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Inside the camps: "We have been left to die here"
Geetashree journeys through Dantewada district, Chhattisgarh, through deserted villages and into the government camps where the herded tribals are literally starving, with no healthcare, no sanitation and almost no way to earn a livelihood. This is Part 2 of a series on the tribals of Chhattisgarh caught between the Maoists and the Salwa Judum More... Caught between the Maoists and the Salwa JudumIn forest- and mineral-rich Dantewada district of Chhattisgarh, at least 300,000 tribals have been displaced in the face-off between the Maoists and the state-sponsored Salwa Judum. Their villages have been “evacuated” and some 50,000 moved to “safe” government camps. The rest have migrated to neighbouring states. This is the first in a series researched as part of the Infochange Media Fellowships 2008 More... Passing on the burdenFifteen-year-old Deepak Bramhanwade was catapulted to the head of the family after his farmer father Devidas consumed pesticide and died. Devidas had debts to repay and was not eligible for the Centre’s loan waiver scheme because he owned just half an acre more than the five-acre ceiling. Now his young son must bear all the responsibilities he was unable to cope with More... 'It is imperative that we come face-to-face with the demon within us'Human rights activist Teesta Setalvad plans to set up a Museum of Resistance in Ahmedabad’s Gulbarg Society, the site of a massacre during the Gujarat riots of 2002. In this interview, she explains why such a memorial is necessary More... Kerala spearheads community-care health revolutionA unique home-based palliative and chronic care movement is sweeping through Kerala. Thousands of trained citizens are volunteering two hours a week to take care of the chronically ill in villages and cities. Funding for this community-based scheme that has won WHO recognition comes in cash and kind from citizens, including schoolchildren, bus drivers, labourers and others More... Curfews and the women of Ima KeithelThe Market of Mothers in Imphal, Manipur, is the only marketplace that is run and controlled entirely by women. Over the generations, it has been an arena for women’s uprisings and opinion-moulding. But curfews and general strikes are now affecting the women who trade here More... Bleak future for traditional saltIn 1930, Mahatma Gandhi turned salt into a powerful symbol of freedom for Indians. In Independent India, the traditional salt pan workers of Gujarat say they are living like slaves, thanks to the government’s negligence and privatisation policies More... Salt of the earthLittle has changed for the debt-ridden Agariyas since 1872, when salt production began in the Little Rann of Kutch. They labour in the harsh sun and briny waters with no protective gear, earning 12-15 paise for each kg of salt produced More... Bhushan: Little 'Baba'“I’ll prove my father wasn’t wrong when he took up farming, I’ll bring my family out of debt,” says Bhushan, who took over the family farm at barely 13 years of age when his father committed suicide in 2003. This year, he has begun doing the rounds of the banks for credit More... The making of media professionalsAs the various branches of the media industry have grown and become more popular and hugely lucrative, the education and training of media professionals to meet the growing demand has become crucial. Yet, as this analysis shows, though there has been an explosion of private training and education institutes, they are more interested in ‘placing’ their students than in equipping them with the complex skills necessary to do a good job as a media professional More... History of communication/media coursesMedia courses in India come in a bewildering variety of nomenclatures, and are subject to differing standards of accreditation and course curricula More... I am no lab rat!With genetically modified (GM) brinjal set to become the first GM food to enter the Indian market, a unique consumer awareness campaign seeks to raise public consciousness about the consequences of such a policy on public health More... 'Things have changed; 16 years ago coming to India was seen as treason'Pakistani peace activist Karamat Ali discusses the many civil society initiatives to lay the groundwork for peace between India and Pakistan More... Inside India's Survey No ZeroGenerations of Agariyas have made a living making salt in the barren wastes of the Little Rann of Kutch. In 2007, they were asked to make way for a wild ass sanctuary in the area. The Agariyas are staking their claim to this land which has never been surveyed, pointing to an edict from Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb which grants them rights to this land More... Fantasies amidst the shantiesSlumdog Millionaire has been critiqued by many in India as poverty porn and slum tourism. But it does touch lightly on many themes that should rightly resonate through a country that misses no opportunity to showcase itself as the new participant at the high table of global dominance, says Pamela Philipose More... |
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