Awas Satyagraha of Mandala
Medha Patkar Around 75,000 homes of urban poor were demolished in 2004-05 in Mumbai, that situation is still…
Space
Mumbai and Shanghai- A tale of two cities
Sanjana Krishnan Alumnus St. Xavier College, Mumbai 10 years ago, the Maharashtra Government promised to make Mumbai like…
No Mangroves for Rich Men!
Slums are seen to be indispensable to any urban city. They are informal settlements by people who mostly…
Hash with feminism: #Whyloiter #PussyRiot
Hashtags of feminist causes, are invoked by social media users worldwide in response to contemporary events and discussions.…
It is a Man’s World
This song by James Brown, which was played for the first time in 1966, never expires. It is…
Mumbai (Mandala) Establishment blues : 55 acres of Land on the way for reclaimation by slum dwellers
Today at 6 a.m thousands of slum dwellers of Mandala started Avaas Satygraha to reclaim their land. The…
No political satire please, We are Italian
Italian ex Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has been accused of suffering a sense-of-humour failure after his media group…
De-growing for survival
Quick. Fast. Effective. These are becoming core values in the fast-paced race to fulfill necessities of people all…
Mumbai : Development Plan & Disability in M-ward
The Development plan (2014-2034) for Mumbai is all set to roll and the government has ensured full participation…
Point of No return
Lory Gaur “He laughed. He looked at me and laughed. I bled and he just laughed.” Her face…
Woman workers in Afganistan
Source: IRIN news The Norwegian Refugee Council’s first ever female only intervention team, which the NGO believes is…
Cow Bias : This is all drama
Kasaiwada, also known as Qureshi Nagar in Kurla east is home to a large number of Khateek community,…
Beef Ban : What to preserve Animal or Work ?
The amendment of Maharashtra Animal Preservation Act , 1976 came in for giving effect to the policy of…
Holy Desi Cow and A2 Milk
A few years back Brazil has become the biggest exporters of Indian breeds of cows, not many could…
Murder of Dalits at Jawakhede (Khalsa)
by shyam.panther@gmail.com, harshalipotdar@gmail.com Preliminary fact finding report on the inhuman murders of Dalits on 20 October 2014 at…
Conversion of an Atheist : Somebody’s gonna get hurt
Is it possible to have a secular HICCUP ? I am a gaseous atheist, who eats, hiccups, burps…
Landonald: I’m Grabbing it !
This new year the government of India gifted farmers a special package. After dismantling planning commission this plan…
Venezuela : When Arseconomy Matters
Venezuela : When TISSUE paper to wipe your arse becomes more important than the strength of local economy…
TISS gardner Harvesting Detoxification
(Translated from hindi ) I’m Tukaram and I work in Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai as gardener…
26 November 2014- A wednesday
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has started “Swachh Bharat Campaign” across India. We welcome the campaign. People who have…
Chuggers in Christmas Market of UK
My perspective is limited to a view through an approximately 3mx1.2m rectangle window of the market stall I…
Sulabh Sexalaya: A way inward
The legalisation of prostitution is driven by demand, by the demography of our democracy. The present powerful Indian…
European woman in India
Francesca Benelli There are lots of good people in India, who you can trust and be friends with…
Searching for sugarman- the armstrong of Maharashtra
The sugar scam in Maharshtra run to thousand of crores of rupees. The mills are not only the…
KAMATHIPURA: Flesh off the nose
A dilapidated building. Probably a hundred years old. A colonial style wooden staircase leading up to a dark…
English