Fact Finding – Joshi-Adhikari Institute of Social Studies

Land and Caste are Still Root Causes of Dalit Repression

July 3, 2018 Vineet Tiwari Comments 0 Comment

Representatives of various people’s organisations meet the family of the Dalit farmer who was burnt alive July 3, Bhopal. An elderly Dalit farmer was burnt alive at his farm, nearly 70 km away from Bhopal on June 22 morning. The horrific incident occurred at Parsoria village under Himoni village Panchayat of Berasia tehsil of Bhopal district. Kishori Lal Jatav (70) had gone to till his land when he had an altercation with Parsoria’s Tiran Yadav over its ownership. The…

ज़मीन और जाति अभी भी उत्पीड़न की वजहें

July 3, 2018 Vineet Tiwari Comments 0 Comment

समाज से सरोकार रखने वाले विभिन्न संगठनों के प्रतिनिधि मिले पीड़ित परिवार से भोपाल से करीब 70 किलोमीटर दूर हिमोनी पंचायत के परसोरिया गाँव में जाटव (अहिरवारों) के टोले घाटखेड़ी में 22 जून 2018 को एक सत्तर वर्षीय वृद्ध दलित किसान को पेट्रोल डालकर ज़िंदा जला दिया गया। विवाद खेती की ज़मीन को लेकर हुआ और पास के खेत मालिक तीरन यादव ने इसी विवाद में अपने परिवारजनों के साथ मिलकर इस वहशियाना घटना को अंजाम दिया। अखबारों में इस घटना की खबर पढ़कर…

Danger of Salwa Judum Style Displacement and Division of Villages Arising Again: Police and Maoist Both Responsible (A Fact Finding)

May 25, 2017 JAISS Comments 2 comments

A delegation comprising of Sanjay Parate, Chhattisgarh State Secretary CPI-M, Vineet Tiwari, Joshi-Adhikari Institute, CPI member, New Delhi, Archana Prasad, Jawaharlal Nehru University and CC member AIDWA, and Nandini Sundar, Delhi University visited Bastar Division from 12 to 16 May 2016. We visited the following districts: Bijapur, Sukma, Bastar and Kanker. The focus of the visit was on the situation of ordinary villagers who are living through the conflict between the state and Maoists. The level of Maoist presence and…