The Historic Injustice Served to Care Workers by India’s Highest Court
Anganwadi staff are vital to ensuring the wellbeing of India’s children. Yet in 2006, the Supreme Court refused to recognise them as government employees.
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A Dalit Women’s Collective Is Fighting for the Land it Toils on in Gujarat
In the past 12 years, a group of 51 Dalit women in Ahmedabad district have converted around 36 acres of the government’s “non-useful” wasteland into fertile farms that yield two crops a year. They are now demanding that the state govt. grant them ownership of the land under Gujarat’s Santhani scheme.
Due to Record Price Hike, India’s Poor Give Up Refilling LPG Cylinders
Modi government’s flagship Ujjwala scheme continues to hand out new gas connections, but an increasing number of India’s poor have stopped refilling them due to high gas prices.
India’s Economic Crisis Took Their Jobs and Careers – and the ‘Recovery’ Hasn’t Brought Them Back
Contrary to the government’s claims of an economic recovery, millions of young Indians laid off last year remain jobless.
‘I Felt Like I Found My Identity’: What the Mumbai Bagh Protests Meant to Muslim Women
For women at the Shaheen Bagh-inspired protest in Mumbai, participating in a political movement felt like finding their identity.
Behind BSNL and MTNL’s Poor Services: Deliberate Government Conspiracy to Favour Private Companies
Users across the country are giving up their MTNL or BSNL connections because of deliberate government decision to strangulate these public sector companies.