Sweta Daga

Sharmila Joshi

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“For the first time in my life, I felt strong,” says Sukalo Gond, about bringing together her Adivasi community to demand their land and forest rights in Majhouli village in Sonbhadra district of Uttar Pradesh.Before making calls for her work with the All India Union of Forest Working People, going off for meetings, court appearances (see ‘<a href="https://ruralindiaonline.org/articles/i-knew-i-was-going-to-jail-that-day">I knew I was going to jail that day</a>…’), morchas and other tireless tasks as an activist, Sukalo is up at 5 a.m. every day, attending to her cows, cooking and cleaning.Here, she is cutting okra (or ‘ladies fingers’), with her phone close by because she is expecting a call from a union member. A neighbour’s child looks on.(The author met Sukalo before she was re-arrested on June 8, 2018, and jailed again.)

At the cutting edge of forest rights struggles

ਜੰਗਲ ਅਧਿਕਾਰ ਦੀ ਲੜਾਈ ਤੇ ਹਾਸ਼ੀਏ ਨੂੰ ਧੱਕੇ ਲੋਕ

வன உரிமைக்கான போராட்டங்களின் விளிம்பு

ଜଙ୍ଗଲ ଅଧିକାର ସଂଘର୍ଷର ଉପକଣ୍ଠରେ

বন অধিকার আদায়ের সংগ্রাম

جنگلات کے حقوق کی لڑائی کے حاشیہ پر

वन अधिकार की लड़ाई और हाशिए पर सिमटे लोग

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At the cutting edge of forest rights struggles

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