• Life of an organic farmer in a mining town, Bhima Ram: I have sworn to serve mother earth with my mind, body and wealth

    Life of an organic farmer in a mining town, Bhima Ram: I have sworn to serve mother earth with my mind, body and wealth

        In the forests that stretched before us stood a dead bark in forlorn stillness. The trees remained unruffled. Beneath them laid shattered fragments of twigs, branches and flowers spread across the earth. In a sea of dead leaves, one spotted specks of green rising in its midst. Where clusters of large and stout…


    June 27, 2020
  • Peace can never be attained through violence and weapons: Soni Sori

    Peace can never be attained through violence and weapons: Soni Sori

    It rained all night. At dawn, a distant swarm of birds adorned the skies far away. Near the railway tracks, in lone farmlands, we spotted a few women sitting under a large mahua tree. At Geedam, in a house situated adjacent to the main road, military fatigues lay haphazardly on a wooden cot. The men…


    June 5, 2020
  • Whoever had to go away has already gone. Bhima is dead. Nothing will change that: Poje Madavi

    Whoever had to go away has already gone. Bhima is dead. Nothing will change that: Poje Madavi

    These roads led nowhere. While maneuvering irregular edges and giant potholes, the vehicle tumbled slightly to the right. Such rickety paths seldom held form. The rains worsened their structure over the last few weeks. Forest trails were strewn with broken twigs and branches. Occasionally, we would spot squirrels leaping from one branch to another before…


    May 17, 2020
  • In the middle of the night, they dragged him away from his family. His body was discovered days later…

    In the middle of the night, they dragged him away from his family. His body was discovered days later…

    Back towards the crossroads we drove again for the weather turned rogue the third time we travelled to Mardum over the last few days. The village seemed far away. Ahead, the paths turned murky as we drove past signboards that led us back to Dantewada. Storm clouds hovered over the hills and the smoky trail…


    May 12, 2020

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