A new outfit, the Rayalaseema Rashtra Samiti, has launched a campaign against cement firms in Rayalaseema. The samiti has decided to organise a 48-hour satyagraha at Kadapa from April 16. Their demands: allotment of cement to locals at a subsidised rate of Rs 150 in lieu of lands allotted, jobs …
A new outfit, the Rayalaseema Rashtra Samiti, has launched a campaign against cement firms in Rayalaseema. The samiti has decided to organise a 48-hour satyagraha at Kadapa from April 16. Their demands: allotment of cement to locals at a subsidised rate of Rs 150 in lieu of lands allotted, jobs …
The tribals of Jiwati tehsil in Chandrapur district, Maharashtra, are gradually learning how to fight the encroachers. The area, one of the most backward in the country, had seen large-scale land grabbing by non-tribals after the 1965 drought. The non-tribals (mostly from the Banjara community) from Nanded, Latur and Parbhani …
THE low hum of conversation suddenly gives way to melody as the Banjara women break into song. A voice yells, "Don't sing, shout slogans!" and the air is rent with cries of "Yeh azadi jhooti hai" (This independence is a sham). This was the scene in front of the District …
