Orissa tribals struggle to regain cashew rights

Matter of interpretation

15 hectares of utter confusion

Miles to go

Revisiting Kalinganagar

Nobody's children

A plantation economy, land grabbing and migrations from neighbouring states have forced Gudalur's tribals into destitution

Landless poor march to Delhi. Then what?

Born at 44

Odisha village gets pattas after nearly half a century. Land reform programmes get jumpstart

Message in a baton

The decades after Independence saw rampant destruction of trees. This was followed by years of drought. It was then that the villagers realised …

Unhappy Bani

March of real estate threatens one of the last patches of native Aravalli forest near Delhi

A year after Kalinganagar firing, tribal India refuses to shine

Unruffled flakes

Pig iron plant of Sesa Goa pollutes South Goa; firm says expansion will take care of problems

A walk through Mangar Bani, a sacred grove near Delhi

Left in peace (L.I.P.)

Forget ideological shibboleths. The market is the great equaliser. Even politically

Nagpur plots pro-poor plan to help land grabbers

Protest against Haripur nuclear plant in West Bengal

A rose or a ladder?

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

Naxalism works

SEZ, how special?

Despite having burned its fingers with export processing zones, which mainly involved a number of substantial fiscal benefits, the government has …

Many takers of a park

State inaction

The traditional forest dweller has had very few entitlements down centuries. Guardian of the forest, he has been regarded as encroacher by the …

Andhra salt-makers want recognition as farmers

Meaning of 'forest' set to change in India

How should a 'forest' be defined in India? The Union ministry of environment and forests is currently preoccupied with this question. Placing …

Dictated by land

Khap panchayats oppose marriage in same gotra to control landholdings