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16 April 2014
COMPARING MANIFESTOS
Who will spare a thought for the environment?
Who will spare a thought for the environment?
With the manifestos of all major national parties finally released, Himanshu Thakkar presents a comparative reading with a lens on environment and natural resource management.
 FOOD TRADITIONS
Looking beyond the spread on our tablesOvercoming our ignorance of the richness of traditional food options, and imbibing the culinary cultures of those who live in harmony with nature could signify a giant step towards food and nutritional security, says Devinder Sharma after his visit to a tribal food fest. |
 TRIBAL REALITIES
Helping Pardhi children aim for the sunWhile state atrocities against Pardhi communities show few signs of abatement, a small school in Mahadev Basti in Usmanabad, Maharashtra brings a ray of hope. Shirish Khare reports. |
 ADIVASI LANDS
Not your land anymoreAdivasis in the Thane region face official as well as illegal efforts to separate them from their lands, which are increasingly in demand to meet growing urban needs. Freny Manecksha reports. |
 FOREST RESOURCES
Plentiful, but for whom?The forests of India have enough treasure to power the economy of the whole country, it seems, but not enough to empower the adivasis. Shoma Chatterji reviews Johar. |
 TRIBAL WOMEN
Banding together, for their rightsTribal women in Uttarakhand are standing up for their community rights, and resisting the dispossession of their lands by a nexus between powerful landlords and the government machinery. Puja Awasthi reports. |
 INTERVIEW
Is the Forest Rights Act working?Environmentalist Ashish Kothari discusses the politics behind the approval of the POSCO project, and how the FRA is faring in Odisha, in conversation with Pradeep Baisakh. |
 KANDHAMAL ATTACKS
Haunted by the riotsChristian dalits and adivasis in Kandhamal district of Orissa live fearfully among their Hindu neighbours more than two years after large-scale riots against members of their faith. Freny Manecksha reports. |
 VOICES FROM THE GRASSROOTS
Will I get my dry firewood?It seemed like an insignificant demand, but in fact it is filled with meaning, and the answer has remained challenging in more ways than one. R Balasubramaniam continues his series of Voices from the Grassroots. |
 VOICES FROM THE GRASSROOTS
My name is AkkammaHow could someone not known to her at all prove and establish her identity, while at the same time no one in her own village was authorised to do so? R Balasubramaniam begins a series of Voices from the Grassroots. |
DEALING WITH NAXALISM
Development now!Politicians would like us to believe that tackling the Maoists now is urgent, while development is only possible in the long run. Not true, writes Ashwin Mahesh. |
 NAXALISM IN CHHATISGARH
Democracy in the deep woodsIn mineral-rich lands, adivasis still find it hard to make ends meet. Violence between the state and Naxals threatens to divide and disenfranchise them further. Freny Manecksha reports. |
 ELECTIONS AND SOCIETY
Where are tribal women in Indian politics?Underneath the gloss of the UPA victory on 16 May lies a sober reality. Around the country, adivasi women are known for their leadership qualities, and yet, they do not get equal opportunities to contest elections, finds Manipadma Jena. |
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