Ear To The Ground

MARGINALISED BUT NOT DEFEATED’ is being published  It comprises of 9 chapters highlighting the historical trend that has impacted communities that are dependent on natural resources and illustrates the gradual marginalisation and deprivation they have experienced over the time. It tracks the historical struggles made by them and the repression they have faced. The 9 chapters of it cover different aspects of struggle and joining the labour force, and is reflected in the diversity of struggle we find across the country. The book is available at https://www.amazon.in/Marginalised-Defeated-Tarun-Kanti-Bose/dp/8195408370 Read the review at https://countercurrents.org/2023/05/book-review-marginalised-but-not-defeated/ https://www.frontierweekly.com/articles/vol-56/56-2/56-2-Marginalised%20but%20not%20Defeated.html?fbclid=IwAR0RGl-QiIwykmegdVOjlQtjBvflE2vQsFF09LXMTk9lFGn

Women from the Tharu tribal community, living in 46 villages of Dudhwa National Park in Uttar Pradesh, are at the forefront of the fight to their community’s right to the forest. Organised under the Tharu Adivasi Mahila Mazdoor Kisan Manch (Tharu Tribal Women Workers Peasant Platform), the collective, which was formed in January 2009, demands rights as per the legal conditions under India’s Forest Rights Act, 2006 (FRA). The FRA recognises the rights of forest dwelling tribal communities and other traditional forest dwellers to forest resources for livelihood, habitation and other socio-cultural needs. Please read the entire story at https://india.mongabay.com/2023/01/tharu-tribal-women-of-dudhwa-battle-for-their-right-to-the-forest/ https://scr l.in/article/1041588/in-dudhwa-national-park-tharu-women-are-engaged-in-a-long-standing-fight-for-forest-rights ol https://www.gendersecurityproject.com/post/tharu-tribal-women-of-dudhwa-battle-for-their-right-to-the-forest