“Our fight is not just for the Adivasis, but for everyone in the country. Without the Adivasis you have no hope of protecting your nature, your resources or your humanity. We might be ‘illiterates’ for you, but we Adivasis are your source of courage and bravery that is essential to fight injustice.” – Soni Sori, […]
10th January marks the martyrdom of Bhagwat Jhadhav, the first martyr of the Dalit Panthers Movement, a militant anti-caste struggle that shook Maharashtra during the 70s. Like every year, several anti-caste, cultural organisations and political parties including the Kabir Kala Manch, Samta Kala Manch, Republican Panthers and the Republican Party of India organised meetings in […]
The police, on Tuesday, arrested four persons from Makli village in Goaltore in Jungle Mahal in West Midnapur, claiming that the arrested persons were instigating villagers to join the Maoists. However, no evidences of the claim has been found so far and the arrests raise concerns that the cases are politically motivated. A Groundxero report. […]
১৯৮৭’র ২২ মে পিএসি’র ৪১ নম্বর ব্যাটেলিয়ানের জওয়ানরা মিরাটের হাশিমপুরার ৩৮ জনকে গুলি করে খুন করে। ৩১ বছর লাগল বিচার পেতে। উত্তরপ্রদেশের প্রভিন্সিয়াল আর্মড কনস্টাব্যুলারি (পিএসি)’র ১৯ জন অভিযুক্তের মধ্যে ১৬ জন জওয়ানকে যাবজ্জীবন কারাদণ্ড দিয়েছে দিল্লি হাইকোর্ট।এই হত্যাকাণ্ডকে ফিরে দেখা জরুরি। কেননা, স্রেফ হাশিমপুরার ঘটনাপ্রবাহের তথ্য-ই জানিয়ে দেবে মোদীর ভারত একদিনে নির্মাণ হয়নি। বিগত […]
Groundxero is collectively publishing this article specifically on UAPA in order to clarify what this law actually amounts to and how its draconian provisions are used by the State to incarcerate political and human rights activists, lawyers, workers, students, journalists, artists – just about anyone, who speaks for the rights of the oppressed in this country. […]
Kamal Shukla is a Bastar based journalist. He is the editor of ‘Bhumkal Samachar’ newspaper, published from Kanker. Shukla also writes for several local and national news portals, and heads an organisation – the Patrakar Suraksha Kanoon Sanyukt Sangharsh Samiti – which seeks a law to protect journalists in the Bastar region. Shukla was recently […]
Kamal Shukla is a Bastar based journalist. He is the editor of ‘Bhumkal Samachar’ newspaper, published from Kanker. Shukla also writes for several local and national news portals, and heads an organisation – the Patrakar Suraksha Kanoon Sanyukt Sangharsh Samiti – which seeks a law to protect journalists in the Bastar region. Shukla was recently […]