Tribal women in Assam state, Feb 2009. Flickr in Wikimedia Commons

Hindustan Times-Oct 31

They are caught in the crossfire between the State and the rebels. Yet development is the only way out of the mess, if not for anyone else, but the tribals, who have been impoverished for years because of the negligence of the Indian state.

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First published in: Hindustan Times