Medha Lekha. Gadchiroli district. Maharashtra. This little village of 400-odd people belonging to the Gond tribe spreads over 1,900 hectares, of which 80 per cent is forestland. Till the 1960s,

Medha Lekha. Gadchiroli district. Maharashtra. This little village of 400-odd people belonging to the Gond tribe spreads over 1,900 hectares, of which 80 per cent is forestland. Till the 1960s,

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