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 -
Increase in desperation among workers, violence against women, say official data
In the past few years, the central government has made big claims of development for farmers and laborers, but the latest data from the National Crime Records Bureau shows that the reality of these claims is different. According to the latest NCRB data, suicides of farmers and laborers have increased in the country.
On the Conditions of Workers and Peasants in India: What is to be done today?
In these dark times, the sun is shining on...
Thousands of Anganwadi workers protest, demands of wage hike unmet, talks with M’tra CM fail
Negotiations between the Maharashtra State Anganwadi Workers Action Committee and M’tra CM, Eknath Shinde failed on January 3, agitation and strike of state’s day care workers to continue
Gujarat govt’s vibrant move: Graduates to get stipend more than State’s class one babus!
In order to showcase how much innovative it can...
Aadhaar-linked wages for MNREGS workers mandatory from Jan 1, 2024
The linking of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme to Aadhaar – a scheme sharply criticised by experts and activists is set to be implemented from January 1, 2024. The move by the union government, makes it impossible for job seekers to secure payment under the scheme without an Aadhaar card connected to their job cards.
Delhi: Re-instate unlawfully removed sewer workers, ensure dignified wage, demands at a Public Hearing
The Public Hearing held last Thursday addressed both the Delhi government and the Delhi Commission for Safai Karmacharis who participated and urged implementation of a series of recommendations
Refusal to allow salt farming in Little Rann ‘pushes’ 1200 Gujarat Agariyas to margins
Unemployment is one of the severe and burning issues...
Pangs of Unemployment: Invoking Bhagat Singh
In the new parliament building two youth breaching security...
58 reported deaths in Gujarat in last 5 years: Union Govt data reveals deaths due to cleaning of sewers and septic tanks
No centralised data on whether deaths caused were to people from marginalized community; even as Ministry acknowledges tragic toll, data is a blank on specific details on compensation given
Decreasing trend in SCs Persondays in 2023 observed in 2023, from 22.63% in 2014-15 to 19.39% in 2023-24
MGNREGA's SC Employment Decline Sparks Concern: Data reveals dip in SC Persondays, urgent examination needed for equitable rural employment under MGNREGA
Trending
Related VIDEOS
ALL STORIES
ALL STORIES
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
Communal Organisations
Fractured Fault lines: Violence, governance gaps, and rising tensions across Odisha
From church vandalism and communal flashpoints to tribal resistance, welfare exclusions, and political impunity—recent developments point to deepening fault lines in Odisha’s social and administrative landscape
India
“Inside the SIR”: Booklet flags ‘mechanical disenfranchisement’ in electoral roll revision
CJP–VFD publication combines training manual and ground documentation to question ongoing voter verification exercise
Communalism
Censorship and the Drumbeats of Hate: Mapping the state of free speech ahead of the 2026 polls
A new report by Free Speech Collective traces five years of censorship, criminalisation of dissent, and the rise of hate-driven political discourse across Assam, Kerala, and Puducherry—raising urgent questions about the conditions for free and fair elections
Politics
AERO dies by suicide in Kolkata, family alleges extreme election duty pressure and humiliation
A 48-year-old Assistant Electoral Registration Officer (AERO) died by suicide in South Kolkata’s Bansdroni area after consuming pesticide, the tragic death of Malabika Roy Bhattacharyya has sparked serious concerns regarding the immense pressure placed on government officials tasked with SIR/Election duties, with her family explicitly blaming the ECI for the extreme workload
Communal Organisations
UP’s syncretic warrior cults facing Hindutva challenge
Be it the attack on the Gogamedi shrine in the Hanumangarh district of northern Rajasthan or the Neja Mela in the Sambhal district of western Uttar Pradesh, Hindutva’s systemic attack on India’s syncretic traditions, past and present, reveals its rigid and Brahmanical ideological orientation: imposition of a strictly hierarchical, exclusionary and structured notion of faith and practice
Minorities
No Hearing, No Notice, Just Deletion: How Bengal’s SIR Erased a Decorated IAF Officer
The removal of Wing Commander Md Shamim Akhtar, who served the nation for 17 years, during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) highlights a systemic lack of due process that threatens the voting rights of even the most distinguished citizens