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Nov 21, 2018
Farmers' march: Maharashtra govt's 'lukewarm' response cause for repeated protests; drought relief, MSP hike demands unmet
The farmers' march from Thane to Mumbai also comes amid many similar rallies being held in other parts of the country, including the 'Kisan Kranti Yatra' on 23 September and the protest led by the Congress' farmers' cell on 23 October. -
Nov 21, 2018
Over 20,000 Maharashtra farmers begin protest march from Thane to Mumbai; demands include drought compensation, loan waiver
The farmers protest is being led by the Lok Sangharsh Morcha (LSM). Swaraj Abhiyan chief and former AAP leader Yogendra Yadav and conservationist Dr Rajendra Singh will also be at the forefront of the protests -
Oct 21, 2018
#MeToo in India: Media reports name man at forefront of Kathua protests who was accused of rape in anonymous account
A day after Firstpost published an anonymous account of an incident of rape, media agencies named an activist in the Kathua rape case as the perpetrator -
Oct 08, 2018
India's landless poor: Post-liberalisation era brought in wealth to a stressed economy but did little to end rural poverty
Land reform was a major policy thrust area in the first three decades after Independence during which zamindari was abolished, a land ceiling was imposed and surplus and wasteland were distributed among the landless. -
Aug 01, 2018
Development no silver bullet, government must bridge trust deficit in Maoist hotbed Bastar
Many elderly people in Bastar believe that there continues to be a trust deficit between a large section of the tribal population and the establishment. -
Jul 02, 2018
Indigenous communities practice effective forest conservation, but remain excluded from policy
Indigenous peoples perhaps have been the best guardians of the Earth's natural resources, but they are increasingly being deprived of land -
Jun 12, 2018
K Chandrashekar Rao's 'Rythu Bandhu' scheme hobbled by leakages, faulty targeting of beneficiaries
Implementing the Rythu Bandhu scheme by plugging leakages and extending it to all those who till the land would have promoted farmers’ welfare. -
Apr 26, 2018
For Madhya Pradesh's tribals, too wide a gap between state policies and reality
A five-year roadmap for overall development of tribals was on the agenda when Narendra Modi visited Mandla, Madhya Pradesh -
Mar 09, 2018
Maharashtra farmers' march to Mumbai a mission to assert rights and overcome oppression, one step at a time
Dancing, singing and surviving on the bare minimum, over 25,000 farmers from across Maharashtra are marching to Mumbai where they will encircle the legislative building and press for demands which they feel successive state governments have betrayed them on: land rights, forest rights, guaranteed minimum support price and loan waivers, etc -
Dec 17, 2017
Sonia Gandhi overcame her caste and religion deficits as a politician, but chose Congress' interests over governance
As the president of Indian National Congress, Sonia Gandhi constructed a political personality for herself that transcended caste and religion, and precisely what the founding fathers of the Indian Constitution had hoped for
