A “solidarity statement” issued by three top civil society networks, Friends of the Earth India (FoE India), Delhi Solidarity Group (DSG) and the National Alliance of People’s Movements (NAPM), has asked the Odisha chief minister to ensure that the “inhumane […]
A year before Ambedkar wrote ‘Annihilation of Caste’ in1936, Gandhi wrote in Harijan that ‘Caste Has to Go’ The 150th Gandhi Jayanti in 2019 coincides with the 85th anniversary of the conclusion of Gandhi’s historic campaign for the removal of […]
A reason for current rage of the “upper” castes is the strong voices that have emerged from within the less privileged. These voices are educated, aware of their rights & unashamed of their background Ranjona Banerji In both the horrific […]
LUCKNOW: Mayawati’s BSP on Saturday named 10 Brahmins, 15 OBCs, 14 Muslims and nine Dalits in a list of 53 candidates for the first phase of elections in western UP’s farm unrest epicentre, contrasting its patented “social engineering” strategy with […]
The Parliament’s budget sessions for 2022-23 will commence January 31, with the Union Budget scheduled to be presented a day later on February 1 by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman. Like every year, this year too the government will allot funds […]
A section of Muslims in Gurgaon accuses RSS-backed Muslim Rashtriya Manch of having hijacked the talks with administration over Friday prayers at public spaces; an MRM activist says they want peace By Ashlin Mathew Various groups of local Muslims in […]
Students wearing Hijab were barred from sitting inside the classrooms at a government college in Udupi, India. Photos of the students sitting on the stairs after being forced out of their classrooms have gone viral on social media. The group […]
Anis Kidwai’s unfinished works, now translated into English, provide insights on how women got involved in nationalist politics By Ghazala Jamil Translations, especially from Urdu to English, can be interesting resources in understanding how history and memory have been ‘produced’ […]
Working women are seen as threats to the patriarchal social set-up and, therefore, are hated by those men who see their power and privileges being eroded. Tanvir Aeijaz It is the geography of hate, with its potential to knock off […]
Indian police have arrested a 20-year-old student, Neeraj Bishnoi, described as the main conspirator behind the online application ‘’Bulli Bai”, which put hundreds of Indian Muslim women up for an online “auction”. Murali Krishnan in New Delhi The arrest comes […]
