-Tehelka Survival International is an NGO that works for the welfare of indigenous tribal populations all over the world. Recently, it launched the Proud, Not Primitive campaign in India. Survival’s press officer Alice Bayer was in India to spread the word. Speaking to G Vishnu, she spells out what is wrong with the development versus tribal rights debate. Edited Excerpts from an Interview * Tell us about the Proud, Not Primitive campaign? Government...
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Come Summer, This Village Wears A Deserted Look -Sisir Panigrahy
-The New Indian Express PARALAKHEMUNDI: Miliara, a nondescript tribal dominated village in Gumma block of Gajapati, wears a deserted look. Home to 62 families, many of them have shifted to other parts of the State to escape the cruel summer. And those who have stayed back are having to struggle with water crisis, the biggest problem in the village. Villagers here earn their livelihood from tamarind and cashewnut plantation. But no the yield...
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-The Financial Express MGNREGS fails to deliver on even its own targets Given how less than a tenth of households applying for jobs under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) have ended up getting the guaranteed 100 days of workin FY14-the figure was 14.5% in FY09-it is obvious the scheme is failing under even its own stated goals. At a time when both economic growth and jobs creation is...
More »Bedridden by pesticide, but won’t skip vote -KM Rakesh
-The Telegraph MANGALORE: Santosh Menezes is eager to vote. Like many in his age group he loves cricket and idolises Tendulkar, Dhoni and Yuvraj. But unlike the others, he cannot communicate or move about. Bedridden since birth, the 24-year-old will have to be carried by his parents to the polling booth on April 17. Santosh, who lives in Kokkada village in Belthangady taluk, some 70km from Mangalore city, is among the 6,000 victims...
More »Check dams a boon for parched villages -Sumita Sarkar
-The Times of India NASHIK: Two non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in Nashik have provided relief to some drought-prone villages in Nashik, by constructing check dams or by reviving the ancient ones. Ten villages have benefited from these projects and more check dams are in the offing. The NGOs had conducted independent research in Sinnar and in Peth, given that these areas suffered from acute water scarcity in the summer months. In 2007, the...
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