Election Commission of India (ECI) as being responsible for a systemic assault on the Indian democratic framework
Hate Speech
Hate Has No Place in Elections: CJP moves State EC against BJP MP Ashwini Choubey’s communal speech
In Bhagalpur’s Pirpainti, the senior BJP leader urged “Muslim brothers” to reduce their population and referred to “infiltrators,” breaching the Model Code of Conduct and constitutional values
Communalism
Hindutva’s Rajasthan Project: Brahmin-Bania Power, not just Muslim baiting
The RSS’ and Hindutva’s strategy in Rajasthan has systematically pushed the dominance of a Brahmin–Bania synergy that shrewdly ensures that while Muslims are scapegoated, Rajputs are historically and politically side-lined and the real beneficiaries are the Brahmin-Bania elites who monopolise both state power and wealth.
Dalit Bahujan Adivasi
When Conservation Becomes Coercion: The silent violence faced by the Tharus of Kheri
Over 4,000 Tharu Adivasis in Lakhimpur Kheri — including a blind man, a chronically ill man, and several elders — have been wrongfully booked. This analysis shows how administrative discretion and recent forest-law amendments are further undermining the protections guaranteed to forest-dwelling communities under the Forest Rights Act, 2006