Nilambur Crisis: Betrayal by the Kerala Government
Adivasi families in Kerala have been facing extreme poverty for many decades now. At the heart of the issue lies access to land. Today, hundreds of adivasis are protesting for...
Darkness at the End of the Tunnel
The BBMP released a report titled ‘Comprehensive Bengaluru City Traffic Management Infrastructure Plan – proposals for vehicular tunnel / grade separator / road widening in selected corridors- final feasibility report,...
Murder Mines of Tamil Nadu
On January 17th, 2025, K. Jagabar Ali was brutally run over in a planned killing. Ali, an environmental activist was, among many others, a whistleblower who had repeatedly petitioned against...
Ballari: A Story of Loot, Betrayal, and Resistance
In early May 2025 a special CBI court in Telangana’s Nampally convicted former Karnataka minister and BJP MLA, Gali Janardhan Reddy and three others in the long-running Obulapuram Mining Company...
Ports of Plunder: Honnavar Fisherfolk Struggle against Corporate Capture
The coastal town of Honnavar in Karnataka has erupted in protest against a private port project by Honnavar Ports Private Limited (HPPL), a subsidiary of GVPR Engineers Ltd., which has...
Eviction, Exploitation, and Resistance: The Struggle of the Jenu Kurubas in Nagarhole Forest
On May 10, 2025, members of the All India Students’ Association (AISA) and Adivasi Sangharsh Morcha (ASM) visited a forest area in Nagarhole, Karnataka, to express solidarity with around 52...
Drowned by Design: The Corruption Behind the Flood
Between May 18th and 19th, Bengaluru received over 130 mm of rain in 12 hours, flooding 500+ homes, causing power outages, and killing at least five people. Over 20 lakes...
Manmohanomics
Manmohanomics (n.) /mʌnˈmoʊhənəˌnɒmɪks/ : An ideology of an economic system, named after its founder Manmohan Singh, defined by the ruthless oppression of the working masses, the plundering of natural resources,...
Development vs Destruction: The Reality of Western Ghats
66 million years. That is how old the Western Ghats are. 170 years. That is how many years since the Western Ghats started degrading. 46. That is how many landslides,...
Victory for Devanahalli Farmers
The farmers of Devanahalli have been fighting against forcible land acquisition for almost three years now. The initial notification for acquisition was given by the then BJP government and the...