One Track Mind

The Union government's ineptness in dealing with technology finds a new victim: Delhi's metro rail project

Dam in check

In an atmosphere of deepening mistrust on the India-Nepal border, Bihar farmers find it difficult to build check dam

Anti-Naxal operations a cover for exploiting tribal people

Against the wall

Good Lord! No trees

Wood used in Jagannath’s chariot vanishing fast from Odisha’s jungles

A village that took on miners

Orissa tribals struggle to regain cashew rights

Sikkim tribesfolk oppose proposed hydel projects

Matter of interpretation

15 hectares of utter confusion

Olive Ridley preservation hits fishermen in Orissa

Two for tangle

Development takes backseat in Northeast as two Central agencies try to outcompete each other

Revisiting Kalinganagar

Landless poor march to Delhi. Then what?

Acquisition made easy

Sri Lanka grapples with elephant-human conflict

Land grab fallout

Scramble to buy land in foreign countries to grow more food leaves more people hungry

Swamphen vanishing from Bakhira lake

A grand water helpline

the timing, and background, of the recently concluded 3rd World Water Forum in Japan ensured that water be seen through the lens of conflict. …

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,…

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 …

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 …