The Different Struggles for Equality

According to the Indian Constitution discrimination on the basis of religion, caste, creed, gender, language. place of birth, etc. But still, people are discriminated on this basis. However, people are fighting for their rights. Let’s find out more about Struggles for Equality.

Introduction to Inequality

The Indian Constitution recognizes all Indians as equals before the law such that no citizen discriminated against because of their religion, sex, caste, or whether rich or poor. All kinds of citizens have the right to vote for their desired representative during the elections. However, the feeling of equality on the basis of ‘one vote one person’ in reality does not extend to all. Poor people feel neglected due to their socioeconomic status.

They are forced to work in hardships due to poverty and shortage of resources. These people do not get justice in matters of health, education, etc. People also face inequality on grounds of religion, caste, and gender in India.People from lower castes are still considered as untouchables in the rural areas of India. And people from such cases are not encouraged to pursue education and if they get educated they are denied jobs due to their caste.

There is a lot of discrimination on the basis of caste. Discrimination against religions creates communal tension which gives rise to wars between different religious communities. Women are also discriminated on the basis of gender. There is no equal pay for women.

A lot of young girls are not sent to school because people think that education should only be exclusive for boys. Women are harassed physically and sexually. Many social problems like dowry, domestic abuse, sexual abuse, female foeticide are happening to the discrimination against women.

Struggles For Equality

Throughout the world, people are fighting for their rights and equality, trying to end the discrimination which they face. Women’s movement is one such example. The Tawa Matsya Sangh in Madhya Pradesh is also an example of people coming together to fight for an issue. Other struggles such as those of beedi workers, fisherfolk, agricultural labourers, slum dwellers, etc. who have been fighting for equality and justice.

Tawa Matsya Sangh (TMS)

Tawa Matsya Sangh is a federation of fishermen who fight for the rights of forest dwellers who have been displaced from Satpura forest located in Madhya Pradesh.  The construction of the Tawa dam leads to the submersion of large forests. Therefore, the forest dwellers had to suffer a set back as they earned very little.

The government only let the private contractors fish in that reservoir. These private organizations pestered the villagers and to prevent this the villagers formed a union known as the Tawa Matsya Sangh.  Rallies and Chakka jam were organized time and again. In response, the government granted fishing, rights to the villagers in 1996.

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