In the age of branding where media decide what you need and impose upon you even the ‘leaders’ in the opposition, those who work tirelessly for the rights of the people are not merely ignored but forgotten too. Manas Jena is an activist intellectual contesting…
Jharkhand: Gang rape of 5 adivasi women in Khunti – Fact-Finding Report
Following up on media reports of the gang rape of 5 Adivasi women in Kochang, Araki block, Khunti district while holding street plays on anti-trafficking,…
The Message from Tuticorin Killings | Vidya Bhushan Rawat
What happened in Tuticorin is nothing but protecting the corporate mafias in close connivance of the state power. Let us not forget how Vedanta attempted…
Jharkhand govt’s manipulation of ‘self-governance’ by Adivasi Communities | Stan Swamy
‘Adivasi Vikas Samiti’ of Jharkhand Govt SETS ASIDE (i) PESA an Act of Parliament 1996, (ii) Jharkhand Panchayat Raj Act 2001, (iii) Vth Schedule of the Constitution Here is the latest manipulation by Jharkhand govt with regard to ‘self-governance’…
The blood of martyrs will not go in vain | Stan Swamy
The Adivasi people of KOEL-KARO JAN SANGATAN paid their homage yesterday [2nd Feb] to the eight martyrs of 2nd Feb.2001 and renewed their resolve to assert their rights over their ancestral land. More than a thousand people from surrounding villages first…
Adivasi Community has right of ownership over natural resources’
‘Adivasi Community has right of ownership over natural resources’ Supreme Court says: YES . . . Government says: NO Some facts: (1) The Central Indian States of M.P, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Odisha, Bengal are blessed with enormous amount of minerals,…
Ambedkarites, Tribals, Leftists & Muslims alliance – An electoral compulsion.
On 1st Jan 2018, Ambedkarites (read Dalits) were attacked near Bhima Koregaon, where they had been to pay homage to the soldiers mattered in a 200 yr old battle between the Peshwa and the British. The army of the British had considerable presence of Mahars…
Appeal: Support Chief Judicial Magistrate Prabhakar Gwal #Chhattisgarh
This comes as an urgent appeal to you seeking support and solidarity for Mr. Prabhakar Gwal. Gwal has been a well known people’s judge from Chhattisgarh. Gwal a Chief Judicial Magistrate who was known for his integrity was dismissed in April 2016. He was…
Adivasis languishing in jail, no one to listen their cries
“4000 Adivasis, charged as ‘Naxals’, are in the jails of Jharkhand” [Hindustan, Ranchi ed., 14 Aug.2017] “There are people who cannot take bail. There is nobody for them,” observed SC and ordered prisoners to be freed over trial delays. if…
‘The Adivasi Will Not Dance’ – the truth hurts | Stan Swamy
Yes, I have read the book ‘The Adivasi Will Not Dance’ by Dr. Sowyendra Shekar Hansda. It was a painful reading. Painful, because the author has depicted the current reality of Adivasi people, particularly Adivasi women. The hard reality is the capitalist…