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Resignation in Protest: MP woman judge quits over elevation of senior she accused of harassment and discrimination
In a powerful act of protest, Judge Aditi Gajendra Sharma resigns after the elevation of a senior she accused of caste-based harassment, calling out the judiciary’s silence, systemic bias, and betrayal of its own ideals
Kerala nun rape case: Court dismisses Bishop Mulakkal’s discharge plea
Mulakkal has been charged with rape, unnatural sex, wrongful confinement and criminal intimidation.
Stop blaming women and peaceful protesters for Delhi violence: Women’s groups
Women intellectuals and civil society members come together to condemn CAA-NPR-NRC
How ‘Bura na maano Holi hai’ has undermined the consent of women in India
From casually normalizing abuse to giving Holi a communal colour by targeting minority women, the festival has become more of a nightmare than a celebration
Sisterhood, Resistance & Resolve: Shaheen Bagh’s women mark Interational Women’s Day, support Delhi violence survivors
Even as Shaheen Bagh rose up to support the survivors of Delhi’s mass violence, the east Delhi dairy farmer, who had fired at the site on February 1, received bail on Friday and was released on Saturday
Shaheen Bagh Women inspire Million Women Rise 2020 march: London
The South Asia Solidarity group backing the march said the women in Shaheen Bagh are inspiring flowers of resistance that have bloomed against genocidal laws
Women of the World, Unite: An ode to women who stood up for the future of the world
On International Women’s Day, a look at how women are standing up to change the world, one protest at a time
Burqas, Bindis, and Bangles: The Femme Revolution of India
Women have been at the forefront, raising their voices against injustice- be it the #MeToo movement or Anti CAA/NRC protests. The women of Shaheen Bagh have sent a strong message with their protest. Is India ready for this revolution?
Ex-BJP MLA Kuldeep Sengar, brother convicted in Unnao rape survivor’s father’s death
Kuldeep’s brother, Atul Sengar had an altercation with the survivor’s father, who was later beaten up in prison at his behest and died of his injuries
Gujarat: Around 100 women allegedly made to undergo gynecological finger test
At the Surat state-run hospital, they were made to stand in a room in groups of 10 while lady doctors conducted the test on them
Sustaining Shaheen Bagh & Challenges that lie ahead
A peaceful and powerful movement articulated by Muslim women, thrice oppressed, it must reach out to others alienated, workers, farmers, Dalits and Adivasis
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This clarification from the Maharashtra State Council of Examination (MSCE) came days after the council’s directive for the June 28 examination; the initial instructions stated that candidates will not be allowed to wear items such as dupattas, burqas, masks and caps inside examination centres which triggered a debate among teachers and various social groups
Dalit Bahujan Adivasi
Lucknow: Caste hierarchies & contract labour exploitation among sanitation workers
Sanitation accused their supervisor of coercion, wage manipulation and caste-based abuse, alleging that workers are being pressured to surrender a recently approved ₹2,000 wage increase while being denied entitled leave. The allegations reflect the broader vulnerabilities faced by sanitation workers in Uttar Pradesh, which has recorded the highest number of sewer and septic tank deaths in India since 2017
Rights
From Protest to Petition: Maharashtra’s Public Safety Act in the dock
After months of state-wide protests, thousands of objections and sustained civil society opposition, Maharashtra's controversial security law now faces a constitutional challenge before the Bombay High Court
Communal Organisations
51st Anniversary of Emergency in India: While the RSS supported the Emergency, it now ruthlessly presides over an ‘undeclared Emergency’
The RSS shakha, well documented for its recounting of a manipulated history has, over past decades laid claims to being part of the wider democratic struggle against the Emergency; archival documents from independent sources, civil servants and writers, as also its own archive clearly document otherwise.
Minorities
When the State Valued a Desecrated Grave at Rs 100: The Mathura cemetery controversy
The reported desecration of graves in a century-old Muslim cemetery in Mathura raises troubling questions about dignity, religious freedom and state accountability
India
To Karnataka’s Anti-SIR Movement: A note of caution and concern
While efforts have been afoot in Karnataka, Maharashtra, Telangana and Andhra Pradesh by civil rights groups and people’s movements to ensure inclusion of the maximum number of eligible voters under the ongoing, expanded, SIR process. The author argues how these efforts may come to naught, given the structural issues involved: a compromised ECI, rushed timelines and the unlawful and rigid document-test for citizenship. In fact, robust efforts in Kerala, West Bengal and Tamil Nadu where similar efforts were made also came to naught.
Minorities
After Akbar Ali Mondal’s Killing, Pani Sol’s Hawkers Ask: How Will We Survive?
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