Chhattisgarh, MP elections: Forest rights emerge as major issue
Activists send people’s manifesto to political parties asking them to empower the tribals by recognising their rights over land and forest produce Read more
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Category: Tribals
Sahay finds pathalgadi a pillar of anger
Former MP Ranchi Subodh Kant Sahay quite belatedly but at politically correct time said here today that tribal’s pathalgadi be seen as their anger and frustration as this population feels cheated and thrown out in the present dispensation here in the state. “ Yeh pathalgari adivasi ka gussa hai (Patthalgadi is anger of tribals) and no one should ignore or misread it,” he said. Read more
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An interview with Indu Netam: Illegal land grab and the politics of Chhattisgarh
Indu Netam (IN) is the founding member of “Adivasi Ekta Mancha” and an activist of the movement against illegal land grab in Chhattisgrah. Swaraj Das and Sumit Ghosh listened to her take on the politics of Chhattisgarh… Read more
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Two Held In Agnes Attack Case
SHILLONG: Two persons were arrested on Friday in connection with the brutal attack on CSWO president Agnes Kharshiing and her companion Amita Sangma in East Jaintia Hills.
East Jaintia Hills SP Sylvester Nongtnger in a statement said the suspects, Elphon Dkhar and Meklison Siangshai, were arrested during a pre-dawn raid in the Kongong area.
Nongtnger said a suo motu case was taken up by police since the victims were not in a condition to file an FIR. Read more
Courtesy: The Shillong Times
Statue of Unity: How environment, Adivasi rights lost again to Patel’s name
India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi will today inaugurate the world’s largest statue, the Statue of Unity in Gujarat. At 182m tall (240m including the base), it is twice the height of the Statue of Liberty, and depicts India’s first deputy Prime Minister, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel. Read more
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