Rantal: A settlement’s journey from invisibility to identity

Displaced from Bihar in 1980, a group of 42 Munda families have collectively established the organic village in Odisha

A great sweep

Feisty women hill broom gatherers force the forest department to relent in a Orissa village

Seven die of cholera in Odisha’s Rayagada in a fortnight

The outbreak started on July 7 & spread to other districts

GM fields

My god v your resource

Recent Supreme Court order in Vedanta case holds hope for tribal community life

Dear friends

Extracting a cost

Village headmen in Niyamgiri refuse to sign on dates for gram sabha on Vedanta

Demand Palli Sabha on Vedanta’s bauxite mining should include 112 villages

Panic in Odisha’s Rayagada district over 30 chikungunya cases

Villagers storing potable water in plastic barrels without cover due to shortage of water, claims official

New alphabets: How kids in Rayagada, Kalahandi continued learning amid COVID-19

Children in two of India’s poorest districts continue their education as communities convert open spaces into schools, rope in youths as …

Vedanta, have faith; tribal belief is ecological

Tribal religious beliefs are codes to preserve resources critical to their people's survival. The recent Supreme Court order on the Vedanta …

Too much of tamarind leaves Odisha’s tribals in a lurch

The state government has fixed Rs 3,600 per quintal as MSP; tribals are selling the excess at a much lower price to businessmen

A fruit for all seasons

Wild mango is not just part of the daily diet of tribal people in Odisha, it also helps them survive the lean season

Odisha Mining Corporation's fresh attempt to mine Niyamgiri

In May 2013, 12 gram sabhas surrounding the Niyamgiri hills had voted against mining in the region

Keeper of grains

An ecologist has been guarding seeds of more than 750 rare rice varieties for over a decade

Batudi rejects settlement of community forest claims in Niyamgiri

Sixth rejection in a row for proposed bauxite mining; tribal affairs ministry team to visit Odisha to assess claims beyond 12 villages

Forest alert

Saxena panel report on Niyamgiri puts states under watch for forest, tribal rights violations

Niyamgiri, in bits and pieces

As Odisha government confines the claims of Dongria Kondh to small patches of forests around their hamlets, the second palli sabha at Kesarpadi …

Niyamgiri still out of reach, Vedanta scouts for other bauxite sources

Biodiverse Gandhamardan where mining attempts were abandoned earlier after massive public protests also on the radar of metal giant

Dongrias decide

Niyamgiri gears up for India’s first environment referendum. Odisha limits number of villages that can have a say

State manipulating records to help Vedanta?

As the date for gram sabha meetings to decide the fate of mining in Niyamgiri hills nears, activists and Dongria Kondhs allege Odisha government …

Gram sabha gets a boost

Supreme Court asks gram sabhas to see if Vedanta’s bauxite mine harms religious rights

Second palli sabha in Niyamgiri deals double blow to Odisha government

Kesarpadi residents cancel government’s settlement of community forest rights; unanimously reject Vedanta bauxite mining proposal

Forest dwellers plan palli sabhas in all affected villages in Niyamgiri

Odisha government sticks to its list of 12 villages despite reservations from rights groups and Union ministry of tribal affairs