My name is Ramakrishna. I am calling from Laxmipuram village Chinturu mandal of Khammam district of Andhra Pradesh. Forest officials have taken signature from us saying we will get bonus. We are illiterate and could not read.But now we came to know that the paper said we will not cut any forest and there will be cases against us if we do that. How can we adivasis live without forest?This is cheating and please help us. For more Ramakrishna Ji can be reached at 08978787120

यह गीत निर्मला आदिवासी द्वारा प्रस्तुत है जो की रीवा मध्यप्रदेश से हैं। यह गीत बघेलखंडी भाषा में है, गीत के बारे में प्रस्तावना जगदीश जी के द्वारा दी गई है

पैंसठ बरस बीती आजादी 2
कबहु न जानी आजादी रे, आजादी चली गई
हाय हाय रे आजादी चली गई !
महुवा बीनों, तेंदुपत्ता तोड़ों 2
कबहु न जानी आजादी रे, आजादी चली गई
हाय हाय रे आजादी चली गई !
गाँव-गाँव कंपनिया बन गए 2
आदिवासी की छिनी जमीनें हो ...
आजादी न जानी , हाय हाय रे आजादी न जानी !
पैंसठ बरस बीती आजादी,
कबहु न जानी आजादी रे, आजादी चली गई
हाय हाय रे आजादी चली गई !
चूल्हा पोतों , बर्तन मान्जों 2
कबहु न जानी आजादी रे, आजादी चली गई
हाय हाय रे आजादी चली गई !
रोटी बनाया , चावल बनाई 2
कबहु न जानी आजादी रे, आजादी चली गई
हाय हाय रे आजादी चली गई !
खेत काटी, खलिहान बनाई 2
कबहु न जानी आजादी रे, आजादी चली गई
हाय हाय रे आजादी चली गई !!!!

Rajesh Tripathi from Jan Chetna in Raigarh in Chhattisarh is telling us that labor court in Raigarh has finally registered a case against 8 companies in district for violating industrial safety laws. This has happened after death of 8 laborers in industrial accidents in last 3 months in the district. Jindal steel also includes in the list of companies against whom a case has been filed. For more Rajesh Ji can be reached at 09424183510

KM bhai today is visiting a village called Jogindera near Kanpur in Uttar Prradesh. A scheduled Tribe of snake charmers live in this village from more than 150 years. They do not have any land and they say no goverhment scheme runs in their village. They send their children to school but they do not learn to even write their names after going to school for 5 years. Their women work in other people’s farms as laborers. When will any govt scheme look at these people he asks. For more KM bhai can be reached at 08756011826

My name is Har Singh Jamre. I am calling from Jagrut Adivasi Dalit Sangathan in Badwani district of Madhya Pradesh. Here we are not getting NREGA wages from many months. We are trying to apply for unemployment compensation but administration is not taking our application. In our area in Pati tahsil people are not getting old age and widow pension from July. You are requested to talk to collector Badwani to help us get our wages and rights. For more Har Singh Ji can be reached at 07354421581