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Kunwar Prasoon, Veteran Activist & Journalist is No More

Uttarakhand Solidarity Network mourns the loss of Kunwar Prasoon, one of the leading lights of Uttarakhand’s many social movements. His life-long dedication to the cause of his people extended to all areas including his ground breaking expose (along with Sunil Kainthola) on bonded labour and…

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Smt Suman Lata Bhadola Sad Demise

A prayer meeting in memory of Smt Suman Lata Bhadola will be held on June 23, 2006 at Garhwal Bhawan in New Delhi at 11:00 AM. First Woman leader to be arrested for Uttarakhand movement and former Chair of UP Social Welfare Board Smt Suman…

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IE: Woman behind Valley of Flowers

Forest officer Jyotsna worked tirelessly to put Chamoli on UNESCO radar S.M.A.KAZMI, Indian Express Sunday, July 17, 2005 DEHRA DUN, JULY 16: The World Heritage Site (WHS) status for the Valley of Flowers in Chamoli has come after years of hard work by the forest…

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75th Anniversary of Peshawar Incident

by Chandan Dangi April 23 has a special meaning for all Uttarakhandis. On this day in 1930, the British rulers asked Garhwal Rifles to march forward and crush an agitation of SALT SATYAGRAHA by the Baluch people (PATHANS) in Peshawar. Havildar Chandra Singh Garhwali refused…

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Unique movement to conserve traditional seeds

Raju Gusain Jardhargaon, March 24 The ‘Beej Bachao Andolan’ (BBA), begun here in the late 1980s, is fifteen years old. Led by farmer and social activist Vijay Jardhari, the ‘Andolan’ has made village Jardhargaon of district Tehri famous for its unique movement to save the…

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Interview with Bali Devi

Bali Devi Rana, Head of the Mahila Mangal Dal (Women Welfare Group) of village Reni (Chamoli Garhwal, Uttarakhand, India) has recently returned from the Global Women’s Conference on Environment, organized by UNEP at Nairobi (Kenya) on 11-13 October 2004, where she shared the inaugural stage…

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A Grassroots Mountain Woman at an International Gathering in Kenya

Posted to Mountain Forum, October 28, 2004 Concerned that most of the agreements made at different global conferences in the last 32 years still remain un-honoured, over 200 women from more than 50 countries gathered at Global Women’s Assembly on Environment: “Women as the Voice…

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The issues and concerns of Chipko are still alive today

Press Club, Dehradun October 21, 2004 Bali Devi being greeted by Maasai women in Kenya. (courtesy of IISD)The Alliance for Development organized a press conference at the Press Club, Dehra Dun on 21 October 2004, on the return of Bali Devi and Biju Negi from…

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Bali Devi’s address to Global Women’s Assembly on Environment

Nairobi, Kenya, October 11, 2004 Translated by Biju Negi Listen to the Real Audio of Speech Sisters and Friends, Semanya (Greetings) I am Bali Devi from Reni, a distant village in Chamoli Garhwal, India. You may have heard of Himalaya. My village is in Himalaya.…

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Bali Devi greets Wangari Maathai

Bali Devi greets Nobel Prize winner Dr. Wangari Maathai in Nairobi (courtesy UNEP)

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