No Doctor, No Medicines: Only God Can Save In Kalinganagar

Priyanka Borpujari The Hoo tribals in Kalinganagar are akin to David facing Goliath – as they resist the goons, the state machinery, the corporate giants, a local media hell-bent on branding them as Maoists, and a national shy of reporting their struggle. Yet, these men and women fight. However, there is one sceptre they are just unable to put up a resistance against – ill health,... Read More

Lest The Kalinga Of Today Be Forgotten…

Priyanka Borpujari “I too need to buy a camera,” said that man of 40, when he saw me taking photographs around the village in Chandia. I told him that he would have to learn how to use it, and that i could teach him a thing or two. He insisted upon seeing the photographs I had taken. Satisfied with my meagre photography skills, he shocked me with his question, “How many pixels?”... Read More

Kalinganagar Mutiny = Milk On The Pan

Priyanka Borpujari Pour some milk into the pan and switch on the flame. At first, there is stillness and vapour that can be missed. Next, the noise tells you that the milk is rumbling, followed by the cream rising up. By then it is too late – even if you lower the heat, the cream is beyond your control. It falls off the pan and leaves you with a sight and smell that are not... Read More

Tribal rights body demands probe of Kalinganagar violence

London-based tribal rights organization Survival International has called for an urgent investigation into the increased violence against tribal peoples in the state of Odisha, India. Police have fired into crowds demonstrating against UK-linked company TATA, which owns Jaguar, Land Rover. Corus and Tetley. Survival is concerned that protests against FTSE-100 company Vedanta Resources... Read More

Mining and forced displacement in Orissa – Prafulla Samantara speaks

Thanks to Pramod Biligiri for Videos Prafulla Samnatara, is President of Lok Shakti Abhijan, Odisha Chapter and one of the National Convenors of National Alliance of People’s Movements (NAPM). He has been actively participating in various democratic people’s movements to protect human rights, environment and right to livelihood of millions of people in Odisha state as well as... Read More

Orissa Situation Worsening

Surya Shankar Dash The situation in Orissa is gradually worsening in every area where people have put up brave resistances against forcible land acquisition and mindless mining and industrialization at the cost of life and livelihoods of millions of people. It is very difficult to say if these movements can withstand the disaster which looks so imminent now for the following... Read More

Amnesty asks Orissa to stop excessive use of police force against Adivasis

J. Venkatesan The Hindu Says India is obliged under international law to protect right to life Wants impartial inquiry into reports of excessive use of force by police ‘Force must be used in accordance with international standards’ New Delhi: Amnesty International (AI) has urged the authorities in Orissa to halt immediately unnecessary and excessive use of force by police... Read More

Delhi Protest at Orissa Bhavan

against Police Atrocities on Peaceful Protestors Opposing Corporate Land Grab by POSCO and TATA in Orissa New Delhi, 19 May. The CPI(ML) Liberation held protest at Orissa Bhavan in Delhi against recent police firing in Jagarsinghpur and Killing of protesters in Kalinganagar in Orissa. The protesters strongly condemned the unprovoked firing and arson carried out by the Orissa... Read More

Images from Bangalore Protest

Around 100 People participated in bangalorian’s Protest against Forceful Eviction and Police Brutality in Orissa . Various Concerned Individuals & Citizen Groups and Organisations took part in the protest at Gandhi Statue, MG Road, Bangalore Photo Credit : Dhanaraj Keezhara #gallery-2 { margin: auto; } #gallery-2 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top:... Read More

Police made me sign at gunpoint, says slain tribal’s nephew

The Hindu Prafulla Das BHUBANESWAR: A tribal youth, from Chandia in Orissa’s Kalinganagar industrial area, on Saturday alleged that the police had assaulted him and obtained his signature at gunpoint on a plain paper, following the killing of his uncle in the May 12 police firing. Speaking to journalists here, Lalmohan Jamuda, 20, said the police whisked him away from his... Read More