Bhan Sahu is visiting Sonbhadra district in Uttar Pradesh where she meets Jagdish Prasad Agadia ji who sings a song from their struggle in their local language. For more on the song please contact Bhan Ji at 08962646922

Bhan Sahu is talking to Agadha Thakur from Chhattisgarh Adivasi Vikas Parishad who tells her that in Gariaband district 40 kms from Dhurwagudi there is a village called Sagada where people from primitive Bhunjia Kamar tribe lives. Yadav caste dominated panchayat of that village has expelled 45 adivasis of 6 families from the village and they are forced to live on their farmland 5 kms from the village after digging a well and making temporary houses. She has complained about it but administration has not taken any action. For more Bhan Ji can be reached at 09425510787

Bhan Sahu is visiting Bhatapara in Chhattisgarh today where adivasis are celebrating World Indigeneous Day. She helps us listen to a Rela re rela song from Bastar from the function. For more Bhan Ji can be reached at 08962646922

Bhan Sahu is visiting a group of 230 adivasis in Uttar Pradesh who for a change do not have any problem from forest department officials. She tells us that whichever state I go to adivasis are getting evicted from forest and they are not able to do farming on the land they should get land deeds for. But here she meets an adivasi who tells her that they got organised under National forestdweller and forest workers organisation and thanks to their unity no official ever harasses them and they have also filled the forms to get deeds for the land they are cultivating. For more Bhan ji can be reached at 09956984724

Bhan Sahu is visiting Manikpur in Chitrakoot district of Uttar Pradesh where adivasis and dalits took out a rally to demand proper implementation of Forest Rights Act. She speaks to a dalit who tells her that though the act was passed in 2006 but it still remains to be implemented in these adivasi areas of UP. Adivasis from bordering Rewa distrct of Madhya Pradesh also took part in the rally and said they are facing similar issues and forest department is also harassing them there though they are using the same forest lands from generations. For more Bhan Ji can be reached at 09406033089