Vikas Meshram

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Beyond data: The economist who refused to remain in the ivory tower
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From Mumbai’s labour movement to Parliament, from the 1974 railway strike to the fight against Emergency — #GeorgeFernandes remained a fearless voice of dissent.

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The Wheel of Livelihood, Powered by Sunlight
by Vikas Parashram Meshram

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In a tribal village in Rajasthan’s Banswara district, a long-unused solar system has become the foundation of a new rural livelihood. With guidance from Vaagdhara, farmer Baksu Bhai revived a dormant five-kilowatt solar installation and connected it to a rice mill and spice grinder. The enterprise now provides essential services within the village while generating a steady additional income for his family. The story highlights how clean energy, local knowledge, and technical support can work together to strengthen rural economies, reduce dependence on fossil fuels, and create sustainable, community-based development rooted in village life.

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From Mumbai’s labour movement to Parliament, from the 1974 railway strike to the fight against Emergency — #GeorgeFernandes remained a fearless voice of dissent.

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@VikasMeshram20 #Emergency #RailwayStrike

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Democracy’s Missing Half: Women and the Struggle for Equal Representation
by Vikas Parashram Meshram

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Women’s representation in parliaments worldwide has reached 27.5 percent, but progress has slowed sharply and leadership positions remain overwhelmingly male. Drawing on recent data from the Inter-Parliamentary Union and UN reports, this article examines persistent gender gaps in political representation, education, employment, and decision-making. It highlights how quota systems have improved outcomes in some countries while structural barriers, discrimination, and violence continue to limit women’s participation. Focusing on both global trends and India’s experience, the article argues that meaningful democracy requires women’s equal presence and influence in institutions where public decisions are made.

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A New Aanganwadi Built by the People’s Resolve
by Vikas Parashram Meshram

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In Khandora, a small tribal village in Rajasthan’s Banswara district, a long-standing demand for a proper Anganwadi centre has finally been realised through collective community action. After two decades of functioning from a cramped rented room, villagers organised through the Krishi evam Adivasi Swaraj Sangathan and the Gram Swaraj Samuh, took the issue to the Gram Sabha, and persistently followed up with authorities. The result is a new child-friendly Anganwadi serving 83 children and supporting mothers and health workers. The story highlights how organised community participation can help secure essential public services and strengthen local democracy.

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In Madhya Pradesh’s Jhabua district, Borpada village turned to an old Bhil tradition to solve a present-day water crisis.

After repeated appeals to the panchayat failed, residents revived Halma, a form of collective labour where villagers work together without wages, guided by mutual support and community responsibility.

On May 6, 2026, men and women gathered with baskets, spades and pickaxes to clean a public well that had filled with silt, stones and debris over three years.

For Borpada, Halma is a reminder that tribal traditions can still offer powerful models of community action and local development.

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Baburao Bagul: The Marathi writer who redefined Dalit storytelling
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How Banswara's forgotten solar panel changed a family's fortune
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Agriculture Scorched in the Fire of Climate Change
by Vikas Parashram Meshram

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Climate change is no longer a distant warning for farmers. Rising temperatures, deadly heat waves, erratic rainfall, droughts, and collapsing ecosystems are already scorching fields across the world. This article examines how extreme heat is reducing crop yields, threatening livestock, exhausting agricultural workers, and deepening food insecurity from South Asia to sub-Saharan Africa. Scientific studies now show that even a one-degree rise in temperature sharply increases volatility in staple crop production. India too faces an alarming future of harsher heat waves and destructive rainfall. The crisis is not only agricultural. It is a direct threat to food, livelihoods, and survival itself.

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Baburao Bagul Taking Marathi Literature to the Global Stage
by Vikas Parashram Meshram

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Vikas Parashram Meshram’s article revisits the life and literary legacy of Baburao Bagul, one of the most influential voices in Marathi Dalit literature. From “Jevha Mi Jat Chorli” to “Maran Swast Hot Ahe,” Bagul brought the brutal realities of caste oppression, poverty and social exclusion into modern Indian literature with rare intensity. The article also examines his powerful story “Aai,” which explores the intersecting burdens of caste, gender and motherhood faced by Dalit women. By grounding political inequality in everyday experience, Bagul transformed Marathi literature and helped carry Dalit writing onto the global literary stage.

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From demand-driven to supply-constrained: MGNREGA Is dead. long live
VB-GRAM JI?
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From Sloping Land to Prosperity: A Journey of Transformation in India - https://t.co/mp3Oh9YHpY

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From Sloping Land to Prosperity
On just 2 bighas of sloping land in Chikli Badra village, Banswara, Rajasthan  four women changed everything.Kalpana, Santosh, Manjula, and Lalidevi Pargi came together, chose community farming, grew American maize,
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The resurgence of Halma: How a tribal tradition restored a village well
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Rich gain, poor lose: India's CEOs earn in hours what workers earn in a
year
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A folk poet of equality who rendered Ambedkar’s thought into verse
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Vamandada Kardak: The Resonant Voice of Ambedkarite Thought and Song
by Vikas Parashram Meshram

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Vamandada Kardak was one of the most influential voices of the Ambedkarite movement, using songs and poetry to carry the ideas of Buddha, Phule, and Dr. B.R. Ambedkar to ordinary people across Maharashtra. Born into poverty and shaped by hardship, he transformed personal struggle into a lifelong commitment to social awakening. Through more than ten thousand songs, performances, and writings, Kardak helped strengthen Ambedkarite consciousness among workers, villagers, and marginalized communities. This article revisits his life, literary contributions, and enduring role in the cultural history of the Ambedkarite movement on the occasion of his death anniversary.