Environmental Injustice in India: Jaduguda Uranium Mining Cluster
Adivasis have been and are being sacrificed in the union government’s uranium mining and processing projects in the State of Jharkhand.
India’s ‘Alternative to Hong Kong’ Proceeds in Lush Nicobar Island, as Govt Ignores Pleas of Local Tribals
Over the past 17 years, a Nicobarese tribe inhabiting an island of the Andaman and Nicobar archipelago for about 50,000 years has pleaded with the union government to return them to the ancestral land they lived in before the 2004 tsunami. But the government is planning to build massive tourism facilities on the island, so it has ignored their pleas.
The Story of How Modi Government Turned its Back on Forest Conservation to Favour Corporate Interests
The Modi government persisted in finding ways to open up forests for commercial plantations, beginning shortly after taking office and ultimately achieving it through recent amendments to the Forest (Conservation) Act that damages the rights of tribal people, official documents reveal.
Intellectuals and People’s Organizations Condemn State Repression on Adivasis in Odisha – 2 Press Releases
“GASS Odisha Strongly Condemns Ongoing State Repression in Mining Areas of Odisha”; Also: “Lathis, Axes Odisha Adivasis Traditionally Carry Cited for ‘Applying’ Anti-Terror Law UAPA”.
A Midnight’s Child Cautions Against the Gathering Darkness
“We have become refugees in our own country, we are ‘internally displaced’ not by climate change but by the changing political climate, not by dams but by the mob, held prisoner not for any crimes but for having a conscience”, writes Indira Jaising.
Conspiracy of RSS to Hinduize Adivasis by Calling Them Vanvasi
It is well known that RSS has always been calling Adivasis as Vanvasis (forest dwellers) instead of Adivasis. There is a great trick behind this which needs to be understood.
How Marginalisation Threatens the Survival of Indigenous Communities
To be indigenous is to be severely marginalised in economy, politics, institutionalised knowledge, and institutionalised religion.
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For a Breath of Dignity: The ‘Unfreedom’ of India’s Caste-Driven Labour Migration
Dalits and Adivasis are preponderant in the temporary labour migrant workforce across the country. While they form only 25% of the population, official estimates show that they make up more than 40% of the seasonal migrants.
Withdraw Police Force from Dhinkia
The villagers living in Dhinkia and surrounding villages are continuing their strong protest against the transfer of 1,174 hectares of land to JSW Utkal Steel Ltd. The state government is using every possible means to break their unity and destroy the resistance. Press Release by the movement.
How The Law Criminalises Forest Dwellers in Madhya Pradesh, Makes Them Face Long Trials for Hunting, Collecting Honey
A study examined arrest records and forest offences under the Wildlife Protection Act, 1972. While 9 out of every 10 cases were still pending, impoverished forest-dwellers suffered livelihood loss and a heavy financial burden as trials dragged on for years.