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My Experiments with Facebook Activism

Himanshu Kumar

Forced by the authorities to abandon his social work in Dantewada, he tried his hand at online activism. The story of his disappointment

How to Save a Sanctuary

Jay Mazoomdaar

The Biligiri Rangaswamy Temple Wildlife Sanctuary in Karnataka has been notified as a tiger reserve. While this tag will fetch extra conservation funds for the sanctuary, it threatens to displace Soliga tribals from their ancestral habitat. New generations of Soligas may not be content with their forefathers’ way of life, but this forest will lose its soul without them. And India will lose one of its best opportunities to try out a model of coexistence between wildlife and eco-sensitive people

Or Try This for Corruption

Jay Mazoomdaar

While the great Indian middle class obsesses with cricket and corruption, an epic three-way battle is unfolding in forests across the country. It is time to take notice, and a stand. Because, more than anything else, the outcome of this tussle will decide India’s future