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The Metamorphic Resistance: Mahmoud Darwish, Resilience (Sumud), and the Architecture of Survival
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George Floyd murder: One year on
While there has been an increase in conversations surrounding race, justice still eludes many other victims of racism including Breonna Taylor and Daunte Wright
Londoners march in solidarity with Palestinians
Around 2,00,000 people came together in a massive demonstration expressing empathy and solidarity with Palestinians
Israel faces both a military and political defeat
The Palestinian National Resistance remains resolute and has emerged victorious!
Israel’s attack on Palestine: Imperialist designs?
A closer look at the Israel-Paletine conflict that has been reignited recently and has led to death and destruction in the Middle East
Banish the Law of Blasphemy; It is Crippling the Muslim World
Under the garb of protecting the honor of Islam, the orthodoxy is robbing Muslims of their true potentials
Biden-Harris administration backs IPR flexibility for Covid vaccine
Move will help production of the vaccine in developing nations thereby enabling their availability to a larger number of people
Manipur HC orders safe passage for 7 Myanmarese to seek protection under UNHCR
They had fled to India in February, fearing persecution as a result of the military coup that banned their media service, detaining many journalists
Pfizer donates USD 70 million worth of Covid-19 drugs to India
Donation includes medicines identified for Covid treatment, but does not include vaccines as Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine has not been cleared by the Indian government yet
NRIs petition Modi to act, save lives
An online petition by non-resident Indians urges Prime Minister Modi to take responsibility for gross abdication of responsibility, ignoring national and global warnings and, in fact, setting an example that downplayed the continuing dangers from Covid 19
India’s Covid-19 surge through the global lens
Here’s a look at how the unprecedented spread of Covid in India has been covered by international news media, and how they all point towards the Central government’s complacency
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Dalit Bahujan Adivasi
Telangana: Stop forcible ‘re-location of Chenchu Adivasis from Amrabad Tiger Reserve
Adivasis and supporting activists have petitioned the authorities against what they term as the ‘forcible re-location” of Chenchu (PVTG) Adivasis in the Amravad Tiger Reserve and urged a ‘co-existence’ model of conservation
Dalit Bahujan Adivasi
Victory for Forest Rights: Allahabad HC recognises land claims of Tharu Tribes, strikes down decision of DLC
The Allahabad High Court recently struck down a 2021 decision of the District Level Committee (DLC), Lakhimpur upholding the land rights of the Tharu tribe while observing that the authorities cannot short-circuit the existing statutory rights of the forest dwellers by blindly relying on court orders issued before the enactment of the Forest Rights Act, 2006 (FRA, 2006). This law recognises the individual and community rights of Adivasis.
Gender and Sexuality
Amendment to Women’s Reservation Bill: BJP’s hyperbole on women
The past conduct and ideological moorings of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) as that of its parent body, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) reflect not just extreme and exclusivist views on women’s participation but are arguably distinctly misogynistic
Dalit Bahujan Adivasi
Police action in Odisha’s Rayagada district condemned, Adivasi rights paramount: CCG
The Constitutional Conduct Group (CCG) in an Open Letter to the President of India has condemned Odisha police’s wrongful dispossession of Adivasi lands in the state and violent action against protesting tribals
Politics
Bihar “Infiltrator” Hysteria: Samrat Choudhary’s claims of disenfranchising 22-lakh people corresponds to ECI’s “deceased voters” figure
Over the past weeks—even before replacing Nitish Kumar as Chief Minister of Bihar on April 15—Samrat Choudhary has, while campaigning for the Bharatiya Janata Party, claimed that 22-lakh people would be struck off Bihar’s electoral rolls, with their driving licences and other benefits cancelled. The irony, however, is this: the figure of 22-lakh—drawn from the recently conducted, controversial SIR exercise in the state—corresponds only to deceased voters
Minorities
Nationality under SIR Scrutiny: Kargil warrior questioned after 21 years of service
Retired Army Havildar Md. Daud Ali fought for India in the freezing heights of Kargil, sacrificing his youth and sustaining permanent injuries, today, a mere clerical spelling error has stripped the Murshidabad veteran and his children of their voting rights, forcing a decorated soldier into a humiliating fight for identity