Goldy M. George गोल्डी एम जार्ज

The recently released India State of Forest Report made the headlines for the finding that the forest cover has been increasing. The fine print of the report and other studies though suggest that the government is covering up the continuing loss of richly biodiverse forests with data on the increasing commercial monoculture plantations that leave Adivasis out of the picture, reports Goldy M. George

How did the exclusionary citizenship law of today come to be? Goldy M. George traces the birth of the Citizenship Act and the several amendments it underwent over the years and explains the implications of the hotly debated latest amendment

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Having exhausted all possibilities of achieving equality for the Untouchables within Hinduism, Ambedkar led in the burning of the code that held the religion together. This act symbolized his decision that he would not die a Hindu, writes Goldy M. George

Walter Fernandes says the Citizenship (Amendment) Act 2019 clearly poses a threat to Tribal language, culture and identity in Northeast India. He dismisses the theory that the migration to the Northeast is the result of religious persecution in Bangladesh. The Bangladeshis come for land, he says. Excerpts from his interview with Goldy M. George

Guru Ghasidas sought complete liberation from casteism and untouchability with his rejection of idol worship, temples and “bhakti”. It was radical for his times. Goldy M. George tells the story of how he instilled pride and self-respect among the oppressed masses of Chhattisgarh

Bhante Suniti dismisses CAA 2019 as unconstitutional. She says it not only targets Muslims but also SCs, STs, OBCs and the illiterate and the landless at large. Excerpts from her interview with Goldy M. George

A series of unconstitutional measures by the State over the years led the Adivasi parganas and panchayats to engage in serious discussions on a mode of cultural resistance. They zeroed in on the pathalgadi as a way of enshrining their Constitutional rights and empowering themselves to keep the land-hungry corporates away

Ambedkar saw imperialism in its totality – as a rule of one society over another, not necessarily as a rule of one nation over another. He was of the view that anything being enforced on others in the social, political or economic sphere is the core of imperialism