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Gender | Tamil Nadu | Dossiers

Activist Research: How the All India Democratic Women’s Association Builds Knowledge to Change the World

November 18, 2022
In an interview with R. Chandra, this dossier discusses the strategic role of activist research in the All India Democratic Women’s Association’s fight against caste oppression, patriarchy, and economic exploitation. AIDWA’s survey and the campaigns that they generated deepened members’ understanding of the reality of caste oppression. In research, activists found a powerful tool to substantiate and systematise their own experiences on the ground, gain newer and broader insights, and understand the anatomy of gender oppression among different sections of women.

Food and Agriculture | Dossiers

The Farmers’ Revolt in India

Despite India’s achievement of a certain level of self-sufficiency in food production over the decades, the chronic agrarian crisis, often manifested in the suicides of farmers, persists.

Working Class | Telangana and Andhra Pradesh | Dossiers | English

The People’s Steel Plant and the Fight Against Privatisation in Visakhapatnam

Four decades ago, thirty-two Telugu people became martyrs in the fight to build a people’s steel plant in the Indian city of Visakhapatnam.