हक़ और आजादी
October 24, 2016
Ever since the present Modi government came to power, there appears to have been a clear set of orders issued from the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) headquarters to its student organization, the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP), to go on the rampage in university campuses all over India. From getting specific parts of syllabuses changed under threat of violence, disrupting events by...
October 23, 2016
One in three women around the world currently experience gender-based violence. Harmful practices such as trafficking, forced marriage, domestic violence and female genital mutilation occur both in public and in private spaces.
Image Courtesy: Jonathan Stening/Flickr, CC BY-NC
One in three women around the world currently experience gender-based violence. Harmful practices such as...
October 23, 2016
Last month, Human Rights Watch released a damning report emphasizing that soccer’s governing body, Federation International du Football (FIFA), should render a decision on Israel Football Association (IFA) teams that are being played on occupied Palestinian land.
The teams in question, Beitar Givat Ze’ev, Beitar Ironi Ariel, Beitar Ironi Maale Adumim, Ironi Yehuda and Hapoel Bik...
October 23, 2016
शुक्रवार को एनसीआरबी ने जेल में रहने वाले कैदियों पर एक रिपोर्ट जारी किया है। एनसीआरबी की रिपोर्ट के अनुसार जेल में रहने वाले तीन में से दो कैदी दलित, पिछड़े और कम पढ़े-लिखे तबके के लोग हैं। एनसीआरबी ने ये आंकड़े तब जारी किए हैं जब देश के पांच राज्यों में चुनाव होने हैं और इन राज्यों में धर्म और जाति के आधार पर अक्सर वोटों का ध्रुवीकरण देखने को मिलता है।
एनसीआरबी की रिपोर्ट के अनुसार...
October 22, 2016
As the dust surrounding the issue of abolition of triple talaq and reform in Islam refuses to settle, another altercation took place on Friday in Govandi, (Mumbai), where local women running a signature campaign against the controversial practice of instant divorce were allegedly ill-treated and abused verbally by some of the locals.
Representational Image: Indiatimes
Women activists from...
October 22, 2016
गुजरात में खेती के लिए जमीन की मांग को लेकर प्रदर्शन कर रहे दलितों में से एक दलित ने आत्महत्या कर ली। जूनागढ़ कलेक्ट्रेट के बाहर हो रहे प्रदर्शन में प्रभात परमार, जिग्नेश राठौड़ और चंदू परमार नाम के तीन प्रदर्शनकारियों ने ज़हर खा लिया था। इनमें से प्रभात परमार की अस्पताल में मौत हो गई।
प्रभात परमार Image: Jansatta
प्रभात परमार के परिवार समेत कई दलित परिवारों को 1991 में...
October 22, 2016
On 20th October a demonstration was held at Arts Faculty in north campus of Delhi University. Attended by more than a hundred students from universities all across Delhi and outside, predominantly women, it was a protest against the members of the political outfit ABVP for their alleged harassment of the students on 23rd September night, when the group had organized a Night March. On the...
October 22, 2016
Following is the text of a letter to the Vice Chancellor, Central University of Haryana, sent by some academics protesting the attacks on Dr Snehsata Manav and Dr Manoj Kumar regarding the students’ production of the play ‘Draupadi’:
To the Vice Chancellor,
Central University of Haryana
Dear Vice Chancellor:
We write in support of Dr. Snehsata...
October 22, 2016
The protests across Maharashtra, which are drawing lakhs of people, are silent. But they aren't leaderless.
Image credit: Mridula Chari
Prajakta Sankpal’s voice rang out through the bustling hall in the heart of Kolhapur last week, cutting through the commotion of people entering and leaving, holding private conversations.
“Chhatrapati Shahu Maharaj was the one...
October 21, 2016
The recommendations made by an RSS affiliate for gradual removal of English as a medium of instruction has elicited a strong response from Dalit scholars and activists across the country. Dubbing the move as ‘anti-development’, it is alleged that the recommendation has been made with an intention to hamper the progress of the Dalits.
An Indian Express report today revealed a...