Why tribals in Madhya Pradesh are sitting on funeral pyres, tying nooses around neck
A noose rests loosely around the necks of tribal women in Madhya Pradesh’s Chhatarpur. Beside them, another group lies motionless on a symbolic funeral pyre, while a few metres away, villagers stand waist-deep in the Barana River. None of these are acts of despair. They are carefully chosen forms of protest by tribals who say…