Sumedha Pal

Nov 20, 2023 | behanbox.com | Sumedha Pal

Trigger warning: Mentions of ViolenceIndia recorded 102 registered murders against transgender persons between 2008 and 2021, according to data from Trans Murder Monitoring (TMM), a global project tracking homicide against transgender and gender diverse persons. Brazil (1645), followed by Mexico (593) and USA (324) ranked the highest globally for trans murders.

Nov 8, 2023 | behanbox.com | Ankita Apurva |Sumedha Pal |Divya Tiwari |Pubali Chakraborty

Trigger Warning: The article contains mentions of sexual abuse and violence. Ranchi, Jharkhand: “You have a sex demon inside of you. When I touch you, only then will it be scared away,” the pastor said to Akriti Lakra. He had been brought by her family to “counsel” her in the wake of a breakdown brought on by mental health issues. Lakra had also just come out to her family as bisexual.

Jul 2, 2023 | jacobin.com | Sumedha Pal

Signed into law in 2005, the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (or NREGA, for short) was no ordinary legislation but a political breakthrough. The act guaranteed one hundred days a year of employment to workers in rural India. According to recent estimates, over 150 million workers are employed through the welfare scheme, making it the largest job guarantee in the world. Its future, however, has never been more uncertain.

Jul 2, 2023 | msn.com | Sumedha Pal

Prime Minister Narendra Modi cannot discontinue India’s popular rural job guarantee, the country’s most significant antipoverty program. He’s taken to underfunding and “appifying” it instead. Signed into law in 2005, the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (or NREGA, for short) was no ordinary legislation but a political breakthrough. The act guaranteed one hundred days a year of employment to workers in rural India.

Apr 12, 2023 | maktoobmedia.com | Sumedha Pal

Monu Manesar has been named as the main accused by the family of Nasir and Junaid–the two Muslim youth who were reportedly abducted and set ablaze by cow vigilantes in the Haryana region on February 16th. The charred bodily remains of two Muslim natives of Ghatmika village in Rajasthan’s Bharatpur district were found 200 kilometres away in Haryana’s Loharu in February this year.