An ambitious road project is likely to swallow many Adivasi homes in Aarey forest, already the site of many other development projects

In a wide-ranging interview on the controversial Uniform Civil Code swiftly pushed through by the Uttarakhand government, feminist legal scholar Surbhi Karwa explains how the law has weaponised the language of women’s rights without actually advancing them

In the public discourse around the Mandir, the Muslim voice has been absent. Here is why the community has chosen numbness over articulation

Feminist solidarities come in all forms — legal petitions, street protests, Whatsapp conversations, vigils and signature campaigns – as the Bilkis case shows

The bright red slash of kumkum across her forehead has become a mark of feminist solidarity

Anganwadi workers says their role has gone from deliverers of schemes to being data collectors for the government

Rural women have few work options in the state and poverty does not allow them to study either

In July, a woman rag picker died as her foot caught in a waste truck during a desperate scramble to find valuable scrap. Her story reveals the highly hazardous conditions in which waste pickers work for a pittance

Violent evictions from streets, abuse and brutality are routine for street vendors. A law to protect their rights suffers from flawed implementation