Kendu leaves: 29 Odisha villages win complete autonomy, but still a long way to go

Most villagers earned more than Rs 15,000 this year, over seven times their past earnings

Poverty@25, India@70

Poverty remains conditional to one's social status

Who to blame for haemorrhagic septicemia in elephants? Odisha suspends a livestock inspector

Environmentalists slam state, flag collapse of system

Dark arena

The people of Kalahandi may have survived droughts and floods. But they see little hope in their battle against exploitation

2 killed, 50 injured in clash at Vedanta’s refinery in Lanjigarh

The deaths occurred after security men severely beat displaced tribals demanding jobs and education from Vedanta

Kalahandi forest dwellers allege FRA violation by state forest department

Activists say that in 3 villages of Kalahand district, the Odisha forest department is imposing on the rights of forest …

Seven die of cholera in Odisha’s Rayagada in a fortnight

The outbreak started on July 7 & spread to other districts

New alphabets: How kids in Rayagada, Kalahandi continued learning amid COVID-19

Children in two of India’s poorest districts continue their education as communities convert open spaces into schools, rope in youths as …

Hello Point in Odisha: A tale of digital India or ignorant India?

Odisha has the highest number of inhabited villages without access to mobile networks  

Forest dept in Odisha oversteps FRA rules, complain tribal rights activists

They say that Kalahandi district’s divisional forest officer issued a transit permit to take bamboo out of forest land when he has no right …

Vedanta, have faith; tribal belief is ecological

Tribal religious beliefs are codes to preserve resources critical to their people's survival. The recent Supreme Court order on the Vedanta …

Famine in motion

Decentralised renewable energy is bringing this Odisha village’s energy aspirations to life

Maligaon in Kalahandi district now has a solar microgrid that reduces its dependency on the erratic main grid

Odisha Mining Corporation's fresh attempt to mine Niyamgiri

In May 2013, 12 gram sabhas surrounding the Niyamgiri hills had voted against mining in the region

Film review: A planet of hope

Kalahandi: A Planet of Herbs / Director: Amarendra Kishore / 28 minutes / English/Hindi

Acid rain in Orissa?

Another village, this time in Odisha, gets official permit to sell bamboo

Though Jamguda was conferred community forest right two years ago, it was not allowed to cart bamboo out or sell it in the market

UK government censures Vedanta

Lawyer faces contempt for remarks on judge favouring mining giant

My god v your resource

Recent Supreme Court order in Vedanta case holds hope for tribal community life

Your gods are mine

Cultural appropriation leads to ecological distress in Odisha

Vedanta fells trees

Environment ministry awaits report of fact finding mission

Flicker of solar light in Chhattisgarh

Hope flickers

Solar electricity lights the maximum number of villages in Chhattisgarh—but barely so

Kalahandi MP denied bamboo passage

He is not allowed to cart away bamboo poles purchased from village conferred community rights under Forest Rights Act   

Orissa government withdraws elephant reserve plan