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Www.videorepublic.tv is an online web platform for videos made by activists, rural journalists & ordinary people that remain marginalized by the hegemony of corporate media. From cellphones to handycams a number of cheap video recording devices are now available for common people to document their struggles. Just record, upload and mail your link to  videorepublic.tv@gmail.com [...]

Kalinga Nagar Chandia Police Firing 2010 – Part 5

Illegal demolitions, lathicharge and firing. The women of Chandia explain what they face to save their home and hearth from Tata Steel.

Kalinga Nagar Chandia Police Firing 2010 – Part 4

A medical activist reveals a ‘weapon of mass repression’ in Chandia.

Kalinga Nagar Chandia Police Firing 2010 – Part 3

Jema Haneka of Chandia explains how police was enforcing forceful demolitions at gunpoint.

Kalinga Nagar Chandia Police Firing 2010 – Part 2

In the firing, Lakshman Jamuda, a senior citizen of Chandia was shot dead and his dead body was disposed off mysteriously. His nephew narrates how it all happened.  

Kalinga Nagar Chandia Police Firing 2010 – Part 1

Hundreds of policemen swarm Chandia village to enforce illegal demolitions for Tata Steel’s new steel plant.

Kalinga Nagar: NO ONE HERE GETS OUT ALIVE

The Adivasi people of Kalinga Nagar face inhuman repression but continue to resist displacement.

Victims of Kalinga Nagar Attack 2010

Late evening a team of concerned citizens and a retired doctor managed to reach the devastated villages and provide primary first-aid. 30 March 2010.

Kalinga Nagar Under Attack 2010

Aftermath of raid by para-military and mafia on Baligotha village. 30 March 2010.

Kalinga Nagar Police Firing 2010

Police opening fire upon villagers of Kalinga Nagar on 30 Marc 2010. The videographer was targeted and shot with rubber bullets while shooting this.