Conservation groups should be helping Adivasis save forests. Instead, they are working to evict them

It was on a petition filed by conservationists that the Supreme Court this month ordered the eviction of over 10 lakh families of forest dwellers.

Madhu Ramnath

· Mar 02, 2019 · 07:30 am

Beyond ‘State versus Maoists’: Two books that explain the complexities in Bastar

As a new government takes charge in Chhattisgarh, here are two books that go beyond the rhetoric.

Mieke van Hemert

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Madhu Ramnath

· Dec 15, 2018 · 06:30 pm

Adivasis in the Bastar conflict zone are spearheading a massive conservation effort

Residents are collecting seeds of native species to grow in nurseries. Lakhs of these saplings are then transported for reforestation drives in other states.

Madhu Ramnath

· May 17, 2016 · 06:30 pm

A bottle of liquor: How Bastar’s Adivasis settle disputes over love and sex

A sense of humour, easy solutions and liquor as compensation help keep things simple.

Madhu Ramnath

· Dec 20, 2015 · 08:30 am