The Kaziranga National Park is a complex ecosystem with both social and wildlife dimensions. While Kaziranga is officially highlighted as a success story in conservation, there is a crisis building over the future of the park and the fringe villages. (Letters)

As the local protests against the Koodankulam nuclear power plant continue, the police brutally attack the villagers and sedition charges are foisted on women and children as well.

We are appalled at the police repression unleashed on the people protesting peacefully against the Koodan­kulam nuclear plant. The repression has forced them to take to a jal satyagraha. (Letters)

The protest by Omkareshwar oustees illustrates development without humanity. (Editorial)

With faltering industrial demand, workers are in a difficult situation with little room to manoeuvre. (Editorial)

Going through the data and analysis by Buddhadeb Ghosh the information about 6% of the stated unwilling land­owners holding 36% of the land points ­towards a clear class contradiction. What also contributed to this perception is that during the movement and even in the Singur Land Rehabilitation and Development Act, 2011, the neglected issue is the question of the fate of landless agricultural labourers, lessee cultivators, i e, the rural poor, who by sheer numbers qualify to be the most adversely affected section in the scenario.

Buddhadeb Ghosh (“What Made the ‘Unwilling Farmers’ Unwilling? A Note on Singur”, EPW, 11 August 2012) has made important observations that help us understand the Singur story better. However, I fi nd some of his arguments problematic. (Letters)