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No Relief for Families Affected by Human-Elephant Conflict
The tea gardens of West Bengal have become a hotbed for human-elephant conflict. Affected families continue to wait for compensation.
Keeping Indigenous Culture Alive, One Song at a Time
The Gauda community of Goa struggles to keep its indigenous culture from eroding in the face of imposed cultural practices and looks at traditional music as the first point of revival.
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Goa Forest Warriors: A Community Guards its Forest
This World Forest Day, Goa shows India how communities can protect our precious forests
BSNL- Pauperising People
25th March 2015 | Khunti District, Jharkhand | Amita Tuti In India, having a job with government institutions brings with it a sense of security- timely wages, increments and other benefits. Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL), a state-owned telecommunications company, has not been paying 11 people who work in the...