Email: sabrangind@gmail.com
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.
Salony -
80,000 Outsourced Health Employees in UP Not Paid For Months
Agencies that hired these employees claim that the departments concerned have not released the budget for this financial year.
Delhi Police attacks terminated anganwadi workers and helpers
The Anganwadi Workers and Helpers Union of Delhi in...
You promised 50 lakh houses, give us one: Ahmedabad migrant women’s plea to Modi
Women display letters containing rakhi for PM Poor labouring families,...
UP: Mid-day Meal Workers Not Paid Honorarium For 5 Months, Forced to Borrow for Daily Needs
Of the 3.25 lakh cook-cum-helpers, 90% are women, mostly single women and widows, who are solely dependent on their monthly honorarium
‘Grossly inadequate’: NREGA allocation 0.29% of GDP, World Bank recommended 1.6%
A civil society tracker, seeking to periodically analyse the...
TN: Rural Workers Unite to Demand Jobs, Social Security and Housing
Sruti MD -
Nationwide call with a 28-point charter of demands; more than 50,000 workers staged demonstrations across Tamil Nadu on August 1
AIFUCTO Calls for Withdrawing NEP, Revival of old Pension Scheme
The teachers’ unions are asking for a special session in Parliament to debate the New Education Policy 2020
MGNREGA ‘Under Attack’? Rural Workers Demand Increased Budgetary Allocations
At the call of NREGA Sangharsh Morcha, rural workers from over 15 states started a three-day protest at Jantar Mantar on Tuesday.
Anganwadi Workers are Right: They Need More Money
So does the government’s supplementary nutrition programme, which is not getting the priority it deserves.
Eye on Ongoing Monsoon Session, Anganwadi Caregivers Begin 4-day ‘Mahapadav’ Near Parliament
Covering large distances, hundreds of Anganwadi caregivers reach the national capital at the call of CITU–affiliated All India Federation of Anganwadi Workers and Helpers; their major demands include the implementation of the SC judgment on gratuity for the all-female workforce.
Trending
Related VIDEOS
ALL STORIES
ALL STORIES
Rule of Law
Allahabad High Court flags surge in “false” conversion firs, seeks accountability from UP government
In a strong rebuke, the Allahabad High Court questions misuse of the Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Act, 2021, calls out investigative lapses, and directs state authorities to act against frivolous complaints while protecting the accused and the woman at the centre of the case
Politics
Will delimitation have severe, undemocratic consequences following the SIR?
A quick yet illustrative explainer on how the proposed three bills suddenly introduced in Parliament and tabled this week show a disproportionate impact on non-BJP states; moreover the author demonstrates how, both the SIR and delimitation of the Modi government as currently proposed, is a lethal attack on Parliamentary Democracy.
India
Procedure for tabling bills on women’s reservations & delimitation both opaque and non-consultative: Experts and Citizens
Even as media accessed the three bills tabled without consultation in Parliament, experts and citizens groups have criticized the opaque and non-consultative methods employed by the Modi 3.0 government
Caste
Understanding power through caste: Dr. Ambedkar’s contribution to the sociology of law
Dr Babasaheb’s understanding of Indian society was pivotal: he was prescient in the dangers that loomed ahead, even after drafting the Indian Constitution; because caste-based inequality remains deeply entrenched in society and the post-Independence state did not go much beyond providing formal equality to the lower castes and other marginalised communities, Dr. Ambedkar was acutely aware of the continuing presence of upper-caste hegemony from society to politics and from culture to the economy
Rights
Decoding the Judgement on Sathankulam Custodial Death-Part 2-Pathbreaking Orders of the High Court
Decoding the Judgement on Sathankulam Custodial Death-Part 2-Pathbreaking Orders of the High Court of Madras : Adv. Henri Tiphagne
Minorities
Congress and Karnataka’s Muslims: Loyalty without Representation
In an era where majoritarian politics is openly dismissive of Muslim concerns, the Congress still benefits from being seen as the lesser evil. But “lesser evil” is not a sustainable political identity. For a party that speaks the language of diversity and inclusion, Karnataka’s record on Muslim representation - particularly in Parliament - stands as an uncomfortable indictment.
Rights
Decoding the Sathankulam Judgement on Custodial Death – Part 1 – Context of Torture in India
Decoding the Sathankulam Judgement on Custodial Death - Part 1 - Context of Torture in India - Adv. Henri Tiphagne
Communal Organisations
When History substitutes Governance: Hindutva’s Politics of Manufacturing Pasts
Inventing kings, rebranding dynasties, and fabricating history to mask policy failure and engineer caste-communal politics