august 2010 latest news on the dongria kondh
‘It is without any shadow of doubt the finest and most enjoyable piece of non-
Jack Kelsey, founder trustee of SKCV
A quest for adventure becomes a labour of love as Mark Helyar gains intimate access into the heart of Indian society rarely experienced by the western world.
rising from the dust springs
india’s hidden voices
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Now that the fifth tallest dam in the world has been completed, Mark returned to the region to discover the impact it’s had on the lives of the many displaced villagers whose homes are now under water.
Mark revisited several of the people and projects in Uttarakhand to discover how life has changed for them.
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Bianca Jagger will deliver an Amnesty International petition signed by over 30,000
people to the London AGM of FTSE 100-
Amnesty International,
Avatar’s Na’vi in London to stop Vedanta mine
Two Na’vi from James Cameron’s film Avatar today paid a visit to British mining company Vedanta Resources’ Annual General Meeting in Westminster, London.
Survival International, 28 July 2010
Vedanta’s pantomime performance at AGM on 28 July 2010
"Was it like a panto then?" asked a woman from Survival as I tried to explain what it was like being inside the shareholder meeting...
In Niyamgiri with the Kondhas Tribes
A tribal region is under threat as Vedanta Resources plc, a UK company, proposes to mine the Niyamgiri Mountain for Bauxite. Mark was commissioned by Resurgence magazine to explore the situation in greater depth:
*** published as a web exclusive ***
The Sanctity of Land: Money is still deemed
to have more worth than natural assets.
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narrated by Joanna Lumley
“Indian authorities have given local communities scant or misleading information
about the potential impact of a proposed alumina refinery expansion and mining project
to be operated by subsidiaries of UK-
The report, Don’t Mine Us out of Existence: Bauxite Mine and Refinery Devastate Lives in India documents how the alumina refinery is causing air and water pollution that threatens the health of local people and their access to water. “People are living in the shadow of a massive refinery, breathing polluted air and afraid to drink from and bathe in a river that is one of the main sources of water in the region,” said Ramesh Gopalakrishnan, Amnesty International’s researcher on South Asia.
Amnesty International condemns mining project
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Why Indians don't care about David Cameron
The British media may have got itself worked up over
David Cameron's visit but Indians have other priorities