By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, Feb 25, 2025: A monthlong march of unorganized laborers in India has ended in the national capital demanding social protection, justice and dignity for their more than 500 million brethren. The Shramik Samman Yatra (Journey for the dignity of labor) that began in KanyakumariContinue Reading
By Lissy Maruthanakuzhy Secunderabad, Feb 24, 2025: Montfort Brother Varghese Theckanath is on a journey to make the voice of the voiceless heard in the main stream society. “Many interesting things happen among them, but only when a misfortune happens, their stories are reported,” bemoans Brother Theckanath, a grassroots activistContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Hyderabad, Nov 7, 2023: Official recognition as essential workers, registration, identity cards, and setting up a helpline app to address workplace harassment were some demands from the garbage collectors of Hyderabad. More than 500 garbage collectors met November 5 to highlight their pressing demands and theContinue Reading
By Jose Kavi New Delhi, Oct 15, 2023: Separate parliamentary and legislative seats, land for cemeteries and scholarships are among 20 demands Christian groups in Telangana have put forward to political parties in the southern Indian state. The Telangana State Federation of Churches, Telangana Council of Churches and Synod ofContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Hyderabad, July 11, 2023: A workshop in the southern Indian city of Hyderabad has asserted the rights and well-being of taxi drivers employed in various platforms The July 10 workshop, held at the Montfort Social Institute and organized in collaboration with the Bengaluru-based National Law SchoolContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Hyderabad, June 14, 2023: A domestic workers union in Telangana has demanded a comprehensive legislation for their people in the southcentral Indian state. The demand was made June 14 by the Gruhakarmikula Union Telangana State (GUTS), at a press conference at the Hyderabad Press Club. TheContinue Reading
By Jose Kavi New Delhi, June 5, 2022: Food rights activists want India to take urgent steps to solve a nutritional emergency facing the country. They endorsed the findings of a survey that showed millions of Indians dying every year because of diseases directly linked to poor diet. “The countryContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, Jan 19, 2022: Activists who work at grassroots level seem surprised at the federal government’s admission in the Supreme Court that no state has reported starvation deaths. “Dalits, Adivasis and minorities die of starvation when the Supreme Court was told no starvation death hasContinue Reading
By Vivek Joseph Hyderabad: A nationwide network of workers organizations on August 19 launched helpline to provide legal aid and redressal for workers in the unorganized-sector in Hyderabad and four other cities in India. The Hyderabad launch took place at the opening of the Telangana chapter of Working People’s CharterContinue Reading
By Vivek Joseph Hyderabad: The Montfort Social Institute in Hyderabad on June 4 opened its “‘Free Covid Care Centre” to serve patients from slums in southern Indian city, who have no place to isolate at home. “Numerous Covid positive patients in the slums have not been able to isolate dueContinue Reading
