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Why are Adivasis Resisting Kanhalgaon Sanctuary + EcoSensitive Zone?
Why are Adivasis Resisting Kanhalgaon Sanctuary + EcoSensitive Zone? Sanctuarising Adivasi Communities There is no doubt that conservation of wildlife and environment are of prime importance, but conservation has to be balanced with the right to life and livelihood of local people especially Adivasis who worship nature and depend on the forests for their very…
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Congress Needs to Coordinate with Civil Society at Grassroots, not Just the Top
Congress Needs to Coordinate with Civil Society at Grassroots, not Just the Top Prashant Bhushan and Yogendra Yadav, the two pillars of the India Against Corruption Movement (IAC) walked alongside Rahul Gandhi in the Bharat Jodo Yatra and one could not but wonder at the irony of the situation. The IAC was singularly responsible…
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सिरोंचा, जत आणि जिवती — महाराष्ट्राचा सीमावाद
सिरोंचा, जत, जिवती महाराष्ट्राचा सीमावाद कर्नाटक सिमेवरील महाराष्ट्रातील जत तालुक्यातील 41 गावांनी महाराष्ट्र सरकार पाण्यांच्या प्रश्नाकडे गांभीर्यांने दखल घेत नसल्यांचे कारण देत, गावे कर्नाटक राज्यात सामील करावी असा ग्रामसभेनी ठराव मंजूर केला. या ठरावावरून, कर्नाटकचे मुख्यमंत्री बसवराज बोम्मई यांनी या ठराव घेणार्या ग्राम सभेसोबत राहण्यांचे जाहीर करताच, राज्यात राजकीय कल्लोळ माजला आहे. महाराष्ट्र राज्यांची भाषावार…
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Taking Fundamental Duties Seriously
Taking Fundamental Duties Seriously On Constitution Day our Prime Minister Mr. Narendra Modi stated that performing the fundamental duties should be the first priority of every citizen. Certainly one cannot take issue with his statement. In fact one of the important shifts in the Modi years has been the turn away from Fundamental Rights…
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What are the Implications of BJP’s current Stand on Separate Vidarbha?
What are the Implications of BJP’s current Stand on Separate Vidarbha? There is one old viral video that crops up on the social media feed every now and then, which shows Devendra Fadnavis the Deputy Chief Minister and Sudhir Mungantiwar the Minister for Culture, Forests and Fisheries making powerful speeches demanding Separate Vidarbha State.…
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दिशा’प्रश्नांच्या गोंधळात विदर्भातील प्रश्न ‘दिशाहीन’
‘दिशा’प्रश्नांच्या गोंधळात विदर्भातील मानव—वन्यजीव प्रश्न ‘दिशाहीन’ आपल्याला आठवंत? खुशी बंडू ठाकरे आवळगांव (वय ८ वर्ष), बाल्या देवराव ढोरे,चिचगांव (वय ८ वर्ष), बाल्या बगमारे, वांद्रा (वय ८ वर्ष), बाल्या सालोरकर, मुरपार (वय १० वर्ष), खुशी जितेंद्र हजारे सिर्सी (वय 4 वर्ष),, संस्कार सतीश बुरले कापसी (वय 9 वर्ष)……. आणखी कितीतरी…. नेमका आकडा कुणालाही सांगता येत…
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Shramik Elgar Kolam Adivasi Women’s Delegation Meets Chandrapur Collector
Shramik Elgar Kolam Adivasi Women’s Delegation Meets Chandrapur Collector On 24 January a delegation of Kolam women led by Adv. Paromita Goswami, Founder-President of Shramik Elgar and Vimalbai Kodape met the District Collector Chandrapur Shri. Vinay Gauda to discuss the various problems being faced by Adiviasi women in Jivti block. Problems in Foodgrain distribution: The…
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Nagbhid Muslims Allege Social Boycott
25 Muslims Families Allege Social Boycott by Jama Masjid Committee Barred from Offering Namaz at Jama Masjid, Disallowed at Funerals, Weddings Serious allegations have been made by a section of the Muslim community of Nagbhid (Chandrapur district) that they are not being allowed to offer Namaz in the city’s prominent Jama Masjid by…
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Mutation of Land Records Suspended in Jiwti Block
Mutation of Land Records Suspended in Jiwti Block Adivasis and Farmers Pay the Price In the last two years the process of mutation and updating of revenue records have stopped entirely in Jiwati block leading to difficulties for Adivasis and farmers in the area. Jiwti is the only block out of fifteen blocks of…
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Dr. Narendra Dabholkar’s Spirit Thrives in Nashik
Dr. Narendra Dabholkar’s Spirit Thrives in Nashik Dr. Narendra Dabholkar was murdered on August 20, 2013 but the social organisations and activists of Nashik have kept his spirit alive to this day. On the 20th of every month more than forty such organisations come together through a programme called Dr. Narendra Dabholkar Vivek Vyakhanmala. It is…
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