Citizens for Justice and Peace
Migrant Diaries: Ganesh Yadav “How long will our relatives feed us? I will soon have to come back to Mumbai to earn,” says a cook from Madhubani would prefer to work in Bihar, but he doesn't have a choice
15-Jun-2020
Thirty-five-year-old Ganesh Yadav is an excellent cook, because it is what he enjoys the most. “It is my only skill,” says the modest father of three, “but it has helped me live a good life in Mumbai for almost 20 years.” Through good and bad, he forged a relationship with the city he came to,…
मायग्रंट डायरीज: टिंकू शेख “तशी गरज नसती तर आम्ही आमचं जन्माचं गाव सोडलं असतं का”, पश्चिम बंगालमधील स्थलांतरित मजूराचा प्रश्न.
13-Jun-2020
कोविड-१९ च्या लॉकडाऊनमुळे उद्भवलेल्या परिस्थितीशी झगडत असलेल्या स्थलांतरित मजुरांच्या हृदयद्रावक संघर्षाची शोकांतिका सध्या आपल्या डोळ्यांसमोर उलगडत आहे. मात्र ‘स्थलांतरित मजूर’ या शब्दांमागे अनेक लोकांच्या अभूतपूर्व कहाण्या लपल्या आहेत. या कहाण्या आहेत रोजच्या आयुष्यातील लहान-मोठ्या संघर्षांच्या, शेकडो मैलांच्या प्रवासांच्या, आयुष्याला अर्थ देणाऱ्या छोट्या छोट्या आनंदांच्या आणि सातत्याने पिच्छा पुरवणार्या भीतीच्या. फक्त या शब्दामागे लपलेले हे तपशील…
Migrant Diaries: Dilip Rana “My wife took loans to get me home safe. Will the government help me repay the money,” asks a construction worker who fears poverty more than the Coronavirus
12-Jun-2020
Construction labourer Dilip Rana and 10 of his co-workers had migrated from Odisha to Mumbai around 15 years ago. They lived near Nariman Point and worked at construction sites in South Mumbai, earning around Rs 450 as daily wages. However, they got paid at the end of each month, and lived together as a community…
मायग्रंट डायरीज : टिंकू शेख पश्चिम बंगाल के प्रवासी मजदूर टिंकू शेख पूछते हैं, "अगर अभाव नहीं होता तो यूं काम के लिए अपना घर क्यों छोड़ते?"
11-Jun-2020
कोरोनावायरस संक्रमण को काबू करने के लिए लगे लॉकडाउन ने पूरे देश में अफरातफरी मचा दी है. इस लॉकडाउन ने प्रवासी मजदूरों कीजैसीदुर्दशा की है, उसके हृदय विदारक दृश्य पूरे देश में दिख रहे हैं. प्रवासी मजदूर शब्द में वे लाखों-करोड़ों लोग छिपे हुए हैं, जिनके पास लॉकडाउन के दौरान घर पहुंचने की जद्दोजहद से लेकर…
Migrant Diaries: Hrudanand Behera "I am haunted by the images of the thousands I saw walking home to escape the big city," says a migrant worker from Odisha still bleeding from the emotional scars of a forced exodus
10-Jun-2020
“I used to work for four months in Mumbai and then go back home to my village Biripali, which is in Bolangir district of Odisha, for 15 days. I would take care of whatever needed to be done at home, attend to the needs of my parents, wife, and daughters, and then get back to…
Migrant Diaries: Tinku Sheikh “If not for obhab (want), why would we leave our birthplace,” asks the migrant worker from West Bengal
08-Jun-2020
The heart-rending spectacle of migrant workers struggling to negotiate the Covid-19 lockdown is unfolding before us in real time. The term ‘migrant worker’ however hides behind it people who have extraordinary tales to tell – tales of daily struggles big and small, Homeric journeys, the little joys that make up life and stubborn fears that…
CJP steps in to help members of an impoverished nomadic tribe Supplies rations to the Nathpanthi Dawari Gosavi Samaj spread across Mumbai, Navi Mumbai and Thane
07-May-2020
When the national lockdown to curb the spread of the coronavirus started, it had a disproportionately harder impact on people hailing from socio-economically backward communities. People belonging to historically oppressed and marginalized communities, castes and tribes were some of the worst affected. One such group comprised members of the Nathpanthi Dawari Gosavi Samaj who were…
CJP against Hunger: Relief work continues 24/7 Food packet deliveries made even over the weekend to families in need
08-Apr-2020
CJP has been at work non-stop to help provide rations and essentials to low-income families across Mumbai to help them tide over the Covid-19 lockdown. Our relief efforts are on day and night and even on the weekends. On Saturday, April 4, Teesta Setalvad, made arrangements for relief supplies for 50 families in Beed in…
CJP against Hunger: Team Assam goes that extra mile to distribute rations to quarantined families, families of detainees CJP team in Assam has even mobilised the community to ensure aid reaches more people
07-Apr-2020
CJP’s campaign in Assam has taken a new colour given the prevailing lockdown situation in the entire country. Labourers, daily wage earners, sex workers, people from low in come families in containment zones and migrant workers are few sections of the society which have benefitted from the relentless efforts of the CJP team in Mumbai…
कोविड – १९ संकट: वैद्यकीय मदत न घेणार्या स्वयंसेवकांसाठी मार्गदर्शक तत्त्वे 13-point checklist, in Marathi, during coronavirus
07-Apr-2020
या संकटाच्या वेळी नागरिकांना विना-वैद्यकीय मदत देण्यात गुंतलेल्या सर्व स्वयंसेवकांनी या 13 महत्त्वाच्या मुद्द्यांचे पालन करणे गरजेचे आहे, स्वयंसेवकांनी आवश्यक त्या समुदायांना मदत करण्यापूर्वी मूलभूत मार्गदर्शक तत्त्वांचे काळजीपूर्वक पालन करणे अत्यावश्यक आहे. कोरोना साथीच्या विरूद्ध लढ्यात CJP बरोबर एकत्र उभे रहा. Related: Covid-19: guidelines for volunteers providing non-medical relief to the needy CJP demands conversion…