Mohan Yadav Ji is visiting Bhanupratappur in North Bastar ( Kanker) district in Chhattisgarh where he meets a woman Traditional healer Kiran Dongre. He asks Kiran Ji what type of patients she looks after. She claims that apart from patients of sugar, gas, malaria she has also cured some cancer patients with medicinal herbs from forest. She says they do this work free of cost and do not charge any money from patients. For more Mohan Ji can be reached at 9479598133

Mohan Yadav Ji is helping us listen to a song in Halbi language by Sitaram Netam from Ghodagaon village in Bhanupratappur block of Uttat Bastar ( Kanker) district in Chhattisgarh. This song is used at the time of Dashehra

ऐसा बाल्ला उसा बाल्ला कांग्रेस सरकार
दिल्ला कांग्रेस जारू दारुन बाती कांग्रेस जिला
इला सोन चाँदी के भिखुन बाती राज पाट
के दरला दरुन बाती सत्य नाश करला
उहना बाती न्यू बाबु चिक्प पाल कोन बाती
दिल्ला जानत सरकार न्याउ बाती
खन्खी चावल दिल्ला पीला जिलाते
तोहतना बाती जाऊन बाती जिला
कांग्रेस सरकार हिहु बाती तोहताना
जंगल झाठ्ला करला बन्ध करला
रगुन बाती दिल्ला खोखे बाती दिल्ला

Mohan Yadav is visiting a meeting of Gayta Guniya Sirha Baiga Kalyan Sngh (traditional healers welfare committee)of Bastar in Kondagaon district in Chhattisgarh where they tell him that traditionally the healers do not charge anything for their services. They are discussing on how to continue that tradition and they have decided collectively to also work with patients to save the medicinal plants in forests of Bastar. For more Mohan Ji can be reached at 09479598133

Indu Netam is talking to Vir Singh Padda regional secretary of Vaidya ( Traditional healer) Mahasanch Chhattisgarh who tells her about their recent meeting in Bhanupratappur, North Bastar where they have given a call to all the villagers to increase their effort to preserve medicinal vegetation found in Bastar forest. They have also decided to apply for community ownership of such forest areas under Forest Right act. For more Indu Ji is at 09406477564

Yashwant Ramteke from Bastar in Chhattisgarh is telling us about Chendru Mandavi who became famous in 1960s as Tiger Boy of Bastar when a film was made on his relationship with a tiger.He became more famous when a book was written on him Chendru: The boy and the tiger. Chendru who is 60+ now, is very ill and is in hospital and his family has no money for treatment. You are requested to help. For more Yashwant can be reached at 09424278552