Guddu from Badwani district of Madhya Pradesh says that they have made an organisation of tribal youth in his village called Adivasi Yuva Morcha. He says they meet every Sunday and discuss various issues related to their village. Sometime they discuss about environment and also plant saplings. They also discuss education and the problems of their village and try to find a solution for it. For more Guddu can be reached at 08462090842

Naim from Dhanbad is attending district level meeting of Bharat Gyan Vigyan Samiti where a neo literate woman Sutri Devi was also elected in executive committee. Surti Devi tells him that she picks coal for her livelihood. She helps women in her area with problems in old age pension and BPL card etc.She says we now have 50% reservation for women and we should use it.She says it was tough for her to come up to the district level but women like her can also become MLA, MP. She lost last time but next time she will win with bigger margin. For more Naim ji can be reached at 09939181231

Naim Ji from Dhanbad is visiting a village where he meets Kalyani Roy who is telling him that there is no electricity in their village from last 2 months and authorities just do not listen. She says they lost their land to coal mining but the company does not care for them neither does Jharkhand government. She says very few people have got BPL cards in her village and people are getting almost no help from any development schemes but the biggest problem at the moment in summer is electricity. For more Naim Ji can be reached at 09939181231

Surender Sayani from Hyderabad helps a trainee in Adilabad Swara training workshop to record a message in Gondi, about a local festival where children go from home to home, people will throw water on them, they will dance, and in the evening they will cook gulab jamun vada and chicken curry.
For details of how Swara is expanding in Andhra, and training workshop please call Surender at 09849078679

Tejashwini Madabhushi is talking to Ambaji in a village in Adilabad of Andhra Pradesh who is telling her about funeral ceremony of famous anthropologist Heimendorf which took place after 17 years of his death. Heimendorf worked with Gond tribals from 1943 to 85. Thanks to his work special agencies were created for tribal welfare. At the time of his death in London in 1995 Heimendorf had expressed his desire to be buried in Adilabad. His desire has been fulfilled today. For more Tejaswini can be reached at 09440486707