By Sakshi Gupta Education is the origin of a progressive society. It is something that without which a human remains only a living being or an animal. Education is considered to be important as it’s a crucial part of life. it is what leads to the success of a being,…
Category: Law & Justice
Increasing Crime rate against women
By Supriya Jha Circumstances such as domestic violence, verbal abuse, emotional trauma and physical abuse have never been strange to women around the world. But this time in India, the increase in domestic violence cases broke the 10-year record. According to the article published by ‘The Hindu’ on 22 June,…
Phoolan Devi- The Devi & Demons, Water & Power – Part 1
“I thought many times to commit suicide, but if I die, so does the thousands of girls every day. The effigy of Ravana who picked up a woman still burns, even today, every year. Many such Ravanas tortured me, I have given them my answer. “ – Phoolan Devi The…
Muniswari, an upcoming lawyer from Kuravar community, a denotified nomadic tribe in Madurai, Tamilnadu
This is transcription of the phone interview by Sankar Ganesh. Sankar Ganesh is an intern with The Sabha, from Kovilpatti and student of Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) (2018 – 2021) Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Tuljapur. (Conversation on phone among Abhishek Kumar Tiwari, Sankar Ganesh and Munieswari. Sankar Ganesh is…
Citizenship Amendment Act: why it is problematic for India
Student Reporter: Hritam Mukherjee University: a student of Bachelor in Mass Communication and Videography in St. Xavier’s College, Kolkata Transcript: Hello everyone, I am Hritam Mukherjee and today, in this video, I will be discussing about the recently-passed Citizenship Amendment Bill. Until and unless you have been living under a…
May 5, a day to honor missing indigenous women and girls
Red dresses hanging on birch trees to honor Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls. Image from Huffington Post. The missing and murdered Indigenous women (MMIW) epidemic is an issue currently affecting Indigenous people in Canada and the United States, including the First Nations, Inuit, Métis (FNIM), and Native American…
29 April webinar: States of Control – the dark side of pandemic politics by Transnational Institute
In our next Wednesday webinar at 4pm (CET) on 29 April, we will turn our lens on the state. In response to an unprecedented global health emergency, many states are rolling out measures from deploying armies and drones to control public space, to expanding digital control through facial recognition technology…
Cow urine cures corona virus, politicians claim. Why not Camel or Bat urine?
On April 23, national tv of Iran announced that a man was arrested over publishing a video on social media, claiming that camel urine cures coronavirus. This man who doesn’t have any medical training or any apologized on tv, to people because of abusing social media to deceive people. Just…
COVID-19 Webinar Series: Voices from the Margins- Interstate Migrants in Erode and Tirupur, Tamil Nadu
COVID-19 Webinar Series: Voices from the Margins 3rd Edition – Interstate Migrants in Erode and Tirupur, Tamil Nadu Press Release-3 Situation of Interstate Garment Workers It has been three weeks now since the government announced a lockdown across the country which has now been extended to combat the COVID-19 pandemic….
Analysis of Corona Virus Relief package: Nomadic tribes in Purulia, West Bengal
Press Release Research team: Prasanta ( PBKSKS), Nirmita, Tarini, Vikas (Praxis) Analysis team: Dheeraj (Praxis) and Mayank (NAG-DNT) Advisor: Pradeep (PiC) Coronavirus Relief Package: Voices from the Margins Series Farmers and Migrant Workers from the Denotified, Semi-Nomadic and Nomadic Tribes in Purulia, West Bengal Partners in Change in collaboration with…
Saudi Arabia violated self announced ceasefire shortly after the decision
Afghan Islamic Press reported that Saudi Arabia violated unilateral ceasefire on Yemen hours after the announcement. at the same time Saudi Arabia accuses Houthis, of violating ceasefire. Houthis were a revolutionary group in Shia regions of Yemen who overturned Mansour Hadi in Jan 2015 over corruption which caused poverty and…
Vanakkam Virus, Hello Virus
Hello Virus I am one among the Human Afraid of losing my life to you, Masked face Lighting candles Burning stomach in starvation Germs spreading fast and faster You are enemy of the Humankind Traveling from cough to cough You landed all over the globe Closing dooring Shuttered factories Crippled…
Brutality of a broken System in the Time of Corona
In time of Corona, sanctions against Iran are making the situation worse. Medical staff in Iran are denied of masks and other protectives. Iran is under U.S sanctions, so all the countries, companies, or people doing any bank transaction with Iran are imposed to harsh punishments or sanctions. More than…
Mahua: lost tradition of tribals in modern intoxication
Ramesh Hembram My father was a bank employee. My childhood was mostly spent in the cities and towns of India. Like other employee’s children I was privileged to visit my village in my school vacations, later the frequency decreased as me and my younger brother went for higher studies and…
Upsurge of resistance against police atrocities by the Denotified Tribes at Chharanagar, Ahmedabad
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Lamka, Manipur: Mary Beth on Conflict, Law and Patriarchy
Interview taken in May 2017. In conversation with Mary Beth Sanate, secretary of the Rural Women’s Upliftment Society (RWUS), a civil society group in Churachandpur, Lamka that works to empower women in matters of food security, livelihoods and human rights. The interview was taken with the help of Ronica Vungmuankim, a TISS Criminal…
UN Report on situation of human right in the Kashmir
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Murali Karnam: layers of power in law and society
Murali Karnam, Layers of Power in law & society 1: What is Mass? Are people and citizen same? Murali Karnam, layers of power in Law & Society 2: beyond Law there are rules.. Murali Karnam, layers of power in Law & Society 3: recognising privilege to reinforce or to overcome…
Mera Baap Chor nahi hai | My father is not a thief
“A friend and I had gone shopping and were returning with many bags. Police stopped us and accused us of having stolen the things we had bought. We told them that we were students and that I was studying to become a doctor. They refused to listen to us only…
The Widow’s Home in Chharanagar
Mayank and Arpita Introduction Chhara tribe was notified under the Criminal Tribes Act, 1871 as “born criminals”. In 1952, the tribe was denotified, but they still carry the stigma of criminality. Chhara tribe is also known as Kanjarbhat (Maharashtra) and Kanjar (Rajasthan). In Gujarat, the members of tribe reside in…
Northeast India simmers over Bangladeshi Hindus’ citizenship in India
Meghdoot TISS Alumnus Alarm bells are ringing all over northeast India over Bharatiya Janata Party-led Indian government’s decision to grant citizenship to Bangladeshi Hindus fleeing religious persecution from the Bengali nation. The Narendra Modi-led government’s proposal to amend the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 1955 by legalising Bangladeshi Hindu refugees as Indian…
Profile of under-trials killed in Bhopal encounter
From Fact Finding team report (Data Collected during 4th-6th Nov 2016)- Ansar Indori (National Confederation of Human Rights Organisation), Ashok(Research Scholar – Delhi University), Hisham (Solidarity Youth Movement, Kerala), M H Banna (Senior Journalist, Madhyamam Daily), Salman (TISS Criminal Justice fellow- Working on Rehabilitation of wrongly prosecuted/Innocents), Surya Ghildyal (Research Associate,…
Latur: Among 28 Denotified tribe, Migration, Dams and Sugar mills
Abhishek Suresh Jadhav working as TISS Criminal Justice fellow Suresh Jadhav, is from a Kaikadi Denotified Tribe community, who makes tokri for peasants to collect yield. He did his post graduation from TISS, Mumbai. Currently he is working in Latur as TISS Criminal Justice Fellow. His aim is to educate…
Interview: People’s watch Mathew Jacob
Rishita Sankrit Student at Kirori Mal college, Delhi Rishita Sankrit (RS)- What is People’s watch (PW) to you on a personal level? Matthew Jacob (MJ) -See, People’s Watch is 20 years’ old organization, it was started in 1995; an organization which basically looks at various aspects of human rights. In…