Author Archives: Sourya Banerjee
TISS Hyderabad BA Students continue protests against Management shut down of BA course and Hostels
The students of Tata Institute of Social Science, Hyderabad, have boycotted their classes and organised a sit-in protest in front of the SR Sankaran Block, from November 10 condemning the…
TISS Hyderabad discontinues the BA Social Science course and makes it a Non-Residential Campus, B.A Student Collective calls for a protest on 10th December
Despite being one of the few government-funded undergraduate programmes offering quality social sciences education with an interdisciplinary approach, the Tata Institute of Social Science (TISS), Hyderabad, had recently decided to…
#TelanganaElections2018: The Curious Case of Missing Names, Missing Voter Cards, and a Missing Booth.
The Assembly election voting for the State of Telangana, which witnessed a three-way battle between the Congress-led alliance (consisting of TDP, TJS and CPI), the BJP, and the TRS, on…
People’s Movements for Climate Justice in India: The Need of the Hour
India’s capital and financial capital – Delhi and Mumbai – are witnessing massive farmer marches. It’s also election season with state assembly and local body polls in various states and…
Independent Transgender Assembly Candidate of Hyderabad missing from 27th morning; Habeas Corpus petition filed
Hyderabad: Chandramukhi Muvvala, a 32-year-old transgender woman from Hyderabad, who has worked as a television anchor, cine actor and activist, and first transgender woman to contest for a Legislative Assembly seat in…
#MeTooIndia: Law graduate who filed sexual harassment case against Lawyers found dead in Bangalore. [Story Updated]
Bangalore: A Law graduate who was working with Jayanth Pattenshetti Associates, on Infantry road, and filled a police complaint of sexual harassment against some lawyers, was found dead in…
KIIT BTech students clash with KSOL Law Students; Law campus hostel vandalized, 40 students hospitalized. [Story Updated]
Bhubaneswar: On the evening of 23rd of November, 2018, a second-year B-Tech Mechanical Engineering student of Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (KIIT) allegedly harassed and teased a final year female…
SRM University, Kattangulathur student sexually molested in campus hostel by staff. [Story Updated]
Chennai: A man employed by the SRM, Kattangulathur Campus Chennai, allegedly masturbated in front of a 2nd-year girl inside the M block, SRM University Hostel lift at 3 pm on…
Report on widespread Corporal Punishment in Schools, by Agrasar
About Agrasar: Agrasar is a social impact organisation (NGO) working with disadvantaged communities in India to further equitable access to safe and enriching educational opportunities for children About the Report: A…
#AccessToJustice : The Inaccessible Justice System of India
I begin this article starts with a question: what is the bigger barrier - biological impairment or denial of justice? This article would revolve around this question, forming the central…