Part 1. When the levee breaks.12th of April 2013. For the residents of G-Block in Bawana, a resettlement colony on the outskirts of Delhi, that bright summer day was progressing as usual, till...
Banharpalli, is a non-descript hamlet in the district of Jharsuguda in the state of Odisha, which shelters around 150 families that depend on agriculture, livestock rearing and forest produce for...
Sunda Chainpura is an unknown, ‘unwritten-about’ village in the Baran district of Rajasthan. Eklera, another obscure village, is about 15 miles away from Sunda Chainpura. There is a reason why...
(This article by Azera Parveen appeared in Deccan Herald & Kashmir Times in May 2013. It has been reprinted here with her permission)The term ‘Musahar’, literally translates as ‘rat eaters’. The...
The Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education ACT of 2009, which is popularly known as RTE ACT 2009 completed its three years on the 31st March 2013. It is an important deadline that...
A few days ago, I met up with a friend and a colleague who has been involved with various labour rights movements in Tamil Nadu. Among the many things we discussed, we were also debating and...
Eight year old Shahzaad smiled at us when we asked him why he does not go to school.‘Will you take care of my 7 siblings?’, he asked as he turned back to face the furnace to get back to work....
There was a lot of attention on the 5th BRICS summit, from 26-27 March 2013, hosted this time bySouth Africa inDurban. For one, it was the first summit in the African continent of the five (Brazil,...
In this series titled “Breaking the Barriers of Bondage”, Chandan Kumar who is our National Co-ordinator for the Bonded Labour Abolition Programme, takes us through a brief history of ACTIONAID’s...
As part of our ongoing campaign to combat the declining child-sex ratio, our colleagues and allies in Andhra Pradesh (like SERP*) are currently fighting for justice for the family and dear ones of...
In this series titled “Breaking the Barriers of Bondage”, Chandan Kumar who is our National Co-ordinator for the Bonded Labour Eradication Programme, takes us through a brief history of ACTIONAID’s...
Ever since the state has announced its Urban Renewal missions, we have been witnessing a series of protests and peaceful acts of resistance by urban poor across the country. History would side the...
Rural communities depend immensely on the forest for their everyday need and livelihood. Estimates suggest that it contributes to nearly 40% of their total annual income. Nearly 23% of India’s...
For any society, there’s nothing more shameful than forcing any one to carry human excreta on her head in the guise of ‘employing’ her.In India, we must all hang our head in shame, for we are still...
The recent incident of a horrific gang rape in Delhi and the subsequent protests that the country’s capital witnessed, has slung the discussion around women's safety and their democratic rights,...
by:Ghasiram Panda
