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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

The Mysore University professor of media studies says implementation of reservation in India’s private sector – which includes most of the media organizations – is the surest way to make the media more representative

In conversation with FORWARD Press, Prakash Ambedkar says that outsourcing of jobs by the government departments is encroaching upon the rights of Dalitbahujans and that ‘equal work, unequal pay’ is unconstitutional

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The party’s justification for only a passing reference to these categories is that it does not want to spread casteism. But is there more to it than meets the eye?

The perceived untouchability of the Malai Arayans that led to them being stripped of their ownership of and observances in the Sabarimala Temple need to be revisited and examined by the Supreme Court, along with the 50-odd review petitions scheduled for hearing on 22 January 2019, writes P.N. Sankaran

All of the 110 SAPAKS candidates forfeited their deposits and there wasn’t a third force to speak of. Adivasi leader and JAYS founder Hiralal Alawa won from the Manawar constituency as a Congress candidate 

India has a long history of politicians brandishing figures to prove that the country is prospering. The office-bearers of the present government are no different. If they are to be believed, India is competing with the developed nations of the world. Yet, we are 103rd in the Global Hunger Index. Forward Press reports

The ideals and ancestral traditions of the Dalitbahujan have been perpetually insulted in the garb of cultural and religious events. The prime example is the gory display of the slaughter of Asur king Mahishasur on the occasion of Durga Puja, which is now being challenged openly and vehemently, writes Ujjwal Vishwas

As the media remained engrossed in the unveiling of the 182-metre statue of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, Prime Minister Narendra Modi posing next to it, and the colourful balloons floating over it, it failed to see 75,000 Tribals peacefully protesting, black balloons released not too far away from the statue and a black flag raised atop a nearby hill. Kumar Sameer reports