Rabi Pradhan is visiting Kendujhar district of Odisha where he meets women part of Self help group who tell him that there are lots of mines around who are making profit from the area. They have created huge problems for locals but are not providing any facility to them like medical etc. She says some men have got job but there need to be equal work facility for women. They also need to help locals with water and road which they have destroyed. Rabi@9437597631

Rabishankar Pradhan is visiting Tribal museum in Koraput today where a meeting on Food security act is on where he also meets Ranjit Kumar Pandi an adivasi farmer from nearby village who tells him in his Kui language that Food security act is a boon for them and he will tell all his fellow adivasis in nearby village about it and he thinks this law will help them immensely. For more Rabi Ji can be reached at 9938794504

Rabi Pradhan is talking to Madhusudanji a Ho adivasi social activist in Chaibasa area in Jharkhand who tells him that Govt has only used the Kolhan area for taking minerals away which has not helped the locals. This area needs irrigation and forest based local cottage industry but less than 5% area is irrigated. Ho adivasis have never tolerated outside influence and has a tradition of revolt but more outsiders are illegally taking away their land. Rabiji is @ 07766001622

Rabishankar Pradhan is visiting Chaibasa in Jharkhand and meets a Ho speaking Adivasi Pradan Samsei from Anjerbeda village in Khutbani block who sings a song in Ho language on his request. The song says we have gold and silver below our land in Jharkhand. We have so fertile land above and so many rivers around. But still we are poor because we are not educated. For more Rabi Ji can be reached at 09938794504

Rabishankar Pradhan is visiting Manoharpur block of West Singhbhum district in Jharkhand near Saranda forests where he meets Sushil Barla who tells him in his Adivasi Ho language that even after Saranda Action Plan people do not have basic needs like road, electricity, education. They are forced to drink dirty water from mines and also apart from so many mines local adivasi young boys and girls have no job. For more Rabi Ji is at 09938794504