Citizens for Justice and Peace
समस्या सुनिए, नहीं तो गोली मार दीजिए: पूर्वांचल के बुनकर CJP की फैक्ट फाइंडिंग टीम पूर्वांचल के बुनकरों की दुर्दशा बयान कर रही हैं
06-May-2021
कोरोनाकाल के लॉकडाउन और कर्फ्यू ने पूर्वांचल की हज़ारों महिला बुनकरों की जीविका बर्बाद कर दिया है, भूख और मुसीबतों के पहाड़ ने उन्हें ऐसे क़दम लेने पर मजबूर कर दिया है जिसकी हम कल्पना भी नहीं कर सकते हैं. CJP की फैक्ट फाइंडिंग टीम की रिपोर्ट में देखिये ये महिलाएं क्या कह रही हैं.…
Scapegoating of Muslims amid Covid pandemic: A CSSS report How only the Tablighi Jamaat attendees were scrutinized and vilified
23-Apr-2021
A recent report published by the Centre for Study of Society and Secularism (CSSS) showcases how the entire Muslim community was demonised for the Coronavirus pandemic by the regime, and the media that drew a narrative that the Tablighi Jamaat gathering was “irresponsible” and a “super spreader”. The Tablighi Jamaat is one of the grassroots Islamic…
लॉकडाउन ने करीमपुर को बनाया खंडहर, बुनकर हुए मोहताज लॉकडाउन ने बुनकरों की दुर्दशा कर दी है, CJP टीम के एक्सक्लूसिव वीडियो
19-Apr-2021
CJP की फैक्ट फाइंडिंग टीम, पूर्वांचल के बुनकरों की दुर्दशा बयान कर रही हैं, देखिए करीमपुर की दास्तान, जहाँ लॉकडाउन ने बुनकरों का जीवन यापन दूभर कर दिया है। CJP फैक्ट फाइंडिंग टीम के बारे में अधिक जानने के लिए: cjp.org.in पर लॉग ऑन करें . Related: Lockdown Impact: Crushing debt, mounting bills Lockdown Impact: Weaver family…
SOPs for regulating Micro-Containment Zones Issued by the Department of Revenue and Forest, Disaster Management, Relief and Rehabilitation, Government of Maharashtra on April 18, 2021
18-Apr-2021
The Government of Maharashtra issued this SOP for laying down control for confining the infection to designated areas, thereby stopping its spread. A Mirco Containment zone (MCZ) could either be a cooperative housing society or localities comprising more than one housing society, which has been delineated by the local Disaster Management Authority. Strict Perimeter control…
लॉकडाउन से बुनकरों की बुरी हालत, CJP ने किया खुलासा देखिए पूर्वांचल के बुनकरों का यह विशेष वीडियो
09-Apr-2021
CJP की फैक्ट फाइंडिंग टीम आपके लिए लेकर आई है पूर्वांचल के बुनकरों की हताशा और निराशा की दास्तान. जो लॉकडाउन तथा प्रशासनिक उदासीनता के प्रभाव को उजागर कर रही है. Related: Lockdown Impact: Crushing debt, mounting bills Lockdown Impact: Weaver family drowning in debt Lockdown Impact: Weavers forced to become tea sellers! How Purvanchal’s…
Lockdown impact: A Zardozi artisan vows to never teach his children his craft Part-5 of our on-going series based on CJP's Purvanchal fact-finding mission examining the decline of the traditional weaving industry
31-Mar-2021
In November 2020, while conducting our fact-finding mission in the Koila Bazar locality of Chuhatta in Varanasi, we came across Murtaza Hussain, a Zardozi artisan. The lockdown has hit him hard. His future is uncertain, but he doesn’t want his children to suffer the same fate. “I will never teach them this work,” he says,…
Lockdown Impact: President’s award winning Aquaculture scholar sells fish for a living Part-4 of our on-going series based on CJP's Purvanchal fact-finding mission examining the decline of the traditional weaving industry
26-Mar-2021
Varanasi is said to be the oldest continuously inhabited city in the world. Its citizens are a hardy lot, they always find a way to come out stronger from any adversity. But one has to ask why should they have to suffer to the point of taking up menial jobs just to survive? CJP team…
Lockdown Impact: Crushing debt, mounting bills Part-3 of our on-going series based on CJP's Purvanchal fact-finding mission examining the decline of the traditional weaving industry
20-Mar-2021
In the by-lanes of Purana Gorakhnath locality of Gorakhpur, we came across Shahjehan, who was carrying mounds of yarn on his bicycle. His business has failed, family is in debt and the punishing electricity bills just rub salt into his wounds. “I am taking this yarn to be put on spindles, so that we can use…
Lockdown Impact: Weaver family drowning in debt Part-2 of our on-going series based on CJP's Purvanchal fact-finding mission examining the decline of the traditional weaving industry
12-Mar-2021
The traditional Banarasi weaving industry in India’s Purvanchal region is withering, and people engaged in the trade are struggling financially. Entire families have been pushed into poverty, girls are suffering in the absence of online education as schools are shut. Our team came across 18-year-old Amina whose family of ten in Mubarakpur, is struggling to get back…
Lockdown Impact: Weavers forced to become tea sellers! Part-1 of our on-going series based on CJP's Purvanchal fact-finding mission examining the decline of the traditional weaving industry
08-Mar-2021
The once thriving Banarasi weaving industry has come to a grinding halt in wake of the Covid-19 induced national lockdown. But despite the heritage status accorded to the traditional handloom industry that is a part of the Varanasi’s culture for more than a millennium, Banarasi weavers are struggling to make ends meet, mainly due to…