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  •  Will the Agnipath Protests Scorch the BJP ballot box?

     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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  • Why is Mahavikas Aghadi  Punishing Vidarbha?

    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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  • Is Chandrapur district Naxalite-affected?

    Is Chandrapur district Naxalite-affected?

    (Pic credit:internet)   More than fifty karmachari sanghatanas (unions of state level government personnel) came together in Chandrapur recently to protest outside the District Collectorate. Usually such karmachari sanghatanas are known to agitate for causes such as salary hikes through implementation of pay commission, pensions and other benefits. This time it was an entirely different

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  • विस्थापन : एक मे, महाराष्ट्र दिन – कामगार दिनानिमित्ताने

    विस्थापन : एक मे, महाराष्ट्र दिन – कामगार दिनानिमित्ताने

      विस्थापन विस्थापन फारच वेदनादायी असत.या विषयावर जाॅन स्टाईन बेक ची “द ग्रेप्स ऑफ राॅथ” कादंबरी असल्याचे माहिती आहे.अलिकडेच ती मराठी मध्ये सुध्दा उपलब्ध झाली. मराठीमध्ये या विषयावर कथा ,कादंबरी असेलही.अनेक लोक या विषयावर काम करतात. विस्थापनाचा पहिला बळी राहीले आहेत आदिवासी.* “एका अंदाजानुसार, भारतामध्ये जलसंधारण प्रकल्प, खाणकाम, औष्णिक विद्युत प्रकल्प, अभयारण्य, उद्योग धंदे इत्यादि

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  • बाया रोवन्याला जातात तेव्हा…

    बाया रोवन्याला जातात तेव्हा…

    बाया रोवन्याला जातात तेव्हा…. ————————————- सूर्य उजाडण्यापूर्वीच पक्ष्यांची फडफड तेव्हा बाया लागतात कामाला झाडझुड, सडासारवन,पाणी सैपाकही करतात आणि पोरांनाही उठवतात शाळेसाठी. बांधतात शिदोरी आणि देतात शेजारी पाजारी आवाज… झालं का ऽऽ व,चाल ऽऽऽ ना व लौकर…लौकर!  निघतात बाया जथ्या- जथ्याने हातामध्ये शिदो-या घेऊन. मैल दोन मैल.. कधी जास्तच चालतच जातात बाया. भिजवली असते पावसाने जमीन

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  • On the Occasion of World Poetry Day

    On the Occasion of World Poetry Day

        Many years ago, I read the great Hindi poet Maithilisharan Gupta’s poem ‘Sakhi, ve mujh se kahkar jate’ that expressed the grief of Queen Yashodhara, the wife of Prince Siddhartha.  That poem transports us two thousand five hundred years ago to the fateful morning when Yashodhara wakes up find her husband has left

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  • गडीसुर्ला- जुनासुर्ला  झाडीपट्टीचा ऐतिहासिक प्रांत 

    गडीसुर्ला- जुनासुर्ला  झाडीपट्टीचा ऐतिहासिक प्रांत 

      नववर्षाच्या पहिल्या दिवशीच मी मित्रवर्य लक्ष्मण खोब्रागडे यांचे सोबत ‌जूनासुर्ला आणि गडीसुर्ला या दोन गावाला भेटी दिल्या. या दोन्ही गावाचे नाव खूप वर्षापासून ऐकत होतो पण काल येथे जाण्याचा योग आला. चंद्रपूर जिल्ह्यातील मूल तालुक्‍याच्या ठिकाणांपासून  पूर्वेस अवघ्या १२ किलोमीटर अंतरावर असलेल्या या दोन्ही गावाचे महत्व   भौगोलिकदृष्ट्या  आणि प्राचीन वास्तुकलांचे दृष्टीने मोठे आहे.  गडीसुर्ला 

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  • On Delay: A historical and labour-centric reflection  

    On Delay: A historical and labour-centric reflection  

    Living in the age of ‘fast capitalism’ has created a homogeneized expectation of quick service as the hallmark of experiencing time. The idea of service is embedded in the notions around work and work ethics, social hierarchies, and not least, legal punitive cultures which varies in different societies. It is interesting to connect the past

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  • Vishwanath Vithoba Shende with his granddaughter 

    Vishwanath Vithoba Shende with his granddaughter 

    The man in the photograph is Vishwanath Vithoba Shende of village Tekadi, taluka Mul, district Chandrapur. The meaning of Vishwanath is ‘Lord of the World’ but this Vishwanath was a bonded labourer. He was around 40 – 45 years old in 2001, landless and working as a labourer in the farm of a village landlord.

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  • घोळ शिक्षक भरतीचा

    घोळ शिक्षक भरतीचा

          शिक्षक-गुरुजी-मास्तर या तीन अक्षरी शब्दाला दोन दशकापूर्वी अतिशय मानमरातब लाभलेला होता. चौथी पास, सातवी पास, दहावी पास गुरुजींचा शब्द गावागावांमध्ये प्रमाणित मानल्या जायचा. गुरुजीला जगातल्या सर्वच गोष्टी येतात असंच मानल्या जायचं. व्यंकटेश माडगूळकरांच्या बनगरवाडी कादंबरीतील राजाराम विठ्ठल सौंदणीकर गुरुजी साऱ्यांनाच त्यामुळे आठवतात. पुढे पुढे बारावी पास सोबतच डी. एड. पास उमेदवार शिक्षक

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