Saturday, November 24, 2007


Left out in the Vision 2020 bandwagon!!




Panthi

a irula herds women in Hallimoyar, Nilgiris
for her and many others in her community -
life is all about cattles and Hallimayor seldom venturing
beyond, weathering the sun, rains and wilderness they
survive on meagres of the low milk yielding cows
(stock mainly reared for their cow dung).
With the bovine stock rearing discouraged in this area,
there is a dilution in their culture and loss of livelihood as their
grazing lands,come under the Nilgiri Eastern Ghats Elephant
Reserves preview. Hence they are marginalised
for the sake of greater common good! on the other
side in the name of development, the fringe areas of these
forests are vanishing.
Now is their loss of livelihood and culture justified?


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