Posts Tagged ‘india’

Gaon Chodab Nahi

Thursday, December 10th, 2009

This song describes the present day exploitation of tribal land and forests in the name of development.  Inspired by a song by Bhaghwan Maaji, leader of the adivasi struggle against bauxite mining in Kashipur, India.

‘Mine’ – Story of a Sacred Mountain

Saturday, September 26th, 2009

‘Mine’ – Story of a Sacred Mountain with Joanna Lumley from Survival International on Vimeo.

What will one tribe have to do to save everything they know?

Mine, narrated by Joanna Lumley, tells the story of the remote Dongria Kondh tribe’s struggle to protect the mountain they worship as a God.

London-based mining company Vedanta Resources plans a vast open-cast bauxite mine in India’s Niyamgiri hills, and the Dongria Kondh know that means the destruction of their forests, their way of life, and their mountain God.

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