Tag: tribals
The ‘Fakir’ who rode the BMW: Deconstructing (inside) Modi’s ‘zero assets’ claim
Earlier this month, Prime Minister Narendra Modi claimed at an election rally in Jharkhand, that he is poor, owns no property and doesn’t even have a bicycle. But is this true? What does data say?
State-sponsored Massacre: Analysing Starvation Death of 7 Shabar Tribals in Lalgarh
Seven members of the Shabar tribe died due to hunger and malnutrition in the tribal-dominated Lalgarh area of West Medinipur (Paschim Medinipur) district of West Bengal in the month of […]
The Socio-Economic Caste Survey Results Burst the Bubble of Development
(This article was first published in July 2015 in the previous version of People’s Review. Due to an incident of hacking the old website was pulled down and we could only […]