I have been a journalist in Bastar for 28 years. For the first time, I am observing that people belonging from or connected to the adivasis, progressive people, people from communist parties, and people from various organizations (jan sanghaton) have come together for Bastar Bandh. Currently, we find ourselves…
Month: July 2016
Care Takers: The Invisible Population
Sehrish Altaf She was a criminal justice fellow at Centre for Criminology and Justice, TISS, Mumbai “It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men.” -Frederick Douglass ‘Family is the safe haven for children’, is a commonplace saying. Even our national law for safeguarding the rights of the…
DUTA protest in Delhi against the API system
CAN THE CANDLE FLAME LIT UP THE ADMINISTRATION? With bandage in ankle and occasionally moving between wheel chair and walking on stick, the spirit of neither Delhi University teachers association (DUTA) president Nandita Narain, nor that of DUTA seemed fazed as DUTA protest entered its 26th day starting from 24th…
Andhra Pradesh Girijana Community protest at Jantar Mantar
Mohd Momin Mohd. Momin is a student of Delhi School of Social work Jantar Mantar, Delhi : Though the Jantar Mantar area is a deserted place these days with no Anna movement and political party banner but one can still find the voice from that India which is still searching…
Ramadan: A Walk in Bhindi Bazaar, Mumbai
Ananya & Mohadassa Syed (Ananya is a student of Symbiosis School of Liberal Arts and Mohadassa a student of Mumbai University) A walk on the frenzied streets of Bhindi Bazaar raised a strange, tickling realization within me. I was an outsider, a detached observer who unintentionally found herself at a…