The long-term psychological trauma of being torn from the land which your community has cherished for countless generations is something very difficult for us, those who have lived our lives surrounded by cities and technology, to understand. Shakti Baiga lives in a village in the Core Zone of Achankmar National Park in Chhattisgarh, central India. His village has been given notice of their upcoming eviction, and the villagers (all members of the Baiga community, one of the most vulnerable tribes) are united in their refusal to leave their village.
The long-term psychological trauma of being torn from the land which your community has cherished for countless generations is something very difficult for us, those who have lived our lives surrounded by cities and technology, to understand. Shakti Baiga lives in a village in the Core Zone of Achankmar National Park in Chhattisgarh, central India. His village has been given notice of their upcoming eviction, and the villagers (all members of the Baiga community, one of the most vulnerable tribes) are united in their refusal to leave their village.
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