Trigger Warning: Caste Violence, Rape, Abuse Khairlanji, the name of a village in Maharashtra’s Bhandara district, symbolises the caste system’s dominance, violence, and arrogance, as well as the impunity enjoyed by its most heinous practitioners. Surekha Bhotmange, a Dalit woman farmer, was killed together with her two sons, Roshan and Sudhir, who was visually impaired, and her 17-year-old daughter, Priyanka, on this date ten years … Continue reading Remembering 15 years of Khairlanji Dalit Massacre

Bhagat Singh is one of India’s most influential communist revolutionaries and anti-imperialist whose contribution to the independence movement was unique and momentous. Sent to the gallows by the British Raj at a young age of 23, his influence on progressive and people’s movements in post independent India has been significant and continues to grow stronger. Bhagat Singh believed that India’s freedom should be achieved through … Continue reading Remembering Bhagat Singh on his 114th Birth Anniversary

Today, 21st September 2021, Progressive Students’ Forum completes its nine years of journey in TISS and it gives us immense pride to announce that it is stepping into the 10th anniversary year. Since its inception in 2012, from a very small collective of interested students, PSF has grown to become the largest student body of TISS in the shared struggle to work towards a democratic, … Continue reading CELEBRATING 10th ANNIVERSARY YEAR OF PSF-TISSA small step forward, a long way ahead for the students

On the 52nd death anniversary of Ho Chi Minh, PSF-TISS remembers one of the greatest communist revolutionaries in history. The Vietnam people’s successful war against French, Japanese, and American imperialism, under the leadership of Ho Chi Minh has come to epitomize anti-imperialist resistance across the Global South, inspiring and guiding people’s movements across the world. Vietnam used to be a French colony in the post-world … Continue reading Remembering Ho Chi Minh on his 52nd Death Anniversary