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Draupadi Murmu, a tribal woman, has occupied the country's highest Constitutional chair. Many hope her tenure will help India's marginalized Indigenous population.
July 21 will go down in history as a great day for democracy. The day a tribal woman was chosen President of India. Droupadi Murmu is not only the country's second woman President but also the first tribal woman to become First Citizen.
Draupadi Murmu, 64, an Adivasi (tribal) woman from the eastern state of Odisha, is set to occupy the country's highest Constitutional chair. Many hope her tenure will help India's marginalized indigenous population.
Jayshree Sundar, a top-notch advertising executive, had never handled a political account till she was hired by Congress in January 2004. She and her team went on to help script the party's spectacular victory against Atal Bihari Vajpayee's BJP in the Lok Sabha elections that year.
The people’s mandate in favour of the Bharatiya Janata Party has consolidated the aggressive, masculine, and religious majoritarianism of the “new India” cherished by the Sangh Parivar. This further squeezed the little public space available for the marginalised sections of the society, especially Muslims. The formation of a group of compromised citizens who are ready to give