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Open letter to Priyanka Chopra on #NDTV – #Vedanta- Our Girls Our Pride Campaign #Vaw

Dear Priyanka  Chopra, At the outset, I would like to say that I am a fan, and applaud your choices of multi-faceted roles, often going against the tide of Indian cinema ,you have carved your own niche. To the fraternity and… Continue Reading →

#India – Raids on mining sites reveal large-scale violations

  Staff Reporter, The Hindu Collector Ashish Kumar addressing the media in Tuticorin on Wednesday. Photo: N. Rajesh Tuticorin District Collector sees no link between his transfer and action against illegal mining Tuticorin District Collector Ashish Kumar, who is under… 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 – Schools for Mid Day Meal Scandal

Show Caption The midday meal scheme is a grand idea in a flawed school system. By ANIL SADGOPAL in Frontline “THEY played here, studied here and got buried here!” (Yahin khela, yahin padha aur yahin ho gaya dafan). With these… Continue Reading →

#India – Women in Resistance Struggles in Odisha #Sundayreading

MAINSTREAM, VOL LI, NO 33, AUGUST 3, 2013 by Ranjana Padhi and Pramodini Pradhan One seldom gets to hear about women’s resistance in Odisha, be it in resistance literature or history or the discourse of the contemporary women’s movement. It… Continue Reading →

Let us pause and listen to the wisdom of the people of Niyamgiri #mustshare

KALPANA SHARMA, The Hindu, The HinduContainers carrying alumina from Vedanta Aluminium Ltd. Photo: Arunangsu Roy Chowdhury PTIAt a gram sabha in Niyamgiri hills, Kalahandi district. The locals are protesting against the proposal. The Niyamgiri tribals’ rejection of the State Government’s… Continue Reading →

Press Release- Campaign to end political vendetta against adivasi under trials #mustshare

Signature campaign to end political vendetta and release Soni Sori, Linga Kodopi and all other Adivasi under trials languishing in Chhattisgarh Jails Declaring the continued incarceration of Soni Sori and Linga Kodopi to be vindictive, the campaign for their release… 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 →

Threats don’t deter the people of Mahan to fight the Coal mafia

by Gopika Nangia – July 30, 2013  The Mahan forest that is spread over 1182.35  hectares, and that close to 60 villages are dependent on, will be largely destroyed due to allocation of various coal blocks within the forest. In Amelia village… Continue Reading →

#India – Undoing Historical Injustices

Implementation of the Forest Rights Act   Vol – XLVIII No. 31, August 03, 2013 | Madhusudan Bandi, EPW This article looks into the implementation of the Forest Rights Act based on a critical review of literature. Besides examining the process of… Continue Reading →

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