Raka Sarkar

I am a phoenix rising from the ashes🔥🖤
Indian 🇮🇳
🙋‍♀️PhD Scholar @JNU
🫰Bong🙋

[Tribal Army @TribalArmy]

मालती मुर्मू पश्चिम बंगाल के पुरुलिया ज़िले के एक सुदूर आदिवासी गाँव जिलिंग सेरेंग की रहने वाली हैं, जिन्होंने शिक्षा के क्षेत्र में एक मिसाल कायम की है। लॉकडाउन के दौरान जब बच्चों की पढ़ाई पूरी तरह बंद हो गई, तब मालती ने अपने घर को स्कूल बना दिया और अपने दो महीने के बच्चे को गोद में लेकर गाँव के 60 से ज़्यादा बच्चों को निःशुल्क पढ़ाना शुरू किया। सरकारी स्कूल की दूरी और संसाधनों की कमी के बावजूद, उन्होंने हार नहीं मानी। शुरू में पारिवारिक और सामाजिक अड़चनें रहीं, लेकिन उनकी दृढ़ इच्छाशक्ति के सामने सबको झुकना पड़ा। आज उनके पति भी उनके इस प्रयास में कंधे से कंधा मिलाकर साथ दे रहे हैं। पश्चिम बंगाल की यह आदिवासी बेटी आज पूरे भारत के लिए प्रेरणा बन चुकी है। हम मालती मुर्मू के इस संघर्ष और समर्पण को नमन करते हैं।

[UNPFII @UN4Indigenous]

Indigenous Peoples often face health disparities that are rooted in historical injustices & systemic inequities. Indigenous Peoples must be included & meaningfully engaged in decision-making for Indigenous-led solutions.
#WeAreIndigenous #UNPFII2025 #IndigenousHealth #UNPFII24

[UNPFII @UN4Indigenous]

Today's #UNPFII2025 session discussed financing of Indigenous Peoples’ work & participation across the multilateral & regional system. A common theme of the dialogue was the importance of direct finance to Indigenous Peoples to guarantee their self-determination

#WeAreIndigenous

[Forest Peoples Programme @ForestPeoplesP]

#IWD2025

#Indigenous women are key holders of traditional knowledge but are often stopped from participating in decision-making spaces.

What did Baka indigenous women discuss when they came together in one of the first ever women’s regional exchanges?🌿

https://t.co/lfUt6pf4gW

[Tribal Army @TribalArmy]

Some of the many indigenous communities of India who have been living along its rivers, dense forests and hilltops for centuries, guarding their land, beliefs and the biological and cultural mega-diversity of the nation.

[The Wire @thewire_in]

‘India’s Child Stunting Rates Higher Than Sub-Saharan Africa Due to Caste Disparities’: Study

#Caste
https://t.co/HeG73vgcf3

[The Wire @thewire_in]

KYC-Led Freezing of Bank Accounts Leaves #Jharkhand Adivasis Without Access to Own Money: Survey

#Rights
https://t.co/RAfJpbYQW3

[Sweta Tripathy @SwetaTripathy97]

Should only well-offs be getting into academia?
Because if such fund crunch continues, it is impossible for the have-nots to aspire for higher education. Where exactly are we heading?

@ugc_india @jnusu_official @AIRSAIndia

[Nitya Chutani @ChutaniNitya]

Deeply concerning. Educ as a sector has been receiving less and less fiscal support via grants from centre, year after year. On top of it, the administrative procedures! PhDing in India is a plight to go through. @ugc_india @EduMinOfIndia

[Raka Sarkar @RakaSarkar2]

This is a serious concrn right nw and not only JNU students, PhD students frm othr institutions also facing dis same issue. The procedures to claim our fellowships are becoming difficlt with time and aftr doing all the procedures also we can't expct our money on time! @ugc_india

[Sweta Tripathy @SwetaTripathy97]

I am in the field, carrying out the requisite for my PhD. The last time I received my JRF stipend from @ugc_india was the last week of June 2024. After that not a single penny. And it's not only me. Several students at JNU are facing this problem.

[UNPFII @UN4Indigenous]

Tomorrow is International Day of Peace!
Art7 of the #UNDRIP states that "#IndigenousPeoples have the collective right to live in freedom, peace and security as distinct peoples" #PeaceDay #WeAreIndigenous

[Ministry of Tribal Affairs, Govt. of India @TribalAffairsIn]

Ministry of Electronics & IT 💻 Digital Initiatives for Tribals: Implementing digital solutions to enhance access and services in tribal areas! Promoting technological advancement and connectivity. #DigitalTribal #TechForAll

[Kankona Mukherjee @muk211101]

To the whole medico and non medico community in Twitter, I request everyone to raise your voice against the heinous crime involving rape and murder of an on duty doctor in RgKar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata (WB), India. #JusticeForRgkar

[shvetagupta @shvetaravi2013]

#justiceforRGkar #justiceforvictim #justicefordoctors

[Raka Sarkar @RakaSarkar2]

@VCofficeBHU @bhupro @dsw_bhu @registrarbhu

[Rajdeep Sardesai @sardesairajdeep]

So AIIMS forensic team confirms what some of us said for weeks/months: Sushant Singh Rajput is a clear cut case of suicide not murder. Will CBI now have courage to say it openly or will politics still be played with an eye on polls? Watch this space: Satyamev Jayate!🙏

[Rajdeep Sardesai @sardesairajdeep]

So a group of upper caste villagers in Hathras can hold a panchayat but the grieving Dalit families are barricaded and can’t meet anyone because of section 144. Wonder what Mahatma and Babasaheb would have said. Think about it. 🙏 #DalitLivesMatter

[Chaiti Narula @Chaiti]

So called influencers and bigwigs gas-lighting a young reporter like #tanushreepandey and bullying her online. Wow. You must be scared of her grit, rigor and honesty in reporting the #HathrasHorror ...Well done @TanushreePande for shaking them up. Let truth, journalism prevail.

[Tanushree Pandey @TanushreePande]

ABSOLUTELY UNBELIEVABLE - Right behind me is the body of #HathrasCase victim burning. Police barricaded the family inside their home and burnt the body without letting anybody know. When we questioned the police, this is what they did.