Wresting absolute control of forests but refusing to shoulder the blame when things go wrong

According to Forest Survey of India report of 2000, recorded forest area in Mizoram is 75.59 per cent of the state's area. Land, labeled

The condition of India’s forest and her forest dwellers is extremely grave. A fresh round of police attacks on tribal people

model town: Aizawl, the capital of Mizoram, is likely to be the northeast region's first planned township. The move to prepare the city's master plan was actually triggered by fears about an

People in northeast India fear bamboo flowering. According to an ancient belief when bamboos flower, there is death and destruction.

Whenever the Supreme Court pulls the trigger, why does it miss the target? Because governments like those of the seven Northeast states work hard to defeat every good intention. The apex court imposed an interim ban on felling in forests on December 1

Governments clinically interpret the ban to make space for the forest bureaucracy, alienating people from their own habitats

Read between the lines: the Supreme Court order has a development model hidden for the Northeast

As the debate continues, the Northeast must stamp the decision: log out of forest bureaucracy and log in to local based prosperity