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The Supreme Court Sends Forest Rights Back to a Dark Past

Tanay Gandhi 25/02/2019

In colonial India, encroachers were thought of as 'evil'...

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Why It’s Bad News That the NCST Wants to Rename the Indian Forest Service

Tanay Gandhi 19/11/2018

The key issue here is the different meanings of...