Eviction & Dispossession: Keeping The Poor On Tenterhooks
When it comes to protecting the rights of the poor, the higher judiciary is more punitive than protective
Evictions In Ranchi: With Houses Bulldozed, Dalits & Adivasis Have Nowhere To Hide
The fact that they had been living there for decades does not matter to authorities when they bulldoze the homes of hundreds of Adivasis and Dalits, rendering them homeless and forcing them to live in the open
How Electoral Arithmetic Outweighs The Marginalised When It Comes To Evictions
Anti-displacement movements, while often impeding government’s developmental plans, have rarely impacted political parties electorally.
Amchi Mumbai’s Unwanted: The Sordid Saga Of Annabhau Sathe Nagar
Named after one the most iconic figures of Dalit empowerment in Maharashtra, the residents of the slum on Mumbai’s creek live perpetually under the brutal and rapacious claws of BMC authorities and their bulldozers
Bullets On The Blackboard
Conflict between the state and extremists uses schools as shields and generations of children suffer
Photo Essay: The Kabaddi Girls
A photofeature on two spirited sisters in Ghitorni village along the Delhi Mehrauli–Gurgaon Road
'We Are Being Made Scapegoat': Haldwani Evictions Reveal Long Trail Of Clashing Claims
In the transit town of Haldwani, about 50,000 people are currently embroiled in a legal tussle with the North Eastern Railways and the state government for their right to reside on what they call their ancestral land
'Slums Of Despair': Delhi Developing On The Rubble Of Bulldozed Homes And Dreams
While authorities in Delhi destroy homes of the poor in the name of development and beautification, rights activists claim that in most cases, urban slum clusters mushroom around the so-called ‘elite’ and ‘high society’ neighbourhoods that survive by outsourcing blue-collar errands
Dispossessing Minorities In The Name Of Homeland Security In Assam
Eviction and harassment of minority community, who are Muslims of Bengali origin, in Assam continues unabated and unchallenged as the ruling BJP compares its eviction drives as the ‘Last Battle of Saraighat’
With Hotels Up For Grabs In A Planned Auction, Gulmarg's Hoteliers Stare At Uncertainties
While it remains to be seen whether the government will budge under pressure in the case of the taking over of ‘grazing land’ and ‘state land’, the government is certain about auctioning properties in Gulmarg and Pahalgam whose leases have expired. Hoteliers were not expecting this blow.
The Never-Ending Narmada Nightmare
Decades after the Narmada Bachao Andolan began, the struggle over evictions still continues
A Filmmaker On His Encounter With Violence Of Evictions In Jharkhand
Economic development that threatens the lives and livelihoods of indigenous people cannot be the only model available to us
