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#India- Tribal woman in Prison does not understand court judgement #Indigenous #AP #Chattisgarh #Gondi

Dr Haneef from Khammam in Andhra Pradesh is talking to Sodey Bhimamma a Gondi Adivasi from Chhattisgarh outside a court. Bhimamma has been sentenced to 7 years of imprisonment on charges of murdering her husband. She tells Dr Haneef that… Continue Reading →

#AFSPA has never stopped rebellion #Northeast #Manipur

Those who worry that repealing AFSPA would open a can of worms, may be better advised to let such insecurities go Sudeep Chakravarti, Live mint AFSPA is a legal prophylactic. It provides India’s armed forces and operational adjuncts such as… Continue Reading →

#Brazil -Indian #Tribe threatens mass suicide if evicted from homeland – #GuaraniKaiowa

About 170 members of the indigenous Guarani-Kaiowa tribe in the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso do Sul have threatened to commit mass suicide if they are evicted from their agricultural farm. This week, a Brazilian court ordered members of the… Continue Reading →

#India #Chhattisgarh, a lifeline gone without trace #Tribal #Indigenous #aboriginal

Rogda (Chhattisgarh), October 24, 2012 In Chhattisgarh, a lifeline gone without trace Suvojit Bagchi, The Hindu , Oct 24,2012 The Rogda water reservoir site. Photo : Special Arrangement Special Arrangement Ramkhilaon, a construction worker at the dam in the 50s, says those… Continue Reading →

#India -‘I have a problem with the makeover of tribal culture’ #Indigenous #aboriginal

October 24, 2012 , The Hindu NIRANJAN MAHAWAR: ‘Market forces are also changing artefacts.’ Photo: Rupesh Yadav Niranjan Mahawar, 75, is a self-taught ethnologist of Chhattisgarh. He spent almost five decades in southern Chhattisgarh to study the life and art… Continue Reading →

#India-Delhi HC intervenes to see SC/ST students clear an MBBS paper

Jitender Gupta Pushed around Dr Manish (standing) and other SC/ST students of VMCC Society: discrimination The Drona Syndrome It takes Delhi HC to see SC/ST students clear an MBBS paper Anuradha Raman, Outlook Magazine | Oct 29, 2012 The Vardhaman Mahavir… Continue Reading →

Dhinkia Gram Sabha Unanimously Resolves NOT to Divert Forest Land for #POSCO

Dear Friends, On 18th of October 2012 , more than 2000 people participated in the Dhinkia Gram Sabha ( Panchayat level assembly of adult members) meeting and passed unanimous resolution stating their refusal to grant consent to the proposed diversion… Continue Reading →

Some questions for Guwahati men #VAW #gender #mustread

  GUEST POST BY- Krishna Malakar In the year 1991, my family shifted to Guwahati from a village in the outskirts of the city in the hope of better education for their children, better facilities and in all, a better… Continue Reading →

IMMEDIATE RELEASE- CPI(ML) General Secretary Dipankar Bhattacharya Arrested while Entering Koodankulam

  Press Release   CPI(ML) General Secretary Dipankar Bhattacharya Arrested while Entering Koodankulam   New Delhi, 1 October 2012   CPI(ML) General Secretary Dipankar Bhattacharya along with other CPI(ML) leaders was arrested today at Radhapuram, a few kilometers away from… Continue Reading →

Just A Word Away, From Dr. Abdul Kalam to Women of Idinthakarai

By Anitha.S 30 September, 2012 Countercurrents.org There was a recent reference to Dr.A.P.J.Abdul Kalam’s statement “ The Koodankulam Nuclear Power Plant is a project of God for fulifilling the electricity production and need of this country which will be 50,000… Continue Reading →

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