Joint Action Committee for Social Justice Mumbai protest at CST
20 June 2016, CST, Mumbai : Attending this protest meet made me think of a beloved professor’s comment:…
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Dileep Ranjekar at TISS convocation : We need radical reform not Lipapoti
6 May 2016, Mumbai : Dileep Ranjekar (Co-CEO) has been an integral part of the Azim Premji Foundation,…
Raghuram Rajan : Word matters and so does intent
(Dr. Raghuram Rajan, Governor-Reserve Bank of India – April 20, 2016 – at the 12th NIBM Convocation, Pune)…
Who we are? : “Freedom fighters” or “Born Criminals”
Santosh Pawar- You must have heard about the stories of many freedom fighters, you may probably inspired through…
Van Gujjars: Victims of Conservation
Van Gujjar tribe still follow their traditional way of life, they are nomadic water buffalo herders. They live…
Queer Aazadi Pride March, Mumbai 2016
On 6th Feb 2016, Mumbai witnessed its 8th annual queer aazadi march. The pride march started at 4…
Garey Coal Satyagraha in Chattisgarh
5th January 2016, Chhattisgarh : The distressed villagers and the members of the Mehnatkash Mazdoor Unity Committee rallied…
Cinema of Resistance, Mumbai Chapter begins
Additti Munshi Subsequent to the advent of the New Economic Policy adopted in 1990s, the government of India…
Matang’s agitation for 8% reservation within Schedule Caste
On 28th December, near Bandra Collector’s office, people of ‘Akhil Bharatiya Matang Sangh’ demonstrated with a peaceful protest…
KASHMIR : Association of Parents of Disappeared Persons (APDP)
A calendar in rememberance of disappeared persons was released by APDP, which contains couplets from the family I…
Dharavi : Rally against Rohith Vemula’s institutional murder attacked by R.S.S
A rally organised by residents of Dharavi against Rohith Vemula's institutional murder were allegedly attacked by R.S.S in…
Where is the justice in mob justice?
Mob violence, also referred to as “Mob Justice” highlights a striking paradox – it approves the dispensation of…
Saving Seeds
The miracle of a seed is that this tiny little thing holds within itself the potential to recreate…
LEGAL AID : Kawasi Hidme’s unheard story
Sushmita Verma Alumnus TISS, Mumbai Being an adivasi, a woman and being born in a region desired by…
Birsa Munda : Silence of the Governors
A paradox of tribals migrating to cities: Workers from Central India and as Students from North-East
And the Goenka award goes to Self
Jo tumne wo dekha suna, Sach tha Magar ye Kitna tha Sach ye kisko Pata… Ramnath Goenka award…
Chhapparband De-notified Tribe Community
De-notified tribes are born as Humans but labeled as Criminals. India acquired independence in 1947 but still their…
The rotten heart of Judiciary : No One Killed Dalits
Our memories of the Gujrat genocide in 2002 is still fresh. We cannot forget the bodies of small…
Constitutionalism: Exception as norm
Reaffirming faith on Constitutionalism, this year, law day was re-christened as Constitution Day. Constitution is a document, which…
Murder of Yakub Shaikh : A worker in Toyota service centre, Cotton Green
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The Political Decay : Transformation of human nature
What is decay and how political decay today is leading towards a catastrophe that is unimaginable for the…
‘Housing for All’ one one hand and Evicting Slum Dwellers on other
सरकार का 2022 तक घर देने का वादा |When government promised ‘Housing or all by 2022 फिर क्यों…
RTI : Another law to tame political energy of citizens
It has been ten years since RTI Act came into existence. No doubt it is one of the…
Mob Justice among communities in North East India
Mob justice refers to putting a person to death, eviction of a person and destruction of one’s property…
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