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The Story of an Ideal Village Anna Hazare

The Story of an Ideal Village

(A tightly-abridged version of this story first appeared in Open magazine, September 15-21, 2011. You can read the abridged version here . Below is what was or…

September 14, 2011
The Traffic Jam That Was Not Adivasi

The Traffic Jam That Was Not

(This article originally appeared in Tehelka: Vol. 8 Issue 14, dated April 9, 2011) After walking hundreds of kilometres, an Adivasi rally arrives in Mumbai. P…

April 02, 2011
My Hands Can Still Plough The Fields Aati Jamunda

My Hands Can Still Plough The Fields

The non-existent loud voice of Haro Jamunda of Kalinganagar , Odisha. He was a teacher, my younger boy He taught me to write my name Suddenly for days he lay…

February 24, 2011
Some Activists Said Activists

Some Activists Said

On October 1, 2009, some men in fatigues walked into the village of Gompad in Dantewada district of Chhattisgarh, and fired at the people. Nine people died. Am…

February 23, 2011
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