Author: K A Shaji

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“All my effort over the years will be wasted”

The Kurichiya tribal farmer hailed as “India's living paddy gene bank,” Cheruvayal Raman, is desperate to find a home for his seed collection, so that indigenous varieties can be preserved and propagated.

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Kerala’s backwater exodus

Villagers in the backwaters of Kerala are used to floods. But as homes become inundated by water throughout the year, many are fleeing.

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Kadar tribes face repeated displacement for hydel power projects

For more than a century, Kerala’s forest-dwelling tribes have been repeatedly evicted for power projects. Faced with another displacement, the tribes refuse to give up their rights