Dalit Labourers News Today

Gita Ramaswamy's lessons from grassroots activism and how middle-class activists should relate to working-class mass organisations hold much significance today.

The protests in Punjab can be seen as an effort to make the government of Punjab accountable.

Never has a book affected me as much as Vultures did

How Punjabs Dalit Labourers Are Trapped to Live a Bonded Life A survey revealed that big peasants, who were among the top lenders to the labourers, gave them loans in the garb of paying low daily wages. A labourer drinks water while harvesting wheat crop at a field in Jhanpur village of the northern Indian state of Punjab April 18, 2012. Photo: Reuters/Ajay Verma Rights9 hours ago Mansa, Patiala (Punjab): A narrow dirt road alongside a filthy pond enters Neelam’s one room house at Aklia...