Letters
Joba Majhi
JOBA MAJHI, wife of the leader of Singhbhum's Jungle Andolan, Devendra Majhi, is in her second term as member of the legislative assembly from a …
Niral Enem Horo
A Jharkhand Party veteran, NIRAL ENEM HORO didn't quit when Jaipal Singh, Jharkhand's most eminent leader, left to join the Congress party. He …
Land of discord
Origin of the relentless strife in Bodoland lies in a series of blunders, right from colonial times
Arvind Netam
ARVIND NETAM was, till the mid-1990s, one of the most promising tribal politicians of India. He was deputy minister of education in 1973. He …
Jual Oram
JUAL ORAM, Union minister of tribal affairs, is in the Lok Sabha from the Sundargarh constituency in Orissa
Jayanta Rongpi
JAYANTA RONGPI is a doctor and a member of the Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist). He represents Karbi-Anglong in Assam, a seat reserved …
Mansukhbhai Vasava
MANSUKHBHAI VASAVA is the only independent Scheduled Tribe member of parliament in Lok Sabha. He represents the Bharuch parliamentary constituency,…
Shibu Soren
SHIBU 'GURUJI' SOREN of the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha has been a prominent figure in the struggle for Jharkhand and is equally well-known for the …
Yamuna Singh
YAMUNA SINGH, Jharkhand's minister of environment and forest since the state's creation, is from the Kharwar tribe. Down To Earth spoke to him …
"Police firing will keep happening"
BABULAL MARANDI was the Union minister of state for environment when he took over as the chief minister of Jharkhand in 2000. In March 2003, he …
"I will get the Koel-Karo project reviewed"
ARJUN MUNDA, the newly sworn in chief minister of Jharkhand, spoke to Down To Earth the day he announced his cabinet
Elephant memories apart
Tania James offers an insight into the elephant's mind, while exploring the human-animal conflict through a range of narrative techniques
Harappa to Harsud: water management in India
We have turned water, the free gift of nature, into one of its dearest commodities, says Sorit Gupto
People of no land
Jharkhand's decision to allow the use of tribal land for non-agricultural purposes could lead to mass displacement
Killing blue bulls: are there alternatives?
Unless conservation area declared for protection has enough grazing field for herbivores and enough prey for predatory carnivores, straying will …
Six farmers shot dead during protest in Madhya Pradesh
Farmers across Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra are demanding loan waiver and also higher prices for their produce like onion and pulses
A flawed effort
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“Aboriginal people in Australia still do not have right over their land”
Poet and writer ALI COBBY ECKERMANN was in India recently to launch her memoir, Too Afraid To Cry. The book is an account of her growing up as a …
Shut and dried
Why has private participation in the urban water sector failed to take off?
Tsunami-hit farmers of Nagapattinam against prawn industry
Tension over relocation at Melghat sanctuary
Monkey relocation plan: Urban bias?
Nandigram and CPI(M)'s insensitivity to rural sector
Learn to walk lightly