Santosh Tudu from Ranchi in Jharkhand is telling us about Santhal adivasis from Jharkhand, Orissa, Bihar, Chhattisgarh and West Bengal getting together and demanding inclusion of Adivasi Sarna religion to be included in the Indian constitution. He says the adivasis have an old and unique culture and religion but so far they are clubbed as Hindus in Govt records. This should change. For more Santosh can be reached at 09471756840

Prakash Gupta from Surguja in Chhattisgarh says Right to Information is not able to help expose corruption in NREGA. He says he had heard about corruption in NREGA in his village so he applied under RTI to get some details but he did not. Then he went for appeal but the higher official is still sitting on his application after months though legally he should decide on it in 45 days. He says it looks like higher officials shielding corruption which should be investigated. For more Prakash can be reached at 07697852665

Vishnu Sharma from Katabhanji in district Bolangir in Odisha says in his area NREGA payments are late and people are loosing hope. He mentions the case of an adivasi Chitman Baria who gave his land for construction of road to Govt and also worked as labour for 45 days but he is yet to get paid his wages after a year. Baria was chosen unopposed in recent panchayat elections but they are not sure whom to go for help. Officials and court do not work for them. For more Vishnu ji can be reached at 06657220207

Anil Bamne from Bilaspur in Chhattisgarh says regular immunisation of children is not taking place in the villages inside Achanakmar tiger reserve. The health workers do not visit the villages regularly. Tribal mothers do not know about immunisation and sometimes the immunisation of children is very late. He says we are getting lots of money from outside as well for immunisation and should make sure that they reach all the people. For more Bamne ji can be reached at 09977161570

Birendra Mahato from Ranchi in Jharkhand says that many adivasi women have been victim of sex trade after being taken to big cities in the name of jobs but now in the IT age a new form of exploitation has started where Jharkhand is becoming a provider of SMS footage for pornography industry. Many unemployed local boys are part of this nefarious racket for some easy earning but like earlier it is spoiling the lives of many women who can never come back to normal life. For more Mahato ji can be reached at 09304453077