Satyen Bordoloi, Dantewada, 2 January 2010: Zulaikha Jabeen, an activist from Raipur, who has been with Himanshu Kumar in Dantewada for the last two days, talks about sexual crimes against women in Chhattisgarh in this war in the tribal belt of India. She states how crimes against a woman’s body is used as a weapon with specific example of the rapes in Samsetti village of Dantewada district. |
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 jv71vbjhmCI  Himanshu Kumar vs. The State of Chhattisgarh (Part 2) Who is Himanshu Kumar? What is Vanvasi Chetna Ashram (VCA)? Why is the state government bent upon throwing out this man? What did he do before the state of Chhattisgarh demolished his ashram on flimsy grounds and before he sat on this fast in defiance? What about the four women who were raped and hundreds others who have, or will share the same fate? |
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It is a metaphor matched in heaven. In the market place of Dantewada, Chhattisgarh, India, every Wednesday, a market comes to life where tribals from afar come to buy and sell their wares. Amidst the cacophony of the market, you’ll hear one that rises above all others. It’s as if a boxing match is about to begin somewhere. |
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Priyanka Borpujari Dantewada30 December 2009
It is not easy to see a pale Himanshu Kumar, for whom, even smiling on the fourth day of fast – December 29 – seems to be an effort. I avoid making new conversations with him – because I know we would not cease to talk; perhaps also because I shudder when I preempt the result of his silent ways. |
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