Manish Rai from Surguja district in Chhattisgarh is visiting a village in Lakhanpur block called Soyda in Chando Gram Panchayat. The villagers tell him that the year Rajiv Gandhi died poles were erected in their village but electricity never came. Villagers had bought a tractor thinking they will be doing more farming with electricity around. In absense of electricity it is also difficult when elephants attack in the night. For more Manish Ji can be reached at 09826515792

My name is Maniram. I am calling from village Tilhoura in Satna district of Madhya Pradesh. We live in forest range Majhgawan. Forest department people have burnt our huts last week where some of us even have revenue land deeds. They also destroyed our crops.They are creating terror here. They are threatening us that if we continue to do farming here they will burn ourselves alive as well. For more Maniram Ji can be reached at 09752216971

Laxmi Manikpuri from Chhattisgarh says some of her friends get disheartened by failures in life. So today she wants to sing a song for them saying that life is also name of fighting and we need to keep fighting for going ahead : संग्राम ज़िंदगी है, लडना इसे पडेगा. For more Laxmi Ji can be reached at 09827996726

Manish Rai from Ambikapur in Chhattisgarh says I would like to share that I witnessed today that MGNAREGA work with help of JCB macine and tractors here. As you know MGNREGA scheme is created to help the laborers so when the work is going on by machines it must be harming the interest of laborers. I request authorities to look into the matter. For more Manish ji can be reachead at 09826187981

Dayamani Barla from Ranchi in Jharkhand is sharing about a unique protest by adivasi women of Nagri village. The people are protesting a Govt move to acquire land to build Indian Institute of Managament there. As per adivasi tradition when a village is attacked by disease the women throw away trash from the village to another area. This symbolises the disease moving away from the village to the other area. Today they threw the trash in capital Ranchi. For more Dayamani Ji can be reached at 09431104386