Mangesh Dahiwale The President of India is a ceremonial post. It is often compared with the “rubber stamp”. But as the head of state, it is also a prestigious post. The orders are issued in his name and proclamations bear his name. He is the Supreme Commander in Chief of the armed forces. The …
Project Heartland 5: Swachh Bharat: Plight and Assertion of Valmikis
Pratik Parmar Project Heartland captures the struggle of people from marginalised communities, mainly Dalits in Gujarat. It shows the courage and determination of Dalit women and men to assert for their rights despite all odds. By capturing these stories of struggle, Project Heartland wants these brave people to be known, recognised and be seen …
Project Heartland 4: Milk and Caste
Pratik Parmar Project Heartland captures the struggle of people from marginalised communities, mainly Dalits in Gujarat. It shows the courage and determination of Dalit women and men to assert for their rights despite all odds. By capturing these stories of struggle, Project Heartland wants these brave people to be known, recognised and be seen …
Project Heartland 3: When a Dalit Woman leads
Pratik Parmar Project Heartland captures the struggle of people from marginalised communities, mainly Dalits in Gujarat. It shows the courage and determination of Dalit women and men to assert for their rights despite all odds. By capturing these stories of struggle, Project Heartland wants these brave people to be known, recognised and be seen …
Remembering Bitter Truths on the way to Udupi
Dr C S Dwarakanath Jignesh Mevani, a young dalit leader who has inspired many across the country with his protests against the flogging of Dalits in Una, Gujarat, along with Lolaksha, a dalit intellectual from Karnataka and myself were travelling from Mangalore Airport to Udupi for the valedictory event of the Udupi Chalo Rally …
Project Heartland 2: Meet the men who started the Una movement
Pratik Parmar Project Heartland captures the struggle of people from marginalised communities, mainly Dalits in Gujarat. It shows the courage and determination of Dalit women and men to assert for their rights despite all odds. By capturing these stories of struggle, Project Heartland wants these brave people to be known, recognised and be seen as inspiration to …
Project Heartland
Pratik Parmar Project Heartland captures the struggle of people from marginalised communities mainly Dalits in Gujarat. It shows the courage and determination of Dalit women and men to assert for their rights despite all odds. By capturing these stories of struggle, Project Heartland wants these brave people to be known, recognised and be seen …
SIO JNU stands with BAPSA: Vote for the politics of Social Justice
SIO JNU The JNUSU elections of this year is important not only because it is under a tyrannical regime in the centre we are in, but it is also a time when large forms of resistance movements are getting strengthened across the country. The key speciality of these movements is that it is not …
ಮೋದಿ ಸರ್ಕಾರದಲ್ಲಿ ಬದುಕನ್ನು ಕಳೆದುಕೊಂಡ ಶೋಷಿತರು
Prof Mahesh Chandra Guru ಪ್ರಸ್ತುತ ಕೇಂದ್ರದಲ್ಲಿ ಆಡಳಿತ ನಡೆಸುತ್ತಿರುವ ಶ್ರೀ ನರೇಂದ್ರಮೋದಿ ನೇತೃತ್ವದ ಎನ್ಡಿಎ ಸರ್ಕಾರ ಭಾರತದ ಶೋಷಿತರ ಪಾಲಿಗೆ ನರಕದ ಕೂಪವಾಗಿದೆ. 2014ರಲ್ಲಿ ಉತ್ತರ ಪ್ರದೇಶ, ಬಿಹಾರ, ಮಧ್ಯಪ್ರದೇಶ, ರಾಜಸ್ಥಾನ, ಮಹಾರಾಷ್ಟ್ರ ಮತ್ತು ಗುಜರಾತ್ ರಾಜ್ಯಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಇರುವ ಬಹುಜನ ಭಾರತೀಯರು ಯುಪಿಎ ಸರ್ಕಾರದ ನಿಷ್ಕ್ರಿಯತೆಯಿಂದ ಬೇಸತ್ತು ಹೊಸ ಭರವಸೆಯೊಂದಿಗೆ ಎನ್ಡಿಎ ಮೈತ್ರಿಕೂಟಕ್ಕೆ ಅತ್ಯಧಿಕ ಬಹುಮತವನ್ನು ನೀಡಿದರು. ಆದರೆ ಬಹುಜನರ ಆಹಾರ ಸ್ವಾತಂತ್ರ್ಯ ಮತ್ತು ಬದುಕುವ ಸ್ವಾತಂತ್ರ್ಯಗಳನ್ನು ರಾಷ್ಟ್ರೀಯ ಸ್ವಯಂ ಸೇವಕ ಸಂಘದ ನಿರ್ದೇಶನದಲ್ಲಿ …