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Urgency of the Situation

Six out of seven districts of Bundelkhand region (Uttar Pradesh) are already included in the list of hundred poorest districts. Several hundred poverty-related deaths, including suicides and hunger deaths, have been reported in recent years….

Foreword

Bundelkhand has adequate water resources, good farmland and rich mineral wealth. Then why is its people so poor, why do they have to migrate so much in search of livelihood and why do they face…

Grow More Food, But Grow It On the Land of the Poorest

Grow More Food, But Grow It On the Land of the Poorest

By eminent journalist and social activist Bharat Dogra in Food Security in India: Alternative Policies and People’s Initiatives, published by the author

Land Distribution for Kol Tribals in Uttar Pradesh

Land Distribution for Kol Tribals in Uttar Pradesh

This case study deals with the programme of distribution of land pattas (titles) to Kol tribals in Chitrakoot district of southern Uttar Pradesh. By Prof. BK Joshi, Shachindra Sharma and Vasudev, published in Does Civil Society Matter? Governance in Contemporary India, Editors Rajesh Tandon and Ranjana Mohanty, SAGE Publications

In the Badlands of Banda

In the Badlands of Banda

By Jeremy Seabrook, In Notes From Another India, Pluto Press, 345, Archway Road, London N6 5AA. This is a journey through an India rarely seen by the visitors. Part-travel writing and part-reportage, this case study is about positive intiatitives taken by the people’s movements and grassroots organisations.