My name is Madvi Nanda,We came from Sukma district,Koya Nendra Village in Chhattisarh.Now we are living in Bathula Village near Sathupally,Mandal,Khammam District. We cleared the forest and constructed Huts.All the women and children ran into the forest,when Forest people burned our houses on 1st July 2012.
They have abducted six of us and put us in forest office and beaten severely all the night and again they have beaten us in the morning also,finally they brought us to Palvoncha Town on 3rd July 2012 and left us.We are in a confused state of mind and we don’t know where our women and children are. We are hungry and fear,searching for our women and children in and around Bhadrachalam Forests.We don’t know when we will join our families. Please help us. For more Nanda can be reached through 09490353568

Hem Singh Markam is an adivasi from Sujankhar village in Pandaria block of Kawardha district of Chhattisgarh. He says I had reported few days back that a forest ranger is threatening us to throw us out of our village but I got no response. The ranger wants to do plantation on our land. The ranger’s number is 9981635708. He made us work for free promising land deeds.We have never got deeds for our land. People are scared for their future though they have started their farming with monsoon. The number for SDM is 07754254250. You are requested to please call them and help us. For more Markam ji can be reached at 07697818938

Arun Pradhan from Nagri village in Ranchi is telling us that today when villagers broke the boundary wall of proposed IIM more than 25 villagers got injured in police lathi charge. One is seriously injured and 4 have been arrested. He says govt is flouting CNT act, PESA act and laws of 5th schedule in not consulting the adivasis before acquiring their land. The people are fighting to save their livelihood, lives, culture and they will do it till their last bredth. For more Aun Ji can be reached at 09471160422

Ashok Singh Paigam from Singrauli district of Madhya Pradesh is telling us the story of Kohram Say Gond an adivasi who is living on a forest land from 1960s. He has paid fines to forest department all these years. According to Forest Rights Act he should be getting the land deed but not only the officials ill treat him whenever he requests for the same, the forest department has burnt his house quite a few times. He requests us to help Mr Gond and many similar adivasis who have not got their legal rights. For more Paigam Ji can be reached at 09893827032

Aparna Marandi from Jharkhand is singing a song to commemorate Santhal Hul (rebellion). On 30th June in 1855, East India Company had waged a war against the Santhal nation with the full fire support of the English Army. According to some historians 20,000 Santhal people died in this war. Not a single man withdrew but fought without surrendering. For more Aparna Ji can be reached at 09771949885