Between History and Histrionics, the Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam

The fact that there is a glaring contrast between promise and reality remains persistent in the very vocabulary in which this historic legislation is couched.

Economic Policies: RSS, BJP and Push for Privatisation

The Triumph of Vachathi over a Hostile State

THE Madras High Court’s judgment, on September 29, 2023, upholding the human rights of the people of Vachathi in Tamil Nadu is remarkable – as a constitutional court, it unmasked and recognised that coordinated and large-scale repression by uniformed forces cannot take place without orders from or complicity at the top levels of the government.

National Convention of Handloom Workers

AS part of its continuous efforts to strengthen and expand its grassroots and organisational activities across various segments of the working population, the CITU secretariat organised a national convention of handloom workers.

Representatives from handloom unions from all major handloom cloth producing states were invited to participate in the convention, to discuss their problems and plan for future course of actions among the handloom workers.