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রূপান্তরকামী ব্যক্তিদের (অধিকার সুরক্ষা) সংশোধনী বিল, ২০২৬ – শুরু পরিচিতি স্বনির্ধারণের নতুন লড়াই 
  • Gender
  • March 27, 2026

গত ১৬ মার্চ এই বিল খারিজের দাবিতে ও তার বিরূদ্ধে প্রতিবাদ কর্মসূচী হিসাবে কলকাতা প্রেস ক্লাব-এ এক সাংবাদিক সম্মেলন-এর আয়োজন করা হয়। সেখানে উপস্থিত শ্রোতাদের কাছ থেকে জেনে নেওয়া গেছিল এই রূপান্তরকামী মানুষদের অধিকার বিরোধী বিল ঠিক কীভাবে আঘাত হানতে চলেছে রূপান্তরকামী সম্প্রদায়ের উপরে।   সুদর্শনা চক্রবর্তীর প্রতিবেদন   ভারতের সংসদে পাশ হয়ে গেল ট্রান্সজেন্ডার […]

Trump Has No Soul
  • Commentary
  • March 26, 2026

Trump is dangerous not simply because of his imbecility and unbridled narcissism, but because he lacks the core attributes of empathy and understanding that define the human soul.   Chris Hedges Mar 27, 2026   The most profound realities of human existence are often the ones that can never be measured or quantified. Wisdom. Beauty. […]

Lawyers, Feminists & Concerned Citizens Urge President to Return Trans Bill, Cite Constitutional Violations  
  • Gender
  • March 26, 2026

Calling on the President to act as “guardian of constitutional values,” the signatories demanded that the Bill be sent back for detailed scrutiny and wide-ranging consultations with transgender and gender-diverse communities.   Groundxero | 26 March, 2026   A broad coalition of lawyers, feminists, and civil society members has urged the President of India Smt. Droupadi Murmu to […]

Pre-Dawn Raids, Mass Arrests in Odisha’s Scheduled Areas Raise Concerns Over Mining Push and Policing
  • Adivasis
  • March 26, 2026

Talampadar must be examined as a case that exposes the deepening nexus between state power and corporate interests, where Adivasi dissent is increasingly criminalised and structural accountability remains absent.   Malika Singh Groundxero | 26 March, 2026   In the hamlets of Rayagada and Kalahandi’s Scheduled Area (Schedule V), home to Kui-speaking Kondh Adivasis, Jhodia and Paraja Adivasis, […]

“41 Deaths in 90 Days”: Manual Scavengers Demand Accountability, Say ‘Prime Minister Must Apologise’
  • Labour
  • March 26, 2026

Despite official denial, sanitation workers and activists say caste-based sewer deaths in Modi’s Swachha Bharat continue unabated —“every 2–3 days, one Indian dies in a gutter.”   Mouli Sharma Groundxero | 26 March, 2026 | New Delhi   “I joined [the movement] in 2015,” says Mangal, a 29-year-old from Delhi orphaned after his father drowned to death in […]

How the US Became an International Serial Killer
  • Commentary
  • March 26, 2026

What was once covert, controversial, and constrained is now overt, normalized, and defended.   Medea Benjamin Nicolas J.S. Davies Mar 25, 2026 Via Common Dreams   For decades, the United States moved from covert assassination plots to openly embracing assassination or “targeted killing” as policy. Now, in its war with Iran, that evolution is reaching its most dangerous […]