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Ekta Parishad: A People’s Movement for Rights

 
/ April 17, 2019

Under the banner of Ekta Parishad, Jan Andolan movement was a public disquiet about land rights.

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Games of Goa: An Attempt to Bring Back Childhood Memories

 
/ March 11, 2019

While traditional games are vanishing, Games of Goa Festival revived and promoted the heritage games.

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Families Evicted for Hockey World Cup Venue Beautification yet to be Rehabilitated

 
/ January 8, 2019

While the Hockey World Cup 2018 was kicked off with aplomb, 2000 people evicted for the expansion of its venue continue to live in deplorable conditions.

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No Relief for Families Affected by Human-Elephant Conflict

 
/ December 14, 2018

The tea gardens of West Bengal have become a hotbed for human-elephant conflict. Affected families continue to wait for compensation.

Adivasi Community Denied Forest Rights in the Name of Tiger Conservation

 
/ November 1, 2018

As the government works to keep tiger reserves free from all human activity, Adivasi communities living in reserve precincts struggle to survive.

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A Dowry-Free Community in a Country of Dowry Deaths

 
/ July 25, 2018

The Baiga community, like many Adivasi communities, does not follow the patriarchal dowry system, setting an example in a country where women are killed for dowry every day.

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Fined, Threatened, Intimidated for Claiming their Rights

 
/ July 23, 2018

18 families in a Madhya Pradesh village are struggling to formalise the ownership of the land on which they live and cultivate, under the Forest Rights Act.

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State Repression Forces Adivasis Out of Their Land in Odisha

 
/ June 29, 2018

The PESA law makes it mandatory for village councils to be consulted before any land acquisition in the village, but it is being blatantly violated today.