Insensitivity of the political establishment to environmental issues is the biggest tragedy in Kerala nowadays. And it was on display at the latest Cabinet briefing of the Chief Minister, A.K. Antony. It is more than a month since an ecologically very sensitive part of the Wayanad Wildlife Sanctuary was taken over by activists of the Adivasi Gothra Sabha. The adivasis, overwhelmed by Mr Antony's generosity, forgot all about their alienated land.