Long Wait for Rehabilitation May Push Thousands Back into Manual Scavenging
Government departments’ apathy and lack of reliable data on manual scavengers is a hurdle to rehabilitation efforts, say stakeholders.
Ancient Men were Hunters and Women were Gatherers. Right? Wrong
Archaeological evidence from Peru disproves an old belief.
100 Days of Protest: The Farming Community Has Already Gained Many Larger Outcomes
While the movement may have succeeded in getting the Centre to agree to only two minor demands so far, it has gained many larger outcomes. One such gain is that movement has united the farmers across the religious divide.
Farmers to Widen Protest; Join with Workers for Anti-Privatisation Day; Women Farmers Start Own Newsletter – Four Articles
Farmers decide to hold a ‘tractor march’ in 16 districts of UP and Uttarakhand, and simultaneously a padyatra too in UP; Central Trade Unions and farmers decide to observe anti-privatisation day on March 15; meanwhile, women farmers start their own newsletter at Delhi border.
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Pandemics: The Perils of Agribusiness Profits
The multiple pandemics of the past decades can be linked to the expansion of agribusinesses into the global South. The consequent deforestation and unregulated industrial farming of animals have produced hotspots for pathogens to cross into humans.
Farmers’ Movement Spreads; Farmers Plan Ahead – Seven Newsreports
Reports from mahapanchayats at Lakhnaur (Saharanpur district), Munderwa (Basti district), Barabanki (eastern UP), and Barnala (Punjab). With harvesting season coming, focus shifts on youth and workers to keep Delhi morchas running.
International Farmers’ Organisations Support Indians Farmers
Farmers’ and peoples’ organisations across the globe have declared support to protesting Indian farmers in their fight to protect their livelihoods.
Punjab Ground Report: Six Months on, Farm Protest Remains Strong – and United
Punjabi poet Gurbhajan Gill says, “It may have started with farmers, but now this has become an outburst of anger against Modi’s arrogance by all sections of the society in the state.” Support for the movement cuts across community lines in the state.
Farmers’ Movement Spreads Across Haryana, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh: Three Reports
A report from mahapanchayat in Sampla, Haryana; farmers’ movement intensifying in Rajasthan; after Western UP, farmers now set to organise mahapanchayats in Eastern UP.
Karnataka Anti-slaughter Law Neither Protects Cows, Nor the Poor Who Tend to Them
Except for stoking communalism, such laws will only reduce dwindling bovine populations, as farmers have nowhere to go to sell their older cows and buffaloes, thus reducing their ability to rear them.