Stack of household garbage is reported to be piling up along the roadsides in several parts of Ahmedabad city. According to a new report a strike called by Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation’s (AMC) sanitation workers has entered its fifth day today. […]
In Indian prisons, caste-based labour is not just still prevalent – it even finds mention in official manuals, reports Sukanya Shantha in The Wire. “Every Indian is affected,” writes P Sainath about the new farm laws that have sparked protests. […]
With amendments to the Manual Scavenging Act and making mechanised cleaning mandatory, will it help restore dignity of sanitation workers? The Government of India is undertaking some key measures to amend the manual scavenging laws, making the cleaning of septic […]
The court noted that manual scavenging is most inhuman and that it infringes the fundamental rights guaranteed under Article 21 The Karnataka High Court (Bengaluru Bench) has issued several directions to the State Government over proper implementation of the provisions […]
Mahatma Gandhi, the father of our nation and flagbearer of cleanliness once said, “Sanitation is more important than political independence.” India’s sanitation journey through the Swachh Bharat Mission has been astounding yet compelling taking India closer to achieving the SDGs. […]
With amendments to the Manual Scavenging Act and making mechanised cleaning mandatory, will it help restore dignity of sanitation workers? The Government of India is undertaking some key measures to amend the manual scavenging laws, making the cleaning of septic […]
India has struggled to enforce laws banning the unsafe practice. Under the new measures, sewer and septic tank cleaning will be mechanized, with funds directly transferred to sanitation workers to buy cleaning machines. By Ankita Mukhopadhyay On Thursday, the Indian […]
The judiciary, in the recent past, has diluted the impact of provisions in the quest for clarity and not been sensitive about the societal chain of oppression By Anurag Tiwari The Supreme Court recently held in the Hitesh Verma vs […]
How do the rich survive in a country that is vastly poor? There are several famous reasons. I wish to illuminate a little-known one. There is a civil war going on among the poor. It is invisible because we do […]
The revolutionary words that shook the throne of upper-caste dominance slyly perched on by the oppressive Mahants of Shankar Math, reverberated in the air of Bodhgaya—the land of spiritual and political revolution. By Deepshi Chowdhury The Bodhgaya Land Movement, spearheaded by […]
