Lingaraj Azad Despite living on their own assigned lands, more than 70 conservancy working families belonging to the most marginalized Arunthathiyar caste have been removed from their land by the District Administration at Dalit colony (Gandhi Nagar) in Thoothukudi. The officials in the district revenue administration have colluded with the local money lenders and intentionally …
Sterlite Wins Again
Bobby Kunhu “Charles Darwin is wrong: only the closest to the Government will survive” – Ljupka Cvetanova On 18th October, 2022, two reports were tabled before the Tamil Nadu State Assembly, the first report by a Commission of Inquiry headed by Retd. Justice A. Arumaghaswamy looked into the circumstances under which former 68-year-old Chief Minister, …
Vedanta Prepares To De-list
Damning Report Blames City Of London As Vedanta Prepares To De-list Foil Vedanta • Damning report on Vedanta’s operations released. MPs take note.• Protests at AGM as Vedanta de-lists.• FCA headquarters targeted as responsible for corporate crimes. Foil Vedanta* and a coalition of organisations have released a damning report ‘Vedanta’s Billions: Regulatory failure, environment and …
Post-Thoothukudi: Why the State can’t be trusted!
Bobby Kunhu There are two things that I have suspected after the Thoothukudi firing – which may seem obvious to many of the readers here. But let me reiterate those for the sake of the rest of what I am about to say. The first is that the 22nd May massacre in Thoothukudi was …
Milking Thoothukudi massacre for caste vendetta: The Boycott Kaala call
Bobby Kunhu The liberal Tamil intelligentsia is at it again – Pa Ranjith bashing – and this time for guilt by association. Following Rajinikanth’s visit to Thoothukudi after the massacre on 22nd May, he was publicly humiliated on camera by Santhosh, a young leader of the movement and also the coordinator of the All …
Protest corporate massacre of 12 protesters by Vedanta Sterlite
Foil Vedanta Dear friends, On Tuesday this week, police, with clear complicity of Vedanta, opened fire on the 100th day of protests against the Sterlite copper smelter in Tuticorin, Tamil Nadu, and killed 12 innocent and unarmed protesters. We will be holding a protest at the India High Commission (WC2B 4) in London on Saturday …