For the underpaid, underrepresented Adivasi workers of Alipurduar and Jalpaiguri, elections are often a time to express their discontent. by Nolina Minj

https://scroll.in/article/1066783/view-from-the-margins-in-the-tea-gardens-of-bengal-neither-ram-mandir-nor-kashmir-is-a-poll-issue 

Voting is often the only chance that many of India's marginalised groups get to express themselves. As national elections approach, Scroll's reporters fanned out across the country to talk to groups with little socio-political power as part of a series called the View from the Margins. The aim: try to understand how the powerless and the voiceless have fared under a decade of the Modi government.

View from the Margins: For Adivasis of Kerala, the state is not always a shining example of equality by Johanna Deeksha

https://scroll.in/article/1066510/view-from-the-margins-for-adivasis-of-kerala-the-state-is-not-always-a-shining-example-of-equality 

Leela Santhosh, an Adivasi filmmaker, says her community suffers from prejudice and neglect, no matter which party rules at the Centre.

View from the Margins: A Dalit Christian explains why he will be voting for change by Johanna Deeksha

https://scroll.in/article/1066635/view-from-the-margins-a-dalit-christian-explains-why-he-wants-the-bjp-to-lose 

The increasing attacks on minorities during Narendra Modi’s tenure have convinced Christuraj S that it is time for power to switch hands.

View from the Margins: Uttarakhand’s ghost villages embody the state’s economic challenges by Vineet Bhalla

https://scroll.in/article/1066545/view-from-the-margins-uttarakhands-ghost-villages-embody-the-states-economic-challenges 

Limited economic prospects, poor infrastructure and natural calamities driven by climate change have sparked large-scale migration.

View from the Margins: A Lepcha activist describes the destructive development in Sikkim by Vaishnavi Rathore

https://scroll.in/article/1066047/view-from-the-margins-a-lepcha-activist-describes-the-destructive-development-in-sikkim 

Mayalmit Lepcha has watched with dread as successive governments have sanctioned dams in the state despite its fragile geography.

View from the margins: How a Mumbai realtor is helping NRC-scared Muslims rectify their documents by Neerad Pandharipande

https://scroll.in/article/1065942/view-from-the-margins-after-caa-enforcement-muslims-rush-to-get-their-identity-documents-in-order 

With the Citizenship Amendment Act implemented, will the National Register of Citizens be next? The question is tormenting many in Mumbai. 

by Nolina Minj

22/04/2024

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Observing that it ‘raises substantial issue of compliance of environmental norms,’ the National Green Tribunal recently took a suo motu cognisance of The Indian Express investigation report titled ‘Mumbai lost over 21,000 trees in 6 years to make way for Metro, road projects’ published last month.

Comment on WA: PS: This toothless body has suddenly sprung to life in election season. Is there an ulterior motive behind all the "credible" institutions of India, which have hitherto been supportive of environmental crimes and not of conservation, speaking up for it now?