"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

"Tribal leaders are mere pawns in politics"

Tribal activist C K Janu speaks on adivasi issues and the Muthanga controversy

"Non-tribals need to be educated about tribals"

Veteran anthropologist B K ROY BURMAN in conversation with SOPAN JOSHI

A year after Kalinganagar firing, tribal India refuses to shine

Shut and dried

Why has private participation in the urban water sector failed to take off?

Chipping away

Time was, when the Saranda forest cover was so dense that even the sun's rays couldn't penetrate it. Ironically, denudation has driven the region …

Protests against retail chains getting into fruits and vegetables

Protest against Haripur nuclear plant in West Bengal

The paddy compulsion

War continues between Karnataka, Tamil Nadu farmers over Cauvery water for cultivation

Under threat

A proposed dam is set to change the landscape in the Pindar ghati--host to the last free flowing tributary of the Alaknanda. Bharat Lal Seth …

Arunachal's 'economic development' does not bode well for women

The battle over forests

Are the recent eviction drives misdirected? (Read full article)

Red alert in Chhattisgarh

Land acquisition is at the centre of intense political and social disputes in the tribal hinterland of Chhattisgarh. On the one hand, Naxal …

Red said go

West Bengal's Left Front government is all set to displace farmers

Going off course

As the Cauvery river dispute between Karnataka and Tamil Nadu gets reduced to a politico-legal wrangle, focal issues remain unaddressed

Have India's tribal leaders failed their people?

India has the largest tribal population in the world. But they are also the most marginalised section of society. What is it in India's political …

Battle zone: Humans vs elephants

Afterwards, an eerie silence envelops the field. There is only the crop -- no longer standing -- and the heavy tread gouged in the mud. This is …

Why is the Left giving up Singur's arable land for Tata's cars?

Naxalism works

Tipaimukh Dam in Manipur driving a wedge?

Imphal, Manipur's capital, came to a grinding halt on August 28, with a strike being called. Imphal's people are habituated to bandhs, and most …

Many takers of a park

Bauxite mines in Andhra Pradesh draw tribals' ire

Whose homeland security?

Arctic rush driven by desire to control hydrocarbon deposits, shipping routes