NAGARIK MANCHA

Nagarik Mancha is a civil society organisation concerned with issues related to labour, industry, environment and development. Since 1989 this citizens' initiative has functioned as a non-party social-action group raising questions as well as awareness on issues pertaining to the current paradigm of development... Kindly note that this year, after a long gap, we have been able stock for sale current publications from CSE (Center for Science and Environment, Delhi) and RUPE (Research Unit for Political Economy, Mumbai)... In the wake of the Covid 19 pandemic, we will not be hosting the annual Rituparno Ghosh Memorial Lecture on a physical platform this year. That is indeed a disruption, given how the last 7 iterations of the lecture have mobilised a thinking, speaking public. However, we also want to seize the political importance of this historic moment. The Covid 19 scenario has revealed the brutality and chronic disregard for the rights and lives of migrant labourers, many of whom..

Primary location: Kolkata India