Farm and Forest

20 years of FRA 2006, J and K appoints Tribal Ministry as Nodal agency

Despite the Union government’s tardy approach since the passage of the historic Forest Rights Act in 2006, states such as Jammu and Kashmir are now taking the lead in securing indigenous land rights. Groups including the Wullar Bachav Front and the All India Union of Forest Working Peoples (AIUWFP) have been engaging with the state administration on the issue

Soni Sori Adivasi Leader Attacked

Soni Sori, the Adivasi leader and human rights defender...

Attacking the Defenders of Freedom, Chhatisgarh: Lawyers and Journos being Forced Out

   Days after Scroll contributor Malini Subramaniam at Bastar in...

दलित स्त्री आंदोलन; चिंतन और संघर्ष की चुनौतियां

  भारतीय समाज की सबसे निचली सीढ़ी पर खड़ी दलित...

Bastar: the story not told

  Rape, beatings and looting in Bastar by the security...

NWMI condemns the attack on Malini Subramaniam

First published on: January 8, 2016Image: Malini SubramaniamWe, members...

Cast Out Caste: Allegations of Abusive Behaviour among Mass Communication students in Delhi

Image; Dominic Lipinski/PA   Dalit and Adivasi write to the...

Brute Violence by Men in Uniform: Chhatisgarh

  Adivasi Women in Chhatisgarh have complained of brute sexual...

आदिवासी समुदाय में सांप्रदायिकता की घुसपैठ

Image courtesy: Frontline2002 के गुजरात जनसंहार की जाँच के...

Ambedkar against Hindu Rashtra

  Until 1992, December 6 was remembered as ‘Parinirvan Divas’...

A man of the people is no more

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