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भत्ता सुरू ठेण्यासाठी आंदोलन!
…संघटनांचे शिर्ष नेतृत्वाने विचार करावा चंद्रपूर जिल्ह्यातील कर्मचाऱ्यांनी चंद्रपूरातील काही तालुके नक्षलग्रस्त घोषित करून तसा मिळणारा भत्ता सुरू राहावा यासाठी आंदोलन केले. मुळातच असे आंदोलन करणे हाच विनोद आहे. साधारणतः १९८०नंतरच्या कालावधीत तेव्हाचा एकत्रीत तालुका-राजुरा मध्ये ‘पिपल्स वाॅर गृप’ चा शिरकाव झाला होता.आताच्या कोरपना तालुक्यातील एक नाल्यावर पुलाचे बांधकाम सुरू…
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आधारभूत धान खरेदीत सरकारी गोंधळ शेतकरी हवालदिल
अत्यल्प उदिष्टामुळें शेतकरी अडचणीत एकीकडे शासन अधिक धान्य उत्पादीत करण्यांसाठी शेतकर्यांना प्रोत्साहन देत असतांनाच, दुसरीकडे उत्पादीत धान्य खरेदीसाठी शासनाची नकारघंटा शेतकर्याचा जीवावर उठत आहे. शासनाने आॅनलाईन पध्दतीने मर्यादीत मर्यादित विक्रीची अट असे नवीन नियम पुढे केल्याने उर्वरित धान्याचे काय करायचे असा प्रश्न आता निर्माण झाल्यांने शेतकर्यांनी मर्यादीत धान विक्रीस नकार दिला आहे. यामुळे…
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Why is Mahavikas Aghadi Punishing Vidarbha?
There was a time when activists waited for the winter session of the state assembly to organize rallies at Nagpur and draw attention to the myriad issues impacting ordinary people of Vidarbha. But since the MVA came into power in 2019 not a single assembly session has taken place in Nagpur. In fact since he…
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The Eternally Flamboyant Jhadipatti Rangabhoomi meets Mumbai Cinema
Poster sponsored by the family and friends of the lead actress Jhollywood, a film released this week, is directed by Trushant Ingle whose journey began in Jhadipatti theatre. The film boasts of more than 100 Jhadipatti artists invarious roles including Nisha Dhongle from Chandrapur district in the main female lead. Jhadipatti Rangabhoomi, the theatre practice…
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श्रमिक एल्गार संघटनेच्या लढ्याला यश आदिवासींनी केली १४ एकर शेतीवर ताबा
चाळीस वर्षानंतर शेतीवर ताबा करीत असताना आदिवासी शेतकरी श्रमिक एल्गार संघटनेच्या मदतीने राजुरा तालुक्यातील आदिवासींने १४ एकर शेतजमीनीवर ताबा करून शेती केली. सदर शेती अनेक चाळीस वर्षापेक्षा जास्त काळ गैर आदिवासींच्या ताब्यात होती. चार दशकानंतर शेतावर नांगर फिरवता आले यासाठी आदिवासींनी आनंद व्यक्त करीत संघटनेचे आभार मानले. राजेश मारोती मेश्राम, शंकर मारोती मेश्राम रा. देवाडा …
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Apropos Sudheendra Kulkarni’s Censure of “Reverse Casteism”
The Marathi daily Sakal has published Sudheendra Kulkarni’s article in which he decries the unfortunate trend in Dalit movement of ‘reverse casteism’ by which Dalit activists exhibit a hatred for and insult the well-meaning Brahmin and upper caste ‘de-casted’ persons. Mr. Kulkarni’s tone is an interesting mixture of angst, anger, irritation and surprise. He…
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Lathicharge over Land Claims Bengali Villagers Clash with Forest Department in Gadchiroli
Lathicharge in Vijay Nagar In the mid-1960s, just before the creation of Bangladesh, the Government of India resettled thousands of refugees from the erstwhile East Pakistan in various states including Maharashtra. Today there is a substantive population of resettled refugees in Eastern Vidarbha primarily in Chandrapur, Gadchiroli and Gondia. In Chandrapur city, one of…
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World Refugee Day: Honouring the Spirit of Resilience
On 20th June 2001, the United Nations observed the first World Refugee Day to highlight the resilience, courage and pain of refugees around the world. Since then the day is dedicated to support the rights of refugees who are fleeing in search of sanctuary from wars, disasters and conflicts. The…
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Will the Agnipath Protests Scorch the BJP ballot box?
(picture from internet) The Modi regime has been marked by three important pan-India protests. The first was against the CAA-NRC which saw thousands of women and students out on the streets and many ‘Shaheen Baghs’ coming up in various parts of the country as sites of protest. The second was the farmers’ protest…
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Of the Bibliophiles, by the Bibliophiles for the Bibliophiles
Vidarbha Literary Festival Of the Bibliophiles, by the Bibliophiles for the Bibliophiles There is nothing more uplifting than conversations about books with book enthusiasts, and so my afternoon yesterday was well-spent learning about the Vidarbha Literary Festival (VLF) based in Nagpur. Over a nice cup of coffee Sachin Jahagirdar, the secretary and Vinay Sarda…
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