No Country for the Adivasis

<p data-pm-slice="0 0 []">What happens when a million-dollar mining corporation eyes a pristine ecological space protected by constitutional safeguards? Plenty of corruption for sure! This episode unravels the conflict over bauxite in the Niyamgiri hills, Orissa, and looks at the contest between private commercial and constitutional interests. Plus, starting with this episode, The Longest Constitution embarks on a mini-history of free speech in independent India, beginning with the first constitutional challenge on free speech, the Romesh Thapar case, 1950. </p><p><strong>On Romesh Thapar:</strong> </p><ol><li data-list-indent="1" data-list-type="numbered"><p><u><a href="https://www.india-seminar.com/2017/697/697_arudra_burra.htm" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://www.india-seminar.com/2017/697/697_arudra_burra.htm</a></u> </p></li><li data-list-indent="1" data-list-type="numbered"><p><u><a href="https://globalfreedomofexpression.columbia.edu/cases/thappar-v-madras/#:~:text=Case%20Analysis,-Case%20Summary%20and&amp;text=Romesh%20Thappar%20filed%20a%20petition,public%20safety%E2%80%9D%20was%20too%20broad" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://globalfreedomofexpression.columbia.edu/cases/thappar-v-madras/#:~:text=Case%20Analysis,-Case%20Summary%20and&amp;text=Romesh%20Thappar%20filed%20a%20petition,public%20safety%E2%80%9D%20was%20too%20broad</a></u>.</p></li></ol><p><strong>On the Niyamgiri conflict:</strong> </p><ol><li data-list-indent="1" data-list-type="numbered"><p><u><a href="https://www.newyorker.com/culture/photo-booth/the-diverging-paths-of-two-young-women-foretell-the-fate-of-a-tribe-in-india" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://www.newyorker.com/culture/photo-booth/the-diverging-paths-of-two-young-women-foretell-the-fate-of-a-tribe-in-india</a></u></p></li><li data-list-indent="1" data-list-type="numbered"><p><u><a href="https://www.survivalinternational.org/tribes/dongria" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://www.survivalinternational.org/tribes/do