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India’s Dastardly Double Standards- Rapists and mass rape instigators #Vaw #mustread

By N. Jayaram   None but the most myopic or Hindu chauvinists could have failed to note the supreme irony in the two major events that took place in New Delhi on Friday, 13 September 2013: the sentencing to death… Continue Reading →

Vedanta Talks Of “Pride” Post Shame, Faking Happiness #CSR #Vedanta #NDTV #Priyankachopra #mustread

By Prerna Bakshi   On the 19 of August, NDTV and their partner group Vedanta announced the launch of their ‘Our girls Our pride’ campaign with Priyanka Chopra as the campaign ambassador. This happened on a day when Vedanta suffered… Continue Reading →

The rediscovery of India #Sundayreading

  GOPALKRISHNA GANDHI   The country today needs to reinvent itself through the ideals and dreams that drove the Independence movement Anniversaries chime, mime. Repeating the sounds and the sentiments of the original event, they are meant to echo. But,… Continue Reading →

Press Release- The New LARR Bill will not End the British Legacy of Forced Land Acquisition

The New LARR Bill will not End the British Legacy of Forced Land Acquisition People’s Consent for Every Development Project is a MUST, Niyamgiri Shows the Way Forward All Agricultural Land Should be Protected from Acquisition and Diversion   New… Continue Reading →

Narendra Modi, Shivraj Singh Chouhan fail tribals

12 Aug, 2013, By Kantilal Bhuria, ET Take Gujarat, whose chief minister Narendra Modi claims to have developed a unique model of growth-driven development. By Kantilal Bhuria Recently, we were witness to a noisy spat between economists Amartya Sen and Jagdish Bhagwati. Some commentators linked… Continue Reading →

#India – Fables for democracy

Aug 08, 2013 Shiv Visvanathan The defence of Niyamgiri mountain becomes a way of life and an act of trusteeship. The mountain for the tribals is God, cosmos and creator of a way of life and living. Democracy is sometimes… Continue Reading →

Eight tight slaps from Niyamgiri tribals to Vedanta Mining Project

Tuesday, Aug 6, 2013, 7:00 IST | Agency: DNA   Garga Chatterjee You lifted one fistful of salt And an empire was shamed. Lift One fistful of rubble Now And pour it on our shameless heads. (by Gopal Gandhi on… Continue Reading →

Ijurupa, where a family of four nailed down a 72 MT Vedanta mining proposal

Author(s): Sayantan Bera Jul 31, 2013 |  It’s the eighth village to reject proposed mining in a row in Niyamgiri hills A tribal forest dweller observes Palli Sabha proceedings at Ijurupa village amid tight security (photos: Sayantan Bera) The irony was… Continue Reading →

Tribals in Madhya Pradesh facing threat from coal miners,violation of #FRA #indigenous

JULY 23, 2013 People gathering for a meeting of Mahan Sangharsh Samiti Senior activist of Setu Center for Social Knowledge and Action, Ahmedabad, Ashok Shrimali*, who is closely associated with advocacy issues related with people affected by mining across India, says the… Continue Reading →

The Irony of Targets: Sterilisations in Jharkhand #indigenous

  By Priya John After six of their children survived the crucial first five years, Dabri Paharin (name changed) and her husband were content with their family size. They decided to adopt a permanent method of contraception – Sterilisation. Among… Continue Reading →

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