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MY PARENTS were brought up in India, a country and culture where the majority of women are not respected or valued by men. It’s predominantly a man’s world.  The man is seen as a superhero with power, and that has been clearly evident during the farmers’ protest in the way that the Indian government has reacted to the prominent women who have spoken up to support the protest.  Even though my parents migrated to Britain from India in the late 1960s, and have adapted somewhat, they came o...

PM Modi Under Pressure From Ambani, Adani; Repealing Laws Not in His Hands: BKU Leader Bharatiya Kisan Union (Ekta Ugrahan) president Joginder Singh Ugrahan has said that Union agriculture minister unwittingly revealed this to farmers leaders at their last meeting. BKU (Ekta Ugrahan) President Joginder Singh Ugrahan addressing the rally at Muthada Kalan village in Jalandhar district. Photo: Kusum Arora Rights12/Mar/2021 Jalandhar: Bharatiya Kisan Union (Ekta Ugrahan) president Joginder Singh Ug...

: Friday, March 12, 2021, 2:30 AM IST The same old question on dissenters and their fate persists in a brand new era, writes Shivaji Sarkar Protesting farmers in Tikri on Monday PTI Is India choking voices to prepare for a future with private companies controlling the country? Or is it just working under their command? The immediate provocation is the treatment meted out to Nodeep Kaur, a labour rights activist and her summary arrest. The questions are nothing new. A Bengali film, ‘Sagina...

Farmers body refutes reports on 9-member panel formation for talks with govt Farmers body refutes reports on 9-member panel formation for talks with govt Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM) on Tuesday refuted media reports claiming about formation of a 9-member committee for talks with the government over farm laws. No such committee has been formed, it said in an official statement. advertisement [REPRESENTATIVE IMAGE] (Photo Credits: AP) Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM) on Tuesday refuted media reports clai...

ABVP activists disrupted a Women’s Day event outside Delhi University’s arts faculty on Monday evening and allegedlyroughed up some of those present. One of the scheduled speakers at the street-corner event was the recently released labour activist Nodeep Kaur, who had drawn international attention after US Vice-President Kamala Harris’s niece Meenakshi “Meena” Harris tweeted against her arrest and alleged custody torture. Nodeep, a Dalit woman who was also part of the farmers’ agit...

Farmer leader Darshan Pal said in a statement that the visit will be spread over three days starting from March 12. ​

NHRC seeks police report on custodial torture of activist Shiv Kumar Updated: Updated: March 09, 2021 20:45 IST The complainants in the case had alleged that Shiv Kumar was “abducted, illegally detained/arbitrarily arrested and subjected to custodial torture”, the NHRC proceedings said Share Article Labour rights activist Shiv Kumar. Photo: Twitter/@ShivKumar_mas   The complainants in the case had alleged that Shiv Kumar was “abducted, illegally detained/arbitrarily arrested and subject...

Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI) research scholar and student activist Safoora Zargar was arrested in April last year on accusations of delivering an

Another March 8 is here. This year’s global theme for Women’s Day is ‘Women in leadership: Achieving an equal future in a Covid-19 world’. It underlines the need for greater wo

No movement in India’s history – including the movement for independence from British colonial rule – saw this degree of participation by women.