Every day, every single minute a poor farmer is being driven away from his land. His land is being given to corporates to build malls, industries and other temples of development.A Buddha statue is to be installed at the cost of $250 million dollars. It will displace 2990 families. Where will they go? Will they ever get compensated? Has anyone ever got compensated?
This Independence Day let’s stop saying everything is going to be alright.
No it will not. Unless we start questioning our systems in larger numbers than we have ever done before. Make use of RTIs. Question. Question. Question. And if you don’t get answers, demand them.
This Independence Day let’s stop saying everything is going to be alright. This Independence Day, let’s start making things right.
The Land Acquisition Act is dispossessing millions of Indians of their homes, their basic human rights. And that’s neither pessimistic, nor optimistic. That’s plain and simple reality.
This poster is based on a powerful Tehelka story by Magsaysay Award winner, Sandeep Pandey. Click to read it.
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awesome stuff. very well done hemant. your work is always inspiring. and i sincerely hope more get inspired to help stop the maddness before it engulfs us all.
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