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C.K. JANU
C.K. JANU In January 2003, tribals 'illegally' occupied a part of the wildlife sanctuary in Muthanga, Kerala. Forcible eviction by the police resulted in the death of one tribal and injuries to others. Leading the tribal resistance was Janu, a young woman who had mobilised their protest at the government's failure to honour its commitment to the tribals: the restoration of land alienated from them for 'development'. Dispossessed of their lands, the adivasis feared they would lose their identity and their livelihood. In Mother Forest: The Unfinished Story of C.K. Janu (Women Unlimited, 2004), part of Women Unlimited's new series Personal/Political, Janu speaks of her childhood, her political awakening as a party worker in the CPM, her growing disillusionment with it, and her break from it after she felt it had betrayed the tribals. |
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