Jharkhand

The death of a mother

For women to safely give birth in rural areas in India, community monitoring is essential.

A stage in our name

A translation movement seeks to bring the experience of Adivasi and Dalit writers to the attention of a larger readership.

| Oct 01, 2009

The course of Naxalism

India's Maoists, while faced with considerable weaknesses of their own, have been able to continue the fight because of the abject failures of the Indian state.

| Sep 28, 2005

‘Monolith India’ and the vote bank

Democracy has sharpened the popular diversity by transforming the masses into vote banks.

| May 07, 2004

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