An interesting parallel is the 1970s forest preservation movement in India called chipko andolan (chipko is to stick together or hug, andolan is movement) where locals and activists will hug the trees in the forest to prevent logging en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chipko_...
Chipko movement - Wikipedia
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February 8, 2025 at 11:25 PM
An interesting parallel is the 1970s forest preservation movement in India called chipko andolan (chipko is to stick together or hug, andolan is movement) where locals and activists will hug the trees in the forest to prevent logging en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chipko_...
Student protests are basically a necessary condition for any democracy movement
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October 5, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Student protests are basically a necessary condition for any democracy movement
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'professional agitator' 'external agitator' 'andolan jeevi'
The language of the tyrant is the same in any tongue.
The language of the tyrant is the same in any tongue.
January 10, 2026 at 4:05 AM
'professional agitator' 'external agitator' 'andolan jeevi'
The language of the tyrant is the same in any tongue.
The language of the tyrant is the same in any tongue.
31. Nepal 1990: Student activists were crucial to the First Jana Andolan (People's Movement) against King Birendra's absolute monarchy. Their protests, despite violent crackdowns, forced the king to end his 30-year ban on political parties and accept a democratic constitution.
March 5, 2025 at 9:52 PM
31. Nepal 1990: Student activists were crucial to the First Jana Andolan (People's Movement) against King Birendra's absolute monarchy. Their protests, despite violent crackdowns, forced the king to end his 30-year ban on political parties and accept a democratic constitution.
wonders idly whether Hindi/Urdu "āndolan" — movement, oscillation — is etymologically related to English "undulate" via their Sanskrit/Latin roots, or whether it's merely a false friend.
It's one of my favourite Hindi/Urdu words. So elegant, but also powerful in its political sense.
It's one of my favourite Hindi/Urdu words. So elegant, but also powerful in its political sense.
September 13, 2025 at 8:17 AM
wonders idly whether Hindi/Urdu "āndolan" — movement, oscillation — is etymologically related to English "undulate" via their Sanskrit/Latin roots, or whether it's merely a false friend.
It's one of my favourite Hindi/Urdu words. So elegant, but also powerful in its political sense.
It's one of my favourite Hindi/Urdu words. So elegant, but also powerful in its political sense.
#TodayInQueerHistory
Aug 11 (1992)
India sees it's first known Gay Rights protest #OTD as activists from AIDS Bhedbhav Virodhi Andolan (ABVA) (the AIDS anti-discrimination Movement) block the entrances to police HQ in New Delhi to protest against raids, arrests and persecution by the police.
Aug 11 (1992)
India sees it's first known Gay Rights protest #OTD as activists from AIDS Bhedbhav Virodhi Andolan (ABVA) (the AIDS anti-discrimination Movement) block the entrances to police HQ in New Delhi to protest against raids, arrests and persecution by the police.
August 11, 2026 at 5:35 PM
#TodayInQueerHistory
Aug 11 (1992)
India sees it's first known Gay Rights protest #OTD as activists from AIDS Bhedbhav Virodhi Andolan (ABVA) (the AIDS anti-discrimination Movement) block the entrances to police HQ in New Delhi to protest against raids, arrests and persecution by the police.
Aug 11 (1992)
India sees it's first known Gay Rights protest #OTD as activists from AIDS Bhedbhav Virodhi Andolan (ABVA) (the AIDS anti-discrimination Movement) block the entrances to police HQ in New Delhi to protest against raids, arrests and persecution by the police.
#Nepal: Polizei schießt vor Parlament auf Demonstranten – mindestens 14 Tote www.deutschlandfunk.de/polizei-schi...
Medienberichten zufolge schossen Polizisten auf Demonstranten, als diese versuchten das Parlamentsgebäude in der Hauptstadt Kathmandu zu stürmen. Es gebe zahlreiche Verletzte.
Medienberichten zufolge schossen Polizisten auf Demonstranten, als diese versuchten das Parlamentsgebäude in der Hauptstadt Kathmandu zu stürmen. Es gebe zahlreiche Verletzte.
Kathmandu today news 📰 andolan tinkune thau ma
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September 8, 2025 at 11:18 AM
#Nepal: Polizei schießt vor Parlament auf Demonstranten – mindestens 14 Tote www.deutschlandfunk.de/polizei-schi...
Medienberichten zufolge schossen Polizisten auf Demonstranten, als diese versuchten das Parlamentsgebäude in der Hauptstadt Kathmandu zu stürmen. Es gebe zahlreiche Verletzte.
Medienberichten zufolge schossen Polizisten auf Demonstranten, als diese versuchten das Parlamentsgebäude in der Hauptstadt Kathmandu zu stürmen. Es gebe zahlreiche Verletzte.
Shortly before the game began, the Islami Andolan Bangladesh group announced a protest rally against the event saying it was un-Islamic.
Fearing trouble, local police stepped in and the women's team members were asked to return to their home for their safety.
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Fearing trouble, local police stepped in and the women's team members were asked to return to their home for their safety.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Bangladesh girls forced to cancel football amid Islamist threats
There are concerns that extremist groups, which had been pushed to the fringes, have become emboldened again.
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February 19, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Shortly before the game began, the Islami Andolan Bangladesh group announced a protest rally against the event saying it was un-Islamic.
Fearing trouble, local police stepped in and the women's team members were asked to return to their home for their safety.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Fearing trouble, local police stepped in and the women's team members were asked to return to their home for their safety.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
One of the most important indigenous rights protests of our time, and hardly any international attention:
www.downtoearth.org.in/dams/police-...
www.downtoearth.org.in/dams/police-...
Police and administration forcibly remove people participating in ‘pyre protests’ against Ken-Betwa Link Project
Local police and administration brought to an end the ‘Chita Andolan’ (pyre protests) being held since July 3, 2026, by people affected by the Ken-Betwa Link an
www.downtoearth.org.in
July 24, 2026 at 3:53 PM
One of the most important indigenous rights protests of our time, and hardly any international attention:
www.downtoearth.org.in/dams/police-...
www.downtoearth.org.in/dams/police-...
The book is principally an ethnography situated in a Bhilala adivasi village in the hills around Alirajpur, where the Narmada Bachao Andolan movement protested the construction of the Sardar Sarovar Dam for three decades
Happened after the book was published, but movement did not stop the dam
Happened after the book was published, but movement did not stop the dam
January 14, 2025 at 4:50 AM
The book is principally an ethnography situated in a Bhilala adivasi village in the hills around Alirajpur, where the Narmada Bachao Andolan movement protested the construction of the Sardar Sarovar Dam for three decades
Happened after the book was published, but movement did not stop the dam
Happened after the book was published, but movement did not stop the dam
Valresultatet är inne. Nationalistpartiet vinner en storseger, islamisterna gör ett ganska dåligt val och studentrörelsens parti, som allierade sig med islamisterna, gör ett katastrofval. Förutom det lilla vänsterpartiet Ganosanhati Andolan verkar vänstern hamna helt utanför parlamentet.
Nyss stängde vallokalerna i Bangladesh. Med 127 miljoner väljare är det en av årets största politiska händelser. Detta blir första valet sedan Gen Z-upproret störtade Sheikh Hasina som styrt sedan 2009.
February 13, 2026 at 9:47 AM
Valresultatet är inne. Nationalistpartiet vinner en storseger, islamisterna gör ett ganska dåligt val och studentrörelsens parti, som allierade sig med islamisterna, gör ett katastrofval. Förutom det lilla vänsterpartiet Ganosanhati Andolan verkar vänstern hamna helt utanför parlamentet.
A mom in Arizona killed her children Austin, 10, and Andolan, 2, before turning the gun on herself.
“Austin was a spunky, wild spirit who loved his dad deeply, and Andolan was the sweetest baby with the prettiest eyes.”
GoFundMe: gofund.me/d6dfda119
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“Austin was a spunky, wild spirit who loved his dad deeply, and Andolan was the sweetest baby with the prettiest eyes.”
GoFundMe: gofund.me/d6dfda119
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May 27, 2026 at 9:51 PM
A mom in Arizona killed her children Austin, 10, and Andolan, 2, before turning the gun on herself.
“Austin was a spunky, wild spirit who loved his dad deeply, and Andolan was the sweetest baby with the prettiest eyes.”
GoFundMe: gofund.me/d6dfda119
www.azfamily.com/2026/05/25/m...
“Austin was a spunky, wild spirit who loved his dad deeply, and Andolan was the sweetest baby with the prettiest eyes.”
GoFundMe: gofund.me/d6dfda119
www.azfamily.com/2026/05/25/m...
Can we interest you in an encyclopedia of Indian ghosts and cryptids? An anthology of Gujarati pulp novellas in translation? Supernatural romance myths from the hill state of Mizoram? Or India's earliest graphic novel, about the Narmada Bachao Andolan in the early 90s?
www.blaft.com/collections/...
www.blaft.com/collections/...
January 27, 2025 at 5:21 AM
Can we interest you in an encyclopedia of Indian ghosts and cryptids? An anthology of Gujarati pulp novellas in translation? Supernatural romance myths from the hill state of Mizoram? Or India's earliest graphic novel, about the Narmada Bachao Andolan in the early 90s?
www.blaft.com/collections/...
www.blaft.com/collections/...
I love how andolan sounds musically
September 13, 2025 at 1:29 PM
I love how andolan sounds musically
#MamataBanerjee’s statement came on the day that the Trinamool Congress launched the “Bhasha Andolan”, a campaign against the alleged harassment of Bengali-speaking persons in BJP-ruled states.
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July 28, 2025 at 7:26 AM
#MamataBanerjee’s statement came on the day that the Trinamool Congress launched the “Bhasha Andolan”, a campaign against the alleged harassment of Bengali-speaking persons in BJP-ruled states.
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The case dates back to November 2000, when an advertisement titled “True face of Ms #MedhaPatkar and her Narmada Bachao Andolan” was published. Following which Patkar subsequently filed a criminal defamation case against #VKSaxena.
Read more:
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January 30, 2026 at 10:15 AM
The case dates back to November 2000, when an advertisement titled “True face of Ms #MedhaPatkar and her Narmada Bachao Andolan” was published. Following which Patkar subsequently filed a criminal defamation case against #VKSaxena.
Read more:
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Read more:
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Women of the Dalit Community overcome manual scavenging practices - Christian Aid
Christian Aid has worked among communities in India for over 50 years, like with our partner Safai Karmachari Andolan (SKA), to eradicate caste-based occupation of manual scavenging, in turn supportin...
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June 26, 2025 at 6:31 AM
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The action came after the Narmada Bachao Andolan leader failed to appear before the Saket courts in person on Wednesday.
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#NarmadaBachaoAndolan #medhapatkar
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#NarmadaBachaoAndolan #medhapatkar
April 23, 2025 at 4:06 PM
The action came after the Narmada Bachao Andolan leader failed to appear before the Saket courts in person on Wednesday.
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#NarmadaBachaoAndolan #medhapatkar
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#NarmadaBachaoAndolan #medhapatkar
#Buddhists in #Sikkim rally in support campaign for the repeal of the #Bodhgaya Temple Act 1949 to give management to Buddhists རྡོ་རྗེ་གདན་གྱི་མཆོད་རྟེན་རིན་པོ་ཆེའི་འཛིན་སྐྱོང་ནང་པར་དགོས་པའི་ལས་འགུལ། youtu.be/6Hl-ofLJWHg?...
ALL INDIA #BUDDHIST FORUM BRANCH #SIKKIM WE SUPPORT MAHABODHI MAHAVIHAR MUKIT ANDOLAN TODAY
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April 26, 2025 at 2:17 PM
#Buddhists in #Sikkim rally in support campaign for the repeal of the #Bodhgaya Temple Act 1949 to give management to Buddhists རྡོ་རྗེ་གདན་གྱི་མཆོད་རྟེན་རིན་པོ་ཆེའི་འཛིན་སྐྱོང་ནང་པར་དགོས་པའི་ལས་འགུལ། youtu.be/6Hl-ofLJWHg?...
• 2006 — Nepal (Loktantra Andolan / general strike): Restored parliament and curtailed royal power of Gyanendra of Nepal.
• 2007 — Guinea (general strike): Secured appointment of consensus prime minister and wage measures.
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• 2007 — Guinea (general strike): Secured appointment of consensus prime minister and wage measures.
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March 22, 2026 at 5:15 AM
• 2006 — Nepal (Loktantra Andolan / general strike): Restored parliament and curtailed royal power of Gyanendra of Nepal.
• 2007 — Guinea (general strike): Secured appointment of consensus prime minister and wage measures.
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• 2007 — Guinea (general strike): Secured appointment of consensus prime minister and wage measures.
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The Chipko movement or Chipko Andolan began in the 1970’ies. It is a non-violent resistance in response to the increasing destruction of forests for commerce + industry. The Chipko protests achieved a major victory in 1980 with a 15-year ban on green felling in the Himalayan forests.
Milestones Series : Chipko Movement | 30 November, 2022
YouTube video by Sansad TV
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March 17, 2025 at 12:12 PM
The Chipko movement or Chipko Andolan began in the 1970’ies. It is a non-violent resistance in response to the increasing destruction of forests for commerce + industry. The Chipko protests achieved a major victory in 1980 with a 15-year ban on green felling in the Himalayan forests.