Apr

Bastar Proceedings, 2003

The meeting in Bastar, the heart of Central India in the new state of Chattisgarh, started with a welcome address by Kala from Asna. Kala being an indigenous person from Bastar, could clearly empasise the issues faced by her people. In her warm welcome address were hidden signs of despair – Bastar was a place from which outsiders came to “take away”, in the form of material wealth or knowledge, rarely ever to give back. She hoped that this meeting would result in some concrete action and support to the activities in the field of NTFP being done in Bastar.