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NEW: Women farmers form the backbone of Indian agriculture. But without land titles, they remain invisibilised & excluded. Meera Sundararajan, @research31756, writes on land, identity and the structural barriers women farmers face in Maharashtra behanbox.com/2026/04/30/lan…

@Sarasvati_NT This interview is part of BehanBox’s flagship project—The ASHA Story, a living record of the lives, and aspirations of ASHA workers across the country. Interested to see how you can contribute? Write to us at contact@behanbox.com. behanbox.com/20-years-of-as…

NEW: In conversation with @Sarasvati_NT, Dharmishtha speaks about caste discrimination, the silence of unions on caste, the mental toll, the labour costs of working while disabled, and the community that keeps her going behanbox.com/2026/04/30/my-…

1/ When a Scheduled Caste ASHA Facilitator in Gujarat became eligible to train for a higher post, her upper-caste senior never told her. By the time she found out, she was no longer eligible. “I was told they ‘forgot’ - but no one forgets.”🧵

10/ Follow the Feminist Election Newsroom for our coverage of the April 2026 Assembly elections in West Bengal, Assam, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, and Puducherry – and beyond. forms.gle/ANe2cw8oKivKxh…

9/ Claim: 3.6 lakh people affected by Cyclone Yaas claimed relief under Duare Tran. Reality: this is the number of claims, not relief disbursed. The scheme covered only 5 districts, excluding Malda. South 24 Parganas and East Medinipur saw protests within 72 hours of landfall.

1/ West Bengal's AITC has governed since 2011, citing women's welfare, girls' education, and SC/ST/OBC upliftment as key achievements. We fact-checked some of these claims. 🧵

@BanerjeeSanhati 5/ Phase two of the West Bengal assembly elections is on April 29. Read our latest ground report on the impact of SIR: behanbox.com/2026/04/28/pre…

@BanerjeeSanhati 4/ The SIR is unfolding alongside Amit Shah's “Detect, Delete, Deport” pledge and Modi's “demographic mission” against ghuspaithiye. Despite CM Mamata Banerjee’s stand against the SIR, women say they received no ground-level support from the TMC.

1/ In West Bengal, 91 lakh voters have been deleted or are under adjudication. 27 lakh permanently struck off before the April elections. 61.8% are women. Hardest hit: women in Muslim-majority Murshidabad and Malda. @BanerjeeSanhati reports: behanbox.com/2026/04/28/pre…