Agragamee is a group of professionals, activists and thinkers working with marginalized and underprivileged communities in the tribal districts of Orissa,in India. Our efforts at initiating a people-centred development have combined an issue-based approach with programmes for socio-economic development.
In India, tribal societies have remained sidetracked from the main historical current of development for centuries. In many instances industrialization and mining operations have led to the uprooting of tribal villages, and the displaced were forced to lead the lives of industrial nomads. They have lost their traditional occupations, agricultural land, houses and other immovable assets. They are left unemployed and face unfair competition with others in the Indian labour market.
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PESA- A Reality Check By Vidhya Das
Tribal communities have had a long history of struggle against the British during the colonial times. In the Annals of Hunter in the Annals of Rural Bengal wrote of the Santhal rebellions: " What we (British Army) fought was not a war. So long as their (Santals') drum went beating, they went on fighting to the last man." About 20,000 Santals died and Hunter concludes, " There was not a single sepoy (soldier) in the British army who did not feel ashamed."
The war of the Kondhs against British domination has also been extensively documented by the administrators. The British sought to put an end to the ritual of human sacrifice of the Kondhs... more u
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GRAIN BANKS & FOOD SECURITY: AGRAGAMEE'S EXPERIENCE IN UNDERDEVELOPED TRIBAL POCKETS
The question of food security or rather of food insecurity should necessarily engage one and all intrinsically, as it is the most fundamental violation of all human rights. Yet, in this country, shamefully, as grain stocks pile up, millions migrate, undergo conditions akin to slavery, and suffer untold misery due to lack of food... more u |
FOOD POLICY & TRIBAL POVERTY
Historically, famine relief has been considered and accepted as the responsibility of the state. As early as the Mauryan period, provincial governors undertook relief operations in times of distress. Grain stocks were maintained in Government granaries, and released in the times of scarcity... more u
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| FOOD SECURITY: THE REALITY AND THE VISION |
50 years down the line from independence the elusive chimera of food security still troubles this nation, as it dangles far away for millions of our population who suffer untold hardships because they are hungry. What is the situation in our country today , what do we need to look at, when we talk of food security? more u
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AN APPEAL TO CIVIL SOCIETY
A recent Orissa Cabinet Sub-Committee decision regarding transfer of land and mining lease to the private companies in the Scheduled Areas... more u
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DECLINING QUALITY OF RIVER WATER IN ORISSA
Generally it is observed that industrial effluents, mine drainage water, untreated sewage from urban settlements, agricultural water and run off from open defecation on the river banks have been the major causes of river water pollution... more u |
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