RTI : Another law to tame political energy of citizens
It has been ten years since RTI Act came into existence. No doubt it is one of the…
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Understanding estrangement amongst cattle rearers in Barul, Maharashtra
“What will you do with the information”, she looked at us intently and asked, “will you help us?”…
Mob Justice among communities in North East India
Mob justice refers to putting a person to death, eviction of a person and destruction of one’s property…
Skill and Growth in Indian Context
Skill is defined as a set of capabilities and abilities that are developed by a person over a…
Sena, Cobrapost and the ‘eerie’ Political Silence in Bihar
In these days of high profile political campaigning and mud slinging in Bihar, it is ironic how no…
30 Years of Narmada Struggle : Jeevan Adhikar Satyagraha, Badwani, Madhya Pradesh
The Narmada Bachao Andolan has begun an indefinite Jeevan Adhikar Satyagraha amidst thousands of oustees at Rajghat, Badwani…
है तमाशा ये क्या ! १ अगस्त : अण्णाभाऊ साठे जयंती
जहाँ आज की मीडिया प्रजातान्त्रिक हुकूमत के सामने रेंगती हुई पाई जाती है, जो किसी के शमशान की…
Bodoland : A malaise deeper than ‘communal’ issue
Last year, Assam saw two notorious events that killed more than 100 people. There were no statements from…
Sunil Yadav vs BMC: Degrees of Safai Karamchari-A case of Big Boot
You have become too big for your boots now’ said the builder to me. This was probably the…
FTII: The Liberal-Sanghi farce
The FTII imbroglio is following the same imbecilic trajectory that most meritoriously ignorant liberals of this farce called…
Awas Satyagraha of Mandala
Medha Patkar Around 75,000 homes of urban poor were demolished in 2004-05 in Mumbai, that situation is still…
Mumbai and Shanghai- A tale of two cities
Sanjana Krishnan Alumnus St. Xavier College, Mumbai 10 years ago, the Maharashtra Government promised to make Mumbai like…
No Mangroves for Rich Men!
Slums are seen to be indispensable to any urban city. They are informal settlements by people who mostly…
Mumbai (Mandala) Establishment blues : 55 acres of Land on the way for reclaimation by slum dwellers
Today at 6 a.m thousands of slum dwellers of Mandala started Avaas Satygraha to reclaim their land. The…
Mumbai : Development Plan & Disability in M-ward
The Development plan (2014-2034) for Mumbai is all set to roll and the government has ensured full participation…
Point of No return
Lory Gaur “He laughed. He looked at me and laughed. I bled and he just laughed.” Her face…
Cow Bias : This is all drama
Kasaiwada, also known as Qureshi Nagar in Kurla east is home to a large number of Khateek community,…
Beef Ban : What to preserve Animal or Work ?
The amendment of Maharashtra Animal Preservation Act , 1976 came in for giving effect to the policy of…
Holy Desi Cow and A2 Milk
A few years back Brazil has become the biggest exporters of Indian breeds of cows, not many could…
Murder of Dalits at Jawakhede (Khalsa)
by shyam.panther@gmail.com, harshalipotdar@gmail.com Preliminary fact finding report on the inhuman murders of Dalits on 20 October 2014 at…
Conversion of an Atheist : Somebody’s gonna get hurt
Is it possible to have a secular HICCUP ? I am a gaseous atheist, who eats, hiccups, burps…
Landonald: I’m Grabbing it !
This new year the government of India gifted farmers a special package. After dismantling planning commission this plan…
TISS gardner Harvesting Detoxification
(Translated from hindi ) I’m Tukaram and I work in Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai as gardener…
26 November 2014- A wednesday
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has started “Swachh Bharat Campaign” across India. We welcome the campaign. People who have…
Sulabh Sexalaya: A way inward
The legalisation of prostitution is driven by demand, by the demography of our democracy. The present powerful Indian…
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