At which road head?
Not the path of economic growth, but the trail leading back to the village is the answer
Jobs Jobs Jobs
The government is obsessed with economic growth. Employment is bound to follow, it claims. That's a delusion. The swelling numbers of unemployed …
Trees eaten hollow
Sal borer has affected 3 million trees. Experts warn of an epidemic
“Come elections, our forests are looted”
Angry villagers from the hotbed of political violence told Sayantan Bera, the day a new government took oath in West Bengal
Disowned 100,000
Taungyas have lived in Uttar Pradesh for decades but law does not recognise them. FRA gives hope
Taungyas get legal recognition
Land titles distributed to 651 families in six Uttar Pradesh villages
Operation Saranda: from Maoists to Miners
How government is subverting Forest Rights Act
Does this official data betray a conspiracy? Only 1.6 per cent of the 2.9 million claims approved under the Forest Rights Act recognise community …
Between Maoists and mines
Ho tribals lose hold of Saranda as mining is set to take over the pristine sal forest. A report and photographs by Sayantan Bera
Maoist insurgency
Land struggles and growth of India’s red corridor
Saranda for sale?
First by diluting it and then by delaying it, the Jharkhand government ensures slow death of a plan meant to safeguard Saranda and its wildlife …
Odisha sal seed pickers face Amphan, COVID-19 double whammy
Sal seed procurement was delayed because of Cyclone Amphan