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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 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…. ————————————- 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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Battles Reminiscent of Vidarbha’s Coal Mines
Battles Reminiscent of Vidarbha’s Coal Mines Battles of Our Own by Jagadish Mohanty, translated by Himansu Mohapatra and Paul St. Pierre, describes a series of battles against the background of a colliery in western Odisha. The modern era has no place for epic heroes grappling with Dharma and Adharma on the vast fields of Kurukshetra. These…
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Vidarbha Gazette completes one year!
Dear friends Vidarbha Gazette completes one year! In this year we have shared more than 140 pieces of writing, in English. Marathi and only one in Hindi. Our topics ranged from politics, economics, history, environment, Adivasi rights to culture and poetry. Vidarbha Gazette garnered more than 88000 (eighty eight thousand) views and we are…
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Chimur Kranti of 1942 – A Legacy that Congress has Forgotten and now the RSS Tries to Claim
Chimur Kranti of 1942 – A Legacy that Congress has Forgotten and now the RSS Tries to Claim Plaque commemorating martyrs at Chimur There are innumerable stories of bravery emanating from the national movement. The claims to these stories are open to all. If the present day followers of the organisation which actually fought…
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'छैलसिंह गुरूजी'
छैलसिंह गुरूजी मुक्काम:सुराणा, जिला :जालोर. स्टेट:राजस्थान ……………….. प्रिय गुरूजी तुमच काही चुकल नाही तुमची मनाची घडणच झालीय तशी- ‘जाती है के जाती नही !’ तुमच्या मनात साचलेली घाण किती टन असेल अंदाज च येत नाही. ही घाण पूर्वीही अनुभवली अगदी स्वातंत्र्याच्या रौप्य महोत्सवी वर्षात सुवर्ण महोत्सवी वर्षांत आणि आता आता ही “अमृत” महोत्सवी वर्षात सुध्दा.…
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Inder Meghwal
Yes, it happened in this Bharatvarsa Indra – the king of Gods, the lord of thunder Was beaten to death On independence day For trying to quench his thirst. What use is Amrit mahotsav When a sweet little boy cannot drink From an earthen pot? Was he not Amritasya Putra The deathless son of an…
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Three Shaurya Chakra declared for Gadchiroli Police
3 Shaurya Chakra declared for Gadchiroli Police The Gadchiroli district police is being feted for having performed the historic feat of being conferred three gallantry awards this Independence Day. Somay Munde, IPS, NPC Ravindra Naitam, NPC Tikaram Katenge are being conferred with the Shaurya Chakra for the Mardintola encounter which led to the killing of…
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The Tiranga that Inspires in Struggle and Celebration
The Tiranga that Inspires in Struggle and Celebration Because I was born in a well-to-do family and brought up in a cities, I took freedom for granted. I loved the Independence Day celebrations and the stories of the national struggle but I never thought too deeply about these things. That changed when I came to…
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