My lessons from Assam 2021- Tribals are not a uniform ‘vote bank’

Elections are fascinating. The adrenaline rush of campaigning, countless debates, the anticipation of results, unpredictability, exit polls and final results. All of it. I participated directly in the last Assam Assembly elections as a part of Pranab Doley’s outreach team. Pranab contested from Bokakhat LAC, which is home to the famous Kaziranga National Park. Pranab…

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Of Elephants, Conservation, and Indigenous people

The death of 20 elephants, killed allegedly by lightning, has brought Mikir Bamuni into spotlight. Good thing. People are now agitated, so much so that they are even talking about forceful land grabbing by Azure Solar Plant. Even before the death of those elephants, there was a movement going on against the land grabbing but…

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