August 2021 – The Vidarbha Gazette

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Aug

Politics

Vidarbha Gazette

What ‘Moves’ the Politician?

What ‘Moves’ the Politician? There is an increasing tendency amongst politicians to either avoid or dismiss citizens’ protest. Whether it is the Prime Minister addressing protesting farmers derogatorily as ‘andolanjeevis’ or the Guardian Minister’s dismissive attitude towards agitating Covid warriors in Chandrapur – it is apparent that our political masters are not ‘moved’ by the
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26

Aug

Literature

Vidarbha Gazette

Farewell Dr.Gail Omvedt: Inspiring Scholar-Activist and a Poet’s Beautiful Muse

A Personal Farewell to Dr.Gail Omvedt Inspiring Scholar-Activist and a Poet’s Beautiful Muse Dr. Gail Omvedt, a renowned sociologist and activist who dedicated her life to seeking, describing and forging ‘Begumpura’ died on 25th August 2021, just a couple of weeks after her eightieth birthday and I was surprised at the grief I
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25

Aug

Society

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“This Could Have Been the Second Khairlanji”

“This Could Have Been the Second Khairlanji” Eknath Narayan Huke (70) and Prayagbai Eknath huke (64) accused by co-villagers of practising black magic Witch-Hunt in the 21st Century On 21st August a family of seven people were attacked by a violent mob of the same village and tied to pillars after being accused of being witches
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20

Aug

Politics

Vidarbha Gazette

Review of Indo-Afghanistan Relations

Bilingual Edict of Mauryan Emperor Ashoka at Kandahar written in Greek and Aramaic Review of Indo-Afghanistan Relations Taliban has marched into Kabul, victorious after an interregnum of two decades of US-backed state-building in Afghanistan. What is surprising is the rapidity of the fall of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, perhaps, even more anti-climactic than that
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18

Aug

Politics

Vidarbha Gazette

अफगाणिस्तान भारत संबंध: एक दृष्टिक्षेप

मौर्य सम्राट अशोकचा कंदहार शिलालेख. सदर शिलालेख द्वैभाषिक असून ग्रीक व अरमाईक भाषांमध्ये कोरल्या गेला होता अफगाणिस्तान भारत संबंध: एक दृष्टिक्षेप अफगाणिस्तान मध्ये पुन्हा एकदा तालिबानने स्वतः चे वर्चस्व प्रस्थापित केले आहे. जवळपास वीस वर्षांपूर्वी झालेल्या “९/११” दहशतवादी हल्ल्यांनंतर अमेरिका व त्याच्या मित्र देशांच्या आघाडीने केलेल्या सैन्य कारवाई मुळे तालिबानी राजवट अचानक कोसळली होती. जसे
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17

Aug

Economy

Vidarbha Gazette

Caste-based FRA Provisions Deprive Nontribal Forest Dwellers

Nontribal Communities Deprived of Forest Rights Agitation by farmers for recognition of forest rights “My neighbour has got a patta because he is a tribal, but I cannot get it because I am a gair-adivasi a non-tribal” says Balkrushna Dumane of Navegaon village, Chandrapur whose application for individual forest rights has been rejected. Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest
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16

Aug

Politics

Vidarbha Gazette

Sarkar Fails to Ensure Minimum Wages in Sarkari Departments

Sarkar Fails to Ensure Minimum Wages in Sarkari Departments Thekedars call the shots over wage rates Covid Warriors of GMCH Chandarpur agitate for minimum wages Even before India got its Constitution in 1950, the country’s workers were given a Minimum Wages Act in 1948. But as far as rural labourers are concerned this law could well be
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16

Aug

Women

Vidarbha Gazette

अधिकारी आणि आंदोलक | एका आंदोलनाची आठवण

२००८ , ऑगस्ट च्या ३१ तारखेला चंद्रपूर जि.प.मध्ये पुन्हा एकदा एडीशनल सीईओ म्हणून रुजू झालो. कार्यरत असणा-या सीईओनी माझी बरीच माहिती काढून ठेवली होती. भेट झाल्यावर पहिला प्रश्न, “कितने साल है रिटायर को “. बाकी जुजबी बोलण झाल्यावर मी माझ्या कामाला लागलो. माझी एक सवय राहीली होती. कामाशिवाय बाॅस कडे जावून अकारण गप्पा करण्याची
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12

Aug

Economy

Vidarbha Gazette

Adivasi Pursuit of the Elusive ‘Patta’ Navigating the Labyrinthine Procedures of FRA

Adivasi Pursuit of the Elusive ‘Patta’ Navigating the Labyrinthine Procedures of FRA Adivasis Plead with Forest Department Officials The stated objective of the Forest Rights Act, 2006 is to correct the historical injustice committed upon the Adivasis and other forest dwellers. The Act brought
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11

Aug

Politics

Vidarbha Gazette

Reimagining International Day of World’s Indigenous People

Reimagining International Day of World’s Indigenous People Time to honour the history of Gond rule in Vidarbha Pathanpura Gate of the Chandrapur Fort built by Gond Rulers In the last couple of years there has been welcome increase in the number of programmes on 9th August which has been designated by the UN as the International
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