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16 Jul 2025
Imagine producing one of the world’s most iconic teas and earning less than the official minimum wage. In Darjeeling's tea gardens workers are paid Rs. 250 per day which is 30% less than the daily wage for unskilled labour. And even this small amount goes unpaid for months.
ALT Tea garden workers at Longview tea estate.
ALT Tea garden workers at Longview tea estate.
ALT Tea garden workers and union leaders at a strike at Longview tea estate.
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Jun 11
After The Wire's Report Exposed Quota Violations, MNLU Nagpur Launches New PhD Admission Round.
But, university's new notification, claiming to promote admissions from reserved categories, further enables exclusion - segregates students on basis of caste
Read @sukanyashantha
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The Janjati Sanskritik Samagam in May was held ostensibly to mark Birsa Munda's 150th birth anniversary.
But in fact it had another primary aim: to demand that Christian tribals be stripped of ST status.
@knowleena reports on the Sangh organisation:
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Jun 9
Can adopting a religious identity erase a community's ethnicity? I write about the Janjati Suraksha Manch which argues that Scheduled Tribes who have adopted Christianity should be legally stripped of their tribal identity.
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Our second story on last year's forceful deportation.
An ‘indigenous’ Assamese woman was pushed into Bangladesh. A year later, she is still stuck there.
A family in Dhaka gave her shelter and care.
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We noticed an unusual spike in rescue of children at railway stations. The biggest group to be rescued were 163 children in Katni. In all cases, child trafficking was suspected.
But was it really trafficking?
We began to dig in..
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May 22
🚨 Delhi’s toxic air isn’t just choking people. It’s cutting pregnancies short.
Nearly 1 in 8 babies in Delhi are now born premature.
In just 5 years, the preterm birth rate has shot up by 21%.
Doctors are increasingly linking it to toxic air pollution. Behind the smog are babies in NICUs, mothers struggling through pregnancy, and a public health crisis hiding in plain sight.
@AkankhyaAk72623 and I report for @newslaundry -
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May 22
Are Indian factory staff training AI models to take over their jobs? A viral video raised concern in April.
@raghavKakkar30 & @sighyush traced these workers to hear their stories.
"If the robot works, our jobs are at risk."
Watch the full video: youtube.com/watch?v=0nS6i5uZ…
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May 21
From bulldozers to Vande Mataram, Bengal’s new BJP government has got off on the wrong foot with Muslims.
However, in one seat in Kolkata, the BJP could only win because the Muslims voted for it.
How? @AnantGuptaAG decodes in this week's Chronology Samajhiye.
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Folks, I am doing an in-person Picture book making workshop in #Mumbai this weekend.
Fee: ₹13,500
(This is a 3 day workshop, taught over two Saturdays and one Sunday)
Timings: 10-1 and 2-5 (one hour lunch break)
Duration: 18 hours
sign up: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F…
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May 20
The Coastal Regulation Zone notification that governs India’s eco-sensitive coast came out of fishworkers agitation. But the mapping processes under the notification systemically excludes coastal communities. My latest story for @MongabayIndia india.mongabay.com/2026/05/h…
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May 16
RT @sarayupani: The harassment never ends - and the trial hasn’t even started - 8 years and the authorities haven’t been able to put toget…
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May 16
“Will you take the certificate with you today or his dead body?”
Must read story by @AnantGuptaAG on how the slow counting of votes in Bengal helped BJP win a lost seat from Trinamool scroll.in/article/1092850/ho… via @scroll_in
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May 12
BIG: Persons excluded in SIR will not get welfare benefits, says BJP government in Bengal
SIR continues to be weaponised against Indians.
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May 6
Some 129 seats changed hands from the Trinamool to the BJP in Bengal. Not one seat went from the BJP to any other party.
In 86 of these seats, the BJP's win margin was less than the deletions in the SIR. It had never won them before.
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Before delimitation, Assam had two Muslim MPs and 31 Muslim MLAs.
After delimitation, it has now one Muslim MP and 22 Muslim MLAs.
As per 2011 census, Muslims constitute 34% of total population.
Our analysis on the Assam verdict @scroll_in
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Lot of election discourse, some important & others associated with speculations & noise. Pl take time to read this blatant violation of Shompen community rights.
"AAJVS has no authority to surrender the autonomy of the Shompen & their special relationship with the environment."
In August 2022, Andaman Adim Janjati Vikas Samiti (AAJVS), a state-backed tribal welfare body signed away lands of Shompen community for #GreatNicobar project with zero legal authority. The body also faces other allegations of poaching and timber smuggling
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Apr 30
A rift within Adivasi society, exploited by the BJP. @knowleena reports from Chhattisgarh
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Apr 24
Modi government's push for early delimitation in the name of implementing women's reservation stands defeated
But the threat of gerrymandering is real
It's already happened in Assam
#TrueStory with @ZamanRokibuz_
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Apr 24
From feeling invisible as a young village girl in college to being adored by lakhs of fans for her rich insights about life, cinema and womanhood. I spoke to the delightful @lifeofpujaa about her journey to internet fame.
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