Fighting for their forest: The tribe in India battling for their future against a power source of the past

In a central Indian state, tribes have been fighting to save their forest and homes from what’s below them: coal. Yet the fuel mined here will not benefit the forest’s residents. Instead, it will be sent across the country to a state which struggles to keep the lights on. A state that just happens to also be at the heart of India’s solar revolution. 

 

Esha Mitra

Esha Mitra is an Indian journalist and producer who has reported on issues of gender, caste, class and other socio-political inequalities, LGBTQ+ issues, mental health, the rise of Hindutva and islamophobia in India. She has been published in CNN International, Al Jazeera, and other international and Indian news outlets.

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