Tag: Adivasis

Rights activists slam Centre’s policies

Meera Sanghamitra, an activist from Telangana, highlighted the ‘anti-people’ stand of the government.

November 19, 2018

Killing the keeper

It does not matter which discredited industrialist’s interest Avni’s death was meant to serve but by allowing a humungous14,000 square kilometers of green cover to be shorn off over the last 30 years, India has clearly demonstrated the status of its commitment to the natural environment.

November 11, 2018

Dalits, Adivasis being let down by Narendra Modi govt: CPI leader D Raja

There has been a systematic letting down of Dalits and Adivasis ever since Narendra Modi became the country’s Prime Minister, CPI Leader D. Raja alleged today. “There is an unprecedented increase in atrocities against Dalits in BJP-ruled states. There is a systematic, gradual letting down of Dalits and Adivasis happening ever since Modi became Prime …

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July 5, 2018

When corruption gets the upper hand

Sayak’s latest play Punoruthhan could not have been better-timed and more contextual in its political and ideological appeal.

April 28, 2018

Adivasis in Gujarat neglected, their land grabbed: Rahul

Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi on Friday attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Gujarat’s BJP government over “grabbing the land” of Adivasis and neglecting them, and asked “where did Rs 55,000 crore meant for Vanbandhu scheme go?”. Gandhi also raised question over “no mention of manifesto” by the BJP for the Gujarat elections. In his …

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December 8, 2017

‘Caste capital got BJP to power’

Kancha Ilaiah is a political theorist, writer and Dalit rights activist. He writes in both English and Telugu. He headed the Centre for the Study of Social Exclusion and Inclusive Policy at the Maulana Azad National Urdu University in Hyderabad and also served as a member of Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR). Prof …

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November 11, 2017

Placate the plains

Mamata Banerjee has initiated an essay to woo the Adivasis in the Dooars to undercut the impact of the renewed movement for Gorkhaland that has virtually crippled Darjeeling for the past two months. In a way, the initiative is reminiscent of the CPI-M's strategy in 2009 when Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee had countered efforts to include the …

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August 6, 2017

Condition of Dalits, Adivasis pitiable in Gujarat: Mayawati

With Gujarat gearing up for the Assembly elections later this year, BSP chief Mayawati on Friday alleged Dalits were living in pitiable condition in the state and that they should "unite and uproot" the BJP in the upcoming polls. "The condition of Dalits, Adivasis (tribals) and the poor among the 'sarva samaj' is very bad …

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April 28, 2017