This bilingual booklet (English and Halbi) recounts the struggle of adivasi women in Bastar to gain control over non-timber forest products against enormous odds. Despite a long history of non-adivasi monopoly over forest resources, both through legal and illegal methods, the Mahila Arthik Samooh from Bastar gained considerable space in the politics surrounding NTFPs. Much of their success was due to the understanding and empathy with the adivasi peoples, whose livelihood depends on the use and commerce of NTFPs. This booklet traces the beginnings of this local movement as well as the various obstacles that they encounter on an ongoing journey.
Translated into Halbi by Arjun Nag.
12 pages, paperbound, with black-and-white photos

For your copy or more information, contact any of the following:
Madhu Ramnath
104 Ganga Compound
Kodaikanal – 624 101
Tamil Nadu, India
Email: madelly@gmail.com

Ms. Kalawati
Village Asna
Near Jagdalpur 494221
Bastar District
Chattisgarh, India
Tel: 07782-261204

Arjun Nag
Gandhi Nagar Ward
Jagdalpur 494001
Bastar District
Chattisgarh, India
Tel: 07782-223541