Sowjanya Tamalapakula

Jan 19, 2025 | countercurrents.org | Bharat Dogra |Sowjanya Tamalapakula |Suresh Khairnar |Ranjan Solomon

While starting their work most voluntary organizations are reluctant to take up the most difficult issues. However when Gaya Prasad Gopal, popularly known as Gopal ji in development circles in Bundelkhand region, established the ABSSS about four decades back he did not hesitate to prioritize the most difficult but also the most important issues—distribution of land among the landless and release and rehabilitation of bonded workers.

Oct 13, 2024 | thenewsminute.com | Sowjanya Tamalapakula

The provocative question, “Did you kill your daughter?” directed at Indrani Mukherjee, is met with her sharp retort, “What a stupid question,” revealing a chilling absence of sorrow regarding her daughter's disappearance. This ends with Indrani’s smile in the trailer of the highly viewed Netflix documentary The Indrani Mukherjee Story: Buried Truth (2024), which unpacks the life of Indrani Mukherjee, co-founder of INX Media, and the mystery surrounding her daughter Sheena Bora’s disappearance.

Aug 20, 2024 | countercurrents.org | zeenat khan |Shamsul Islam |Sabiha Mazid |Sowjanya Tamalapakula

Very recently, I watched the Bachchan vs Dhankhar showdown during a Rajya Sabha session. The treatment of Jaya Bachchan, an actor turned politician since 2012, and a 5th time elected MP from Uttar Pradesh in the Rajya Sabha at the hands of Chairperson Jagdeep Dhankhar, 14th vice president of India was appalling. Jaya Bachchan was elected from the Samajwadi Party (SP).

Jul 24, 2024 | countercurrents.org | Sabiha Mazid |Sowjanya Tamalapakula |S G Vombatkere |Subhash Gatade

Mr Ranjeet Kumar Agarwal President Institute of Chartered Accounts of India ICAI Bhawan, New Delhi 700 002 Subject: Feminists in Resistance (FIR) condemns the shamefully misogynistic, terrifying, discriminatory, regressive attitude of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India to its fellow female students, members, fellows, colleagues and staff Sir, Feminists in Resistance (FIR), a feminist group based in Kolkata, in unequivocal terms strongly condemns the extremely painful, shamefully...

Jul 16, 2024 | countercurrents.org | Sowjanya Tamalapakula |Subhash Gatade |Debi Prasanna Rath |Vidya Bhushan Rawat

A fact-finding report by concerned citizens of Madhya Pradesh July 2024AbouttheReportIn August 2023, there were widespread media reports of the lynching of an 18-year-old Dalit youth named Nitin Ahirwar by members of the village elite in Sagar district, Madhya Pradesh. His mother, who tried to save him, was also beaten and stripped and their home was looted and smashed. Subsequently, there were reports of his sister Anjana’s continuous efforts for justice.