Unravelling India's Legal Evolution: LGBTQIA+ Rights and the …
WEBAug 30, 2023 · In an era marked by increasing awareness and acceptance of diversity, the global movement for LGBTQIA+ rights has gained remarkable momentum. As societies recognize the fundamental importance of inclusivity and equality, legal systems play a pivotal role in translating these ideals into tangible rights for …
Lessons Unlearned: Nine years after the Thorat Committee report
WEBJan 25, 2016 · In 2007, then prime minister Manmohan Singh set up the Thorat Committee Report following grave and widespread allegations of differential treatment and discrimination against students belonging to what is commonly regarded as students from marginalized sections of society as also students from the Adivasi sections of society. Dalit students also known as students from […]
Rape is for real - SabrangIndia
WEBJul 1, 1998 · SP is the son–in–law of a Jat MLA from Nagaur, Richpaal Mirdha. The case being politically sensitive, the police too became active when told that the girl was missing. A search was launched. Suresh Yadav, a shady character form the girl’s hapless past was picked up by the police for interrogation.
Chhattisgarh: Why we must save the Hasdeo Aranya Forest
WEBJanuary 6, 2024. Located in Chhattisgarh, the Hasdeo Aranya forests are rich in biodiversity. Here is also a habitat that is home for thousands of indigenous Adivasi communities. Yet, unchecked and ongoing, coal mining projects in the areas have resulted in the felling of large numbers of trees and the enforced displacement of the indigenous ...
Tilak Manjhi: One of India’s first freedom fighters
WEBJan 14, 2021 · Tilak Manjhi: One of India’s first freedom fighters. Jharkhand communities remember the first martyr of India who led an army against the British in 1784. A poisoned arrow shot at British Commissioner Augustus Cleveland on January 13, 1784 marked the beginning of the first freedom struggle of the people of India against British colonists.
The Muslim Presidents of the Indian Republic | SabrangIndia
WEBJun 21, 2017 · Dr Zakir Husain was then elected the vice-president and ex-officio chairman of the upper house, the Rajya Sabha. In 1967, when Indira Gandhi had taken over as the prime minister and wanted Dr Husain to become the president, which he did. Though his tenure as President was short –he died in office in 1969, Dr Zakir Hussain’s seminal ...
India under Modi is living through a Dark Age: Professor DN Jha
WEBFeb 5, 2021 · First published on: December 26, 2015 Teesta Setalvad, of Communalism Combat interviews Professor DN Jha on Dietary Traditions in Early India, the calculated mis-representation of Early Indian and Medieval History by the present government under the direct control of the Sangh Parivar and the ‘dark age ‘ of Superstition and un-Reason being promoted […]
Chokhamela’s Bhakti: the past transforms into a radical present
WEBJun 12, 2023 · Chokhamela’s is a fascinating story. Born in the 14 th century into the Mahar caste in Mehuna Raja a village in Deulgaon Raja Taluka of Buldanha direct, lived in Mangalvedha and wrote hundreds of Abhangs, that unique expression of radical self-exploratory poetry in Marathi. Among his most widely sung is “Abir Gulal Udhlit Rang”.
The Clan: How the RSS spawned the VHP and Bajrang Dal
WEBJan 7, 2016 · The Clan: How the RSS spawned the VHP and Bajrang Dal. January 7, 2016. In an RSS publication, Matrusansthas (literally, ‘mother organisations’), on the numerous affiliates and organisations which the RSS has spawned over the decades and which form part of the Sangh Parivar, are included the Vanvasi Kalyan Ashram and the VHP.
15 years on, memories of the Kalinganagar massacre still haunt
WEBJan 8, 2021 · The unwarranted attack on Adivasis in Kalinganagar area of Odisha is one of the prime examples of how minority suffering gets sidelined when corporate interests are allegedly involved. Adivasis (indigenous communities of India) assembled in large numbers at Jajpur in Odisha on January 2, 2021 to commemorate the 15-year anniversary of the ...