Whose country is it anyway?' book to be released in Delhi

Jharkhand based human rights activist Gladson Dungdung’s book, “Whose country is it anyway?” will be released on 7th February, 2013 at the New Delhi World Book Fare.

The book will be released by social activists Swami Agnivesh, Himanshu Kumar and anthropologist Dr. Felix Padel.

Gladson Dungdung

Kolkata based publishing house ‘Adivaani’ has published the book, which is priced at Rs. 200 (296 pages).

The book deals with the following issues: Adivasis and violence, displacement, land and forest, red corridor, corporate crime, dissent voice, communalism and civil society.

It talks about how the Adivasis are being discriminated, exploited, alienated, displaced, and brutally killed in their own country despite having laws and policies in favour of them.

The book describes how the Adivasis were discriminated after the Aryan invasion, their plight during the British rule and their condition after formation of States like Jharkhand and Chhatisgarh.

Renowned dancer and choreographer Mallika Sarabhai has written the book’s foreword. She writes, “Take three maps of India, one showing the habitat of the Adivasis, another showing the mineral and forest deposits, and the third the spread of Maoists. Not surprisingly, they are pretty much the same.

And therein lies the continuing tragedy that the nation and the State unrolls for the Adivasis today.”

In a review of the book, Felix Padel writes, “Cultural Genocide is the term for what Adivasis are facing now all over India, and this book is a landmark in spelling out the injustice. By bringing out the truth, and documenting the situation from an authentic Adivasi perspective, this book gives hope for a turning of the tide that will counteract the genocidal invasions and takeovers of Adivasi land.” - TWL Bureau