There are horrific atrocities being committed against the Adivasis, and their right to life is being violated. It is the responsibility of the Supreme Court to protect these rights. However, when someone approaches the Supreme Court seeking justice, they are fined instead. By Himanshu Kumar Sukdi is an Adivasi woman whose husband was […]
Groundxero : November 23, 2023 #SijimaliMatters Update #5 The past three and a half months have been both tumultuous and decisive in shaping the antimining resistance of Adivasis and Dalits in South Odisha. As we bring to you our fifth update, twenty three activists arrested since mid-August have stepped out of the confines […]
অযোধ্যার বামনি ঝর্নায় একটি পর্যটন কেন্দ্র উদ্বোধন করার সিদ্ধান্ত নেওয়া হয়েছে। যে পর্যটন কেন্দ্রটি পরিচালনা করবে বাড়ুয়াজারা বাঁধঘুটু দুলুগবেড়া গ্রামসভা। ১৫ নভেম্বর, বিরসা মুন্ডার জন্মদিনে এই কেন্দ্রটি উদ্বোধন করার সিদ্ধান্তের মধ্য দিয়ে কোথাও ‘সংঘর্ষ ও নির্মাণ’-এর এক নতুন পথ খুলে দেওয়ার সম্ভাবনাকে তুলে ধরল প্রকৃতি বাঁচাও ও আদিবাসী বাঁচাও মঞ্চ। লিখছেন দেবাশিস আইচ। ২০০৬ […]
As we continue to be more and more stifled by a rigid monolithic discourse of Hindutva forcibly imposed on us by the RSS/BJP combine, a sort of counter narrative challenging the brahminical hegemony is also emerging from within sections of dalits and adivasi people. The commemoration of Durga Puja as Mahishasura Martyr Diwas by the […]
On August 6th 2018, news reports indicated that 15 ‘Naxals’ had been gunned down by the Chhattisgarh police in Sukma district. This encounter happened near Nalkatong village in the Konta Block of South Sukma. A day after all these claims, hundreds of women adivasis in Bastar protested against this police action, calling it a ‘fake […]