Bamboo and kendu power to the people

Those living in the forest villages of Odisha’s Kalahandi district, mostly tribal, are coming together to assert their rights over the forest provided to them by law, but often not claimed and sometimes denied. Satyasundar Barik finds that they are directly negotiating with traders to create a source of income without government go-betweens

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