Groundxero | March 5, 2026 By Mouli Sharma Fifty-one JNU students were detained and 14 arrested by the Delhi Police on February 26 over a students’ protest march to the Ministry of Education, demanding implementation of the recently stayed UGC guidelines for the prevention of caste discrimination in higher education institutions, alongside condemning the casteist remarks […]
Celebrate the 77th Republic Day on 26 January 2026 with “People’s March”; Defend Democracy, Secularism and Federalism; Repeal all pro-corporate legislations; Call for Tractor Parade, Vehicle/Motorcycle Rally & Mass Demonstrations At State/District/Block headquarters Groundxero | Jan 24, 2026 As the Indian state prepares to observe the 77th Republic Day with military spectacle and official ceremony, […]
১৫ জানুয়ারি (১লা মাঘ) পূজা-সমাবেশের মধ্য দিয়ে সাঁওতাল সমাজ আবারও তুলে ধরেছে তাদের অটুট সম্পর্ক – দেবতা, পাহাড়, সংস্কৃতির সঙ্গে। গ্রামসভা ও আদিবাসী সমাজের সম্মতি ছাড়া কোনো প্রকল্প নয় – এই দাবি। উন্নয়নের নামে দেবস্থান ধ্বংস হলে বৃহত্তর আন্দোলনের পথে যাবেন তাঁরা। Groundxero | 16 January 2026 পৌষ মাসের শেষ আর পয়লা মাঘ; এই সময়ই […]
More than 125 lawyers, legal professionals (faculty), and law students from all over the country have called on the Governor of Odisha to urgently intervene to stop state repression on protesting villagers and take steps to halt all illegal administrative actions aimed at handing over community-managed forest land to Vedanta for bauxite mining in Sijimali. […]
Kamaljit, Research Scholar and Doctoral Candidate, Department of Philosophy, Punjab University (PU), talks on the ongoing student-led struggles to protect PU’s autonomy and democratic structure under attack from the Central government. Groundxero | November 17, 2025 During the past several weeks, Punjab University has become the site of one of the most significant student-led democratic […]
The Adivasi and Dalit communities of Tijimali continue to actively resist Vedanta’s proposed bauxite mining project in the region. An update on the struggle. Groundxero | November 8, 2025 Since mid-2023, Adivasis and Dalits from Tijmali, Kuturumali, and Majhingmali—located in the Kashipur and Thuamul Rampur blocks of Rayagada and Kalahandi districts, respectively—have been actively resisting […]
NAPM held the Union government accountable for lives lost to police bullets in Ladakh, as a result of brutal State response to a democratic struggle and turning the rightful demand for Sixth schedule and statehood as ‘anti-national’. Groundxero | Sep 27, 2025 The National Alliance of People’s Movements (NAPM) has strongly condemned the arrest of […]
As a scholar of media and democracy, I see the spread of the Jolly Roger of the Straw Hats Pirates – which has gone from manga pages to protest squares – as an example of how Gen Z is reshaping the cultural vocabulary of dissent. Nuurrianti Jalli, Oklahoma State University From Paris and […]
Beyond spectacles of formulaic festivities, Tij Raja’s children have taught me that the will to resist oppression and fight for one’s rights is more contagious than the fear invoked by the oppressor. Srijan Dutta Groundxero | Sep 3, 2025 A week before India’s 79th Independence Day, this year’s 9 August marked the 30th anniversary of […]
Why such political vendetta by the state government against a student activist; is it the person Hindol who is being targeted or the real target is the institution – Jadavpur University? Is Mamata copying the playbook of Amit Shah of criminalizing protestors and trying to make Umar Khalid out of Hindol? The answers are not […]
Over three dozen people’s democratic organizations from Punjab united in a powerful rally and protest march in Moga to condemn the ongoing brutal massacre of Adivasis and their ally resistance forces. By Boota Singh Mehmoodpur Groundxero | Aug 10, 2025 On August 8, 2025, over three dozen people’s democratic organizations from Punjab united in a powerful […]
The struggle of Adivasi and Dalit communities of Tijimali to resist Vedanta’s proposed bauxite mining project in the region is at a critical juncture. The villagers are braving the monsoon rains and guarding Tijmali day and night to protect their hills, forests and streams. Groundxero | July 8, 2025 Since mid-2023, Adivasis and Dalits from […]
পাঞ্জাবের বেচিরাগের ঘটনা ভূমি অধিকারের জন্য দলিতদের নিরন্তর সংগ্রামের এক তীব্র প্রতিচ্ছবি। দেবাশিস মিথিয়া Groundxero | June 06, 2025 ২০২৫ সালের ২০শে মে, দলিতদের বঞ্চনার এক মর্মান্তিক অধ্যায় নতুন করে রচিত হলো। ওই দিন পাঞ্জাবের সাঙ্গরুর জেলার ‘বীর এশওয়ান’ (বেচিরাগ) গ্রামে ‘জমিন প্রাপ্তি সংঘর্ষ কমিটি’ বা ‘জেডপিএসসি’, একটি জমি দখল কর্মসূচির ডাক দেয়। মূল দাবি ছিল সরকারের […]
“This isn’t a glitch in the system—it’s the system working exactly as designed, funneling wealth ever upwards while millions of working people struggle to afford rent, food, and healthcare.” By Jake Johnson May 01, 2025 As people worldwide filled the streets Thursday to celebrate International Workers’ Day and mobilize against attacks on the working […]
গত ২১ মার্চ দেওচা-পাঁচামিতে কয়লা খনি প্রকল্প বন্ধের দাবিতে বিশাল মিছিল হয় কলকাতায়। মিছিলে দেওচা-পাঁচামি থেকে আসা মানুষ জানান কীভাবে স্থানীয় প্রশাসন মিথ্যে প্রতিশ্রুতি দিয়ে, ভয় দেখিয়ে এবং পুলিশি অত্যাচার চালিয়ে সম্মতি আদায় করতে চেষ্টা করছে। সুদর্শনা চক্রবর্তীর রিপোর্ট। Groundxero | March 22, 2025 চোখে চোখ রেখে স্পষ্ট গলায় পুতুল কিস্কু জানিয়ে দিলেন “খনি আমরা চাই না। […]