Marriages Aren’t Ordained in Heaven, and Marital Rape Won’t be Solved There Either
As long as women are voided of their agency, reduced to corpses while making love and are dehumanised, marital rapes are bound to occur.
Telangana Caste Survey: What Did It Find and What Have Its Critics Said – 2 Articles
The government’s decision to withhold the full survey data has sparked a separate controversy surrounding transparency and data privacy. Also: ‘Telangana Caste Census and the End of Data Oppression’.
Union Budgets 2014 to 2024 – Article 13: Pensions Budget
Considering the grim poverty situation in the country, the least the government can do for the elderly is provide them a decent old age pension. This article discusses the Modi Government’s budgetary allocations for pension schemes for the poor.
Union Budgets 2014 to 2024 – Article 14: Gender Budget
The Finance Minister has been claiming that the record high Gender Budget signals the government’s commitment for enhancing women’s role in economic development. In this article, we analyse the Gender Budget Statement.
Hasdeo Arand and the Manufacturing of Tribal Consent
Adani Enterprises Ltd, tasked with developing coal mines in Chhattisgarh’s Hasdeo Arand forest, is swallowing up land, trees and villagers’ rights in collusion with the State government, violating the Panchayats (Extension to Scheduled Areas) Act (PESA), 1996 and the Fifth Schedule of the Indian Constitution.
Indian Power Giants’ Decade-Long Lobbying Battle That Stalled Crucial Pollution Norms
The Modi government repeatedly pushed the deadline since 2015 for coal-fired power plants to install devices for curbing noxious emissions after the power producers wrote over 20 letters lobbying with the government to lower emission norms.
Press Release: Remembering 2020 Delhi Riots; Also: ‘Virtually No Compensation’ to Delhi Riot Victims
Karwan-e-Mohabbat held a commemoration ceremony on 26 February 2025 marking five years since the violence in Delhi in February 2020 in the presence of victim and survivor families. Also: ‘In Five Years, “Virtually No Compensation” Has Been Given to Delhi Riots Victims: Karwan-e-Mohabbat Report’.
In Bihar, Corruption in Govt Exams Is Pushing Women to Marriage and Motherhood
With stable employment outside government scarce, educated female aspirants say they are being pushed towards domesticity and marriage after repeated cancellation of exams.
Press Release: NAPM’s 30th Anniversary Convention Concludes in Hyderabad
NAPM marked three decades of struggle, solidarity, and transformative resistance at its 30th Anniversary National Convention held in Hyderabad from March 1–4, 2025, with the theme “Defending Democracy: Constitutional Justice to Climate Justice.”
Israel’s Ongoing Genocide in Gaza – 3 Articles
‘Gaza Ceasefire Hangs by a Thread’: Israel’s blocking of humanitarian aid to Gaza is an obvious step towards resuming its genocidal campaign, with full US support, risking regional conflagration. Also: ‘UN Report Says Israel “Consistently Breached International Law” in Assault on Gaza’; and: ‘Extent of Systematic Torture, Atrocities Endured by Palestinians in Israeli Prisons is Shocking’.