Kunda. Pramilani (This article first appeared in CounterCurrents on 30 December, 2003) At half past four in the evening, on the 25th of December, 2003, …
Chithralekha ends her day-and-night strike after 122 days
Chithralekha ended her 122 days struggle in front of the Kannur Secretariat on Monday. This was after the Chief Minister assured her in writing that …
Appeal from Chitralekha Rehabilitation Committee
Chitralekha Punaradhivasa Committee Kannur 2 Since 25th October 2014, for the last 77 days1, Chitralekha and her family have been on a constant day-and-night strike …
Bhagana outrage: On the dire need for a collective struggle
Jyotsna Siddharth Delhi witnessed a protest to condemn the rape of four dalit girls which took place in Bhagana village in Haryana. A huge outcry …
Chithralekha’s dharna draws wide support
Today Chithralekha, the Dalit woman autodriver, who has been fighting the CPM/CITU in Kannur from 2005, entered the fifth day of her dharna in front …
Indefinite Dharna in front of Kannur Collectorate from 2014 Aprl 19th onwards
Edaat Chithralekha and her Family on Indefinite Dharna At 10 am on 19th April 2014, Chithralekha E, the Dalit woman auto driver, who has been …
A Visit to Bhima Koregaon
Pradnya Mangala They cannot make history who forget history. ~ Dr. Ambedkar. History plays a very important role in a person’s life. To know our …
The Dilemma of an upwardly mobile, English speaking, Bengali Dalit woman
Drishadwati Bargi The rather long title could have been longer if it were to encapsulate the full range of the subjectivity of this scribe. It …
Overshadowed….
Pradnya Jadhav Bhimabai said: “It has been always ‘my’ honour to be known as the wife of my husband…, I am seen as responsible for raising …
You lookin’ at me?
Aqui Thami Nichelle Nichols on meeting Martin Luther King jr. — “I said, “I’m going to leave Star Trek because (I was going to say ‘because I have …