-The Hindu It will need a caring partnership between the Dongria Kondh, civil society organisations and the government to figure out how to navigate the very difficult terrain the tribals face Till last week, I'd never visited Niyamgiri, scene of the iconic fight between the Dongria Kondh tribal group and Vedanta, a powerful multinational corporation bent on mining in the area. So why have I titled this ‘revisiting Niyamgiri'? Partly because I've...
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Assam: Violence displaces 7,000, among them a woman with newborn -Samudra Gupta Kashyap and Biswanath Charial
-The Indian Express On Tuesday morning, Lukumoni Orang gave birth to a baby boy. Less than 12 hours later, she was running through paddy fields, holding the infant close to her chest, chased by suspected NDFB(S) militants firing their AK-series weapons. A resident of Milanpur village, near Sonajuli-Phulbari, where the armed militants struck on Tuesday evening, Lukumoni is among the many Adivasis who have taken shelter at the Tinisuti Middle School, about...
More »Denial and diversion of Plan Fund: The Great Adivasi-Dalit Rip-off -Nidheesh J Villatt
-Tehelka Adivasis and Dalits have been deprived of a staggering 5 lakh crore over three decades by successive governments. On 31 August 2010, a memorable scene played out in Parliament: Finance Minister Arun Jaitley cornered the then United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government for allegedly diverting funds meant for the welfare of Scheduled Castes/Scheduled Tribes (SCs/STs) towards Commonwealth Games projects. The master parliamentarian was questioning the then finance minister P Chidambaram on the alleged...
More »Project for Adivasi women hailed
-The Hindu Kollam (Kerala): A scheme implemented by the district panchayat for the welfare and health care of pregnant Adivasi women and infants is turning out to be a model for other districts, district panchayat president S. Jayamohan has said. Since the implementation of the scheme no infant mortality had been reported in the Adivasi belts of the district. Terming it ‘Kollam model,' Mr. Jayamohan said that providing nutritious food would be...
More »Muslims, dalits and tribals make up 53% of all prisoners in India -Subodh Varma
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: Muslims, dalits and Adivasis - three of the most vulnerable sections of Indian society - make up more than half of India's prison population, according to an official report on prisons released this month. Although the proportion of these three communities in India adds up to about 39%, their share amongst prisoners is considerably higher at 53%. India had 4.2 lakh people in prison in 2013....
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