A cultural genocide is under place in China, against the Uyghur muslims, who are being detained in camps.
Category: Social Movement
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…
Turkish government murdered dissent singer Helin Bölek
Last night Helin Bölek a singer in Turkey died after 288 days of hunger strike. Helin Bölek and her friend İbrahim Gökçek had three demands from government: an end to censorship of the band, an end to police raids on the Idil cultural centre used by the band in Istanbul,…
Uttarakhand Movement: A people led struggle for a separate state
By: Garima Pundir मथि पहाडूबटी, निस गंगाड़ुबटी, इस्कुल दफ़्तर गौं बजार बटि मनख्यूंकिडारधार बटि, हिटणलग्यांछन हिटणलग्यांछन, बैठणाको लग नी बाटा भर्यांछन सड़क्य़ुंमां जगानी दिदा कखजाणा.., भैजि कखजाणा छां तुम लोग? उत्तराखंड आंदोलन म………. (From the Mountains on top, from the Ganga at bottom, from the schools, offices and villages A…
Railla, a cultural protest!
Madhu Dhurve (Translated from Hindi to English by Pallavi Wardhan) Railla consists of not one, not a thousand but a crowd of hundreds of millions hard-working people. The term ‘Railla’ is derived from a Gondi language, which literally means ‘when everyone comes out of their illusionary life and face the…
Dr. Parthasarthi Mondal at student’s protest- The operational vision and mission of TISS
Transcribed by Divya Mahatme Student in St. Xavier’s College, Mumbai Dr. Parthasarthy Mondal, a faculty in Tata Institute of Social Sciences speaks on the Operational vision and mission of TISS on 2nd March 2018 during student’s protest. Following is the transcription of this lecture- Figures which are favourable to a…
A rally and dharna of residents of Mahul and Tansa Pipeline Project Affected Persons
Arati Kade Member of Ghar Bachao Ghar Banao Andolan Ghar bachao Ghar banao andolan, Mumbai organized a rally and dharna of residnents of Mahul and Tansa Pipeline Project Affected Persons to demand better rehabilitation. The rally was organized on Friday 29 June demanding the Relocation of residents of Mahul to…
TISS Guwahati Alumni Unites Against Institutional Murder of Social Justice
Rollback Regressive Change in Financial Assistance Mechanism for Socially Marginalized Students Demand for White Paper on Financial Statements under Different Heads Guwahati | February 22, 2018: We, the Alumni, of Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), Guwahati stand united with the ongoing protest happening across all campuses of TISS against any…
Jai Bheem to Mumbai Pride March 2018
Photo credits: Salim Saboowalla 03-02.2018
Kuffir Nalgundwar and Yogendra Yadav at Sameeksha in TISS
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Yogesh Maitreya- The Bridge of Migration
Five Poems from the book– The Bridge of Migration: 1. Childhood Friends We all Grew Up Together Learnt One slang, Ate One soil, Stole The same fruit From The neighbourhood. Today They kneel down Before hunger And I, I write poems. Their desires are still simple, Mine become…
The demand for Gorkhaland
Cherrila Bhutia Wangchuk | Research Scholar, Sikkim Central university The events occurring in the hills barely see a nationwide coverage in the mainstream media, be it print or television. The national news channels have done their least bit to educate or inform the public at large about the current ongoing…
The plight of anganwadi workers in Odisha
Since the independence of India poverty, high mortality rates, overpopulation, malnourishment etc have been some of the major factors towards India’s underdevelopment. And mainly the rural population of India which constitutes about majority of the population are the worst sufferers. So to have an overall check from the grass root…
Remembering Occupy Hong Kong – reflections of a student protest organizer in Umbrella Movement
Tommy Cheung (On the first anniversary of the start of Hong Kong’s pro-democracy protests, student organizer Tommy Cheung, a 21 year-old studying at The Chinese University of Hong Kong, reflects on the remarkable events of last year, the role young people played and what the future holds for Hong Kong.)…
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…
Noor Saba : Delayed Justice, petition from Uttar Pradesh to United Nation
Mohd Momin Student at Delhi School of Social Work Jantar Mantar, Delhi : With more than 3.5 crore cases pending at Indian courts, delayed Justice in India has become a common norm. Even cases delayed for 36 years also do not attract our eyes nowadays but if the wounds are deeper,…
Joint Action Committee for Social Justice Mumbai protest at CST
20 June 2016, CST, Mumbai : Attending this protest meet made me think of a beloved professor’s comment: a student must be able to look at the world and recognize the inertia present between the two imbalances of theory and reality.
Queer Aazadi Pride March, Mumbai 2016
On 6th Feb 2016, Mumbai witnessed its 8th annual queer aazadi march. The pride march started at 4 pm from august kranti maidan passed opera house and kennady bridge before returning back to august kranti maidan.