KATHIKUDAM to KALAKUDAM: A Pipeline to Disaster

Jananeethi was approached in 1996 by a group of people from Kathikudam complaining against industrial pollution of Kerala Chemicals and Proteins Limited (KCPL was later christened as Nitta Gelatin India Limited - NGIL) and exploring the chances of a Public Interest Litigation. The matter apparently was serious and calling for urgent legal action. Papers were prepared for a Writ Petition in the High Court of Kerala. However, the de facto petitioners did not turn up thereafter; hence petition was not moved. Later, it was informed that the petitioners were influenced by the polluter company and were given berth in the company. The problems, however, persisted. Physical survival was not possible due to the vicious circumstances. People everywhere were grumbling. Abject social vulnerability and overwhelming fear of the consequences prevented them from making formal complaints against the company. Read more at: /uploads/8/7/6/4/8764189/ngilkathikudamrpt.pdf

Wayanad Suicides: A Psycho-Social Autopsy

2006 witnessed the highest number of suicides among the farming community in Wayanad, Kerala. Almost every day the news of ‘farmer’s suicide’ occupied head lines and columns with photographs of the deceased. In this context, Jananeethi in partnership with other like-minded organizations designed a unique psycho-social and pro-active program for distress management, designed for the local needs. A key innovation of this intervention was a pioneering survey of 1690 families which reported a suicide since January 2000; the survey employed a rights based and socially empathetic 'befriending technique'. Read more at: /uploads/8/7/6/4/8764189/wayanadsuiciderpt.pdf

Vagamon Eco-Terrorism

‘Confuse, if you can not convince’ - is the new strategy Indian polity has been practicing of late. This strategy was effectively and extensively applied in Kerala state, in the context of the Global Investors’ Meet (GIM), the celebrated conglomeration of market, mafia and manipulation. One of the targets of the GIM, is the ‘dream land’ of “God’s own country” – the Vagamon Region. 
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People's Struggle Against Coca Cola in Plachimada: A Report

The 2002 agitation by the indigenous communities against the might of Coca Cola is now part of the folklore in activism. This report from Jananeethi explores the roots of the struggles and unravels the course of the agitation. /uploads/8/7/6/4/8764189/cocacola.pdf