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Tribal? No Job? Become SPO

“There has to be a way out!” I had argued with Rabi the previous night. It was getting stifling that there was no way to get to Jajpur Road – just 15 kms away – during the day. Early on Tuesday (June 22) I managed to find the light to guide me out of the tunnel....

created by Priyanka Borpujari | 1 year ago
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How Much Would You Sell Your Mother For?

It is 6 am on a Monday (June 21) and she has just finished sweeping the floor. She offers me a cup of strong tea as we sit under the shade of a large tree, we talk about food. Soon, she will have to run to the fields – not to work, but to see the huge bulldozers coming and...

created by Priyanka Borpujari | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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Kalinganagar: The Bermuda Triangle In India

The Wikipedia states that Kalinga was an early kingdom in central-eastern India, which was a rich and fertile land, and was the scene of the bloody Kalinga War fought by the Maurya Emperor Ashoka the Great of Magadha circa 265 BCE. Several centuries, in a northern part of...

created by Priyanka Borpujari | 1 year ago
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Australia: Return to a secret country, by John Pilger

In his latest column for the New Statesman, John Pilger marks the 20th anniversary of the publication of A Secret Country, his best-selling history of Australia, with a description of Aboriginal Australia and its relationship with white authority following Prime Minister...

created by Maireid Sullivan | 2 years ago
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AUSTRALIA: THE Northern Territory INTERVENTION IN ACTION

700 CHECKS, TWO ABUSE REFERRALS:THE NT INTERVENTION IN ACTIONWednesday, 05 September, 2007By Anna LamboysCrikey.com.auWhen John Howard and Mal Brough announced the "national emergency" over child sexual abuse it was seen by many people as an appropriate call to arms.What has...

created by Maireid Sullivan | 4 years ago
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