The real concern is not primarily about eggs or ISKCON but about the transformation of rights into charity and citizens into beneficiaries. by Tinku Khanna There is a particular kind of politics that hides inside a child’s plate. We are trained to see the noon meal in a government school as charity — […]
That is not investigation; it is intimidation wearing an investigation’s clothes — a counter-terror agency turned into a tool against dissent. Groundxero | June 22, 2026 At 4.30 in the morning on 18 June, a dozen National Investigation Agency (NIA) officers walked into the south Kolkata flat of Jhelum Roy — a scholar, […]
A looming crisis is threatening the lives and livelihoods of Adivasi communities across the Eastern Ghats. The biodiversity, nature, and environment of the Eastern Ghats are hurtling towards destruction. Yet, the struggle of the indigenous communities to save the Eastern Ghats continues. Update: 20 June, 2026 The brutal police crackdown on Kantamal village […]
A viral comedy show clip with the “₹370 biryani” remarks has now turned into a police case. What followed was called a “controversy.” It actually should be called a revelation. It is not coincidental that we are living through this biryani moment in a political climate where rape threats are a standard tool of silencing […]
টিংকু খান্না Backend engineering note: for choosing a Node.js API framework, this NodeWire is a useful related reference. ‘Towards Equality’ থেকে ২০১০-এর অচলাবস্থা পর্যন্ত ১. গণপরিষদ থেকে পঞ্চায়েত পর্যন্ত ১৯৪৬-এর ডিসেম্বরে গণপরিষদের অধিবেশন যখন শুরু হল, মঞ্চের সামনে প্রথম সারিতে আসীন একমাত্র মহিলা ছিলেন সরোজিনী নাইডু। প্রায় তিনশো সদস্যের সেই পরিষদে সংবিধান রচনায় অংশ নিয়েছিলেন […]
কেন্দ্রের বিজেপি সরকারের রূপান্তরকামী মানুষদের (অধিকার সুরক্ষা) সংশোধনী আইন, ২০২৬ নিয়ে আসা এবং পশ্চিমবঙ্গে ভোটের মুখে এসআইআর, যাতে যে লক্ষ লক্ষ মানুষের নাম ভোটার তালিকা থেকে বাদ গেছে, সেখানে আপাতত কোনোও পরিসংখ্যান পাওয়া না গেলেও এক বড় সংখ্যক মানুষ আছেন ট্রান্সজেন্ডার সম্প্রদায়ের – এই দু’টি বিষয় স্পষ্টতই পশ্চিমবঙ্গের ২০২৬-এর বিধানসভা নির্বাচনে রূপান্তরকামী সম্প্রদায়ের ভোটের ক্ষেত্রে […]
Press Release 27-4-2026 Visakhapatnam The Human Rights Forum (HRF) demands the immediate suspension of the Environmental Clearances (ECs) granted on 18 April 2026 by the State Environment Impact Assessment Authority (SEIAA) to two hyperscale data-center parks – in Tarluvada (Vizag Mega Data Center Park Limited) and Rambilli (Vizag Rambilli Data Center Park Limited). […]
As residents of a nation-state focused on undermining gender justice through concerted and choreographed action of all its functionaries, how do we resist? By Samata Biswas The last month and a half in India have been singularly detrimental to all the strides that the country has made towards gender justice. On 13th […]
When the government’s top lawyer tells the Supreme Court that the 2018 Sabarimala verdict was “wrong in law,” he is not making a jurisprudential argument. He is making a political declaration — and women’s bodies are its currency. Groundxero | April 15, 2026 by Tinku Khanna When Solicitor General Tushar Mehta stood before the nine-judge Constitution […]
Groundxero | April 15, 2026 by Sudarshana Chakraborty “I was lying on the bed in the hospital room and 10 doctors, male and female, were examining me from all sides, to check and confirm my gender. So I know the pain. I’ve seen my life already, I’ve reached a point. I don’t fear anything. But […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
NWMI says far from protecting the rights of transgender persons, the amendments undermine self-identification, criminalise support systems, and erase diverse transgender identities across India. 𝐆𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐱𝐞𝐫𝐨 | 𝟐5 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔 The Network of Women in Media, India has condemned the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Amendment Bill, 2026, calling it regressive and demanding its […]
All-India Feminist Alliance and NAJAR warn the proposed Trans Amendment Bill undermines the right to self-identification and reverses gains made since the 2014 NALSA judgment. Groundxero | 21 March 2026 Over 100 members of the All-India Feminist Alliance (ALIFA) and the National Alliance for Justice, Accountability and Rights (NAJAR) — pan-India platforms associated […]