Hardly any proper law exists to protect the rights of the people against development related displacement

The declared rehabilitation goals never match the chicken feed that finally reaches the oustees

Greenhorn conservatism in India has led to untold miseries for tribal people

...cried the NGOs, oustees, social scientists and mass leaders in unison. Neither the secretive methods of the government nor the general policies laid down in the draft were acceptable to them.

A walkathon through 5 states traverses through a rich crop of traditional conservation methods and a thicket of disputes

Translocating some lions from Gujarat's Gir sanctuary the home of the endangered Asiatic lion to the Kuno wildlife sanctuary in Madhya Pradesh to save the big cat could mean people trouble. The forest dwellers in both areas sense that their lives wi

Oustees of the Kutku and Auranga dams in Bihar complain media attention is the only way of getting justice from the government, but the media devotes its ink only to big money projects