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	The Kalahandi Syndrome: Starvation in Spite of Plenty DEVINDER SHARMA* 19apr02
		Kalahandi and Koraput districts are, in fact, amongst the major contributors of rice to the Food Corporation of India.
		Kalahandi is an area of foodgrain "surplus", contributing a fourth of Orissa’s share to the procurement agencies.
		The extent of poverty and malnutrition that afflicts Kalahandi belt is beyond the comprehension of the standard economic models.
	www.mindfully.org /Food/Kalahandi-Syndrome-Sharma19apr02.htm (2600 words)

	Drought in the Folklore of Kalahandi
		Kalahandi is a district in the State of Orissa, It was Known as Mahakantara (great forest) in ancient India.
		The more interesting fact is that since 1985 Kalahandi has been well-known for its misfortune being affected by acute drought, but merchants from distant places of our country and abroad have been arriving at Kalahandi to build up their good fortunes, exploiting the native soil for getting precious stones.
		Kalahandi hits the headlines in newspapers for the repeated drought situation that has broken the economic backbone of the cultivators.
	www.geocities.com /bororissa/dro.html (2566 words)

	LobbyWatch.org...
		Kalahandi is otherwise a fertile tract and has traditionally been a basket of food.
		So much so that in 1943, at the time of the Bengal famine, Kalahandi had come to the rescue of the famine stricken Bengal, he said and justified that the problem is not with the means of boosting production through conventional means.
		What is not known is that Kalahandi region is the biggest contributor of surplus rice to the central food reserve.
	www.lobbywatch.org /archive2.asp?arcid=2278 (625 words)

	Biotechnology: Not the Answer To Hunger
		Kalahandi is otherwise a fertile tract and has traditionally been food surplus.
		In the past five years, Kalahandi has provided some 50,000 tonnes of rice on an average to the food reserves of the government of India, the highest from the State.
		The only way to escape the humiliation and shame that is associated with governing over a country where at least a third of the population is deprived of food, is to find solace and escape in cosmetic measures.
	www.biotech-info.net /Biotechnology_not_answer.html (1111 words)

	House of Hope (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The state of Orissa is one of the most backward states of India and District Kalahandi is its worst district.
		A rural district, Kalahandi is a hilly dry-forest tract where civilization is yet to make it's presence felt.
		It is obvious that the task ahead in Kalahandi cannot be the sole responsibility of Government agencies and a concerted effort has to be made by voluntary agencies along with the Government.
	www.hohindia.org /kalahandi.htm (575 words)

	Indian Journal of Medical Research: Nutritional status of preschool children in the drought affected Kalahandi district ...
		A community-based cross-sectional study was undertaken to determine the magnitude of undernutrition and protein-energy malnutrition among young children during 1996-97 in drought affected Kalahandi district of Orissa.
		The mean values of anthropometric measurements among Kalahandi preschool children according to age and sex are presented in Table I. In both the sc ves, mean height and weight consistently increased with the increase in age.
		Overall, the Kalahandi children were found to have a mean value of 75.5 per cent of NCHS standards for weight.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_qa3867/is_200003/ai_n8893662 (1468 words)

	The Hindu on indiaserver.com : Dams and bombs - I
		Kalahandi, in the largely adivasi and forested region of western Orissa, has become the symbol of starvation and hunger in India.
		The hills are, therefore, forested and green - indeed, 40 per cent of the area of Kalahandi is under the control of the State - while much of the plains area is relatively barren.
		As with Kalahandi, so is elsewhere: the really hungry areas of India are the remote, adivasi areas, areas marred not by development but by the lack of development.
	www.narmada.org /archive/hindu/files/hindu.19990804.05042524.htm (1487 words)

	A fact-finding report on attack on the villagers' agitatating against their displacement due to the proposed Sterlite ...
		The proposed Alumina plant at Lanjigarh, Block Lanjigarh, Dist. Kalahandi, by Sterlite Industries (India) Limited is a one million ton export-oriented project with an investment cost of Rs.
		In accordance with the letter No. 205(400) dated 26.6.2002 of the Collector, Kalahandi, Bhawanipatan, 12 villages of the Gram Panchayat Lanjigarh and Batelima will be affected by the proposed Alumina Plant at Lanjigarh.Out of which 60 families will be displaced and 302 families will be affected as their land will be acquired for the project.
		In the same notice people were intimated to give their opinion or register complaints about the proposed project at the office of Revenue Inspector, Lanjigarh on 22.6.2002.
	www.pucl.org /Topics/Industries-envirn-resettlement/2003/sterlite.htm (3124 words)

	The Hindu : Distress: A way of life in Kalahandi
		Beyond the sensationalism of news headlines and the reports of distress and starvation, is the tragedy of a population that has been consistently deprived of its rights and entitlements.
		Beyond the sensationalism of news headlines and the sporadic reports of distress and starvation, is the tragedy of a large population that has been systematically and consistently deprived of its rights and entitlements.
		Pradhan points out that Kalahandi's annual rainfall is as much as 1,250mm on an average, and the region, naturally rich in terms of resources, produces more food per person than Orissa and India as a whole.
	www.hinduonnet.com /2001/05/13/stories/13130610.htm (3013 words)

	The Financial Express: Editorials (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		In Kalahandi, between 1983 and 1987, 80 per cent of deaths were registered as due to ‘other causes’.
		In Kalahandi, the silence of the people in the face of recurring food scarcity from 1985 to 1996 has remained a mystery, especially as similarly affected tribals in Madhya Pradesh had expressed their anger through loot and plunder.
		When Rajiv Gandhi visited Kalahandi in 1985, promising prosperity and plenty in the form of irrigation projects and other development works, the people were overwhelmed as they had been when his mother had visited them in the drought of 1966.
	www.financialexpress.com /fe20010915/ed3.html (947 words)

	Toshali Sands » Shopping :: Puri Destination Guide
		Kalahandi beckons are discrening traveller who with his back-pack years for his place in the sun.
		The environment with it breath-taking array of warm, over-whelming forests which are dark been during the day owing to the Sun-light which falls in patches, to the juge mountains and craggy hills, continues to inspire the Tribal artists who skillfully weave the magic of their surroundings in their work.
		Dotted with Water-falls and developing towns, Kalahandi is a wonderful combination of ethnic civilization which is adapting itself to the demands of modernity.
	www.toshalisands.com /puri/guides/shopping (763 words)

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		He was actively involved in politics from ’74 to ’94 with the Janata Dal where he held the post of Janta Dal District President from ’92 to ’94.
		He was an activist with the Balco Movement and the Farmer’s Movement in Kalahandi during ’85 to ’88.
		Kalahandi is one of the most backward districts of Orissa.
	www.us.cry.org /project_details.asp?project_id=77 (858 words)

	Arts - Thesis Abstract \| Dissertation Thesis
		The history of political economy of food and food security as a public policy of contemporary times in India is invariably open to diverse, sometimes contradictory interpretations, depending on the outlook, approach, and ideology of the research scholars and perspective of the policy makers.
		Perhaps, this is not true in case of Kalahandi district of Orissa--one of the poorest, most underdeveloped districts of India despite nature’s generosity.
		The PDS has crossed 62 years of working as a public policy in a welfare state like India but nevertheless the problem of hunger, starvation, malnutrition, poverty and food security of the poor and vulnerable sections of the society by cheap food is in question.
	www.thesisabstracts.com /articles/publish/abstract_56.shtml (528 words)

	unwed mothers, Orissa tribes, sunita sharma and amarendra kishore, intwot , Kalahandi, bolangir, koraput, shifting ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Till the end of November, 2004 INTWOT documented 45 cases of unwed mothers in Kalahandi, Bolangir, Koraput, Phulbani and Rayagara districts of Orissa.
		Kalahandi has always been hitting the headines of national and international media for its wrong reason.
		The villages of Kalahandi is the rhapsody of corruption, negligence, starvation death, drought.
	www.helptribals.org /research.htm (1579 words)

	Dr. polit. Dan Banik
		The focus of the study is on reported instances of 'starvation deaths' in the tribal-dominated and drought-prone Kalahandi district of Orissa, which over the past couple of decades has achieved notoriety as the "starvation capital" of India.
		The purpose is not to undertake a detailed discussion of the Purulia case but to briefly examine the severe drought that affected Purulia in 1998 and subsequent government action that prevented starvation deaths.
		In the penultimate chapter of the thesis, I summarise the arguments on Kalahandi presented under each of the three preceding parts and arrive at some generalisations on the relationship between democracy, public action and the prevention of starvation deaths.
	www.statsvitenskap.uio.no /fag/polit/disputas/2003/banik.html (631 words)

	Politics divides royal family in Orissa - Sify.com
		Kalahandi in Orissa has always been in the headlines for the wrong reasons - drought, starvation deaths and sale of children.
		But, now it has hit the headlines for a queer reason - three members of the Kalahandi royal family are in three political parties thus carrying their political intrigues into the palace.
		The king of Kalahandi Maharaj Udit Pratap Deo is in the Biju Janata Dal(BJD) while his brother Bikram keshari Deo is in the BJP.
	sify.com /fullstory.php?id=13456138 (339 words)

	Spinning yarns of success - Deccan Herald (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Thanks to the efforts of Kalahandi Vikash Parishad (KVP) which is engaged in producing ‘Nuakala’ garments, these women belonging to the Gond tribe in Kalahandi have left behind a life of poverty and suffering.
		Kalahandi Vikash Parishad had been previously working with the tribals of Kalahandi and Nuapada districts in areas like watershed management, relief work and sustainable employment generation.
		It is then that the idea of poverty alleviation through sustainable employment generation struck me. There was a substantial area in Kalahandi with fl cotton soil that was suitable for cotton cultivation, for which the water requirement is almost 20 times less compared to paddy cultivation.
	www.deccanherald.com /deccanherald/dec13/she4.asp (943 words)

	XI LOK SABHA DEBATES, Session III (Winter)
		In 1965-66, it was a famine situation and during that period the famine situation in Kalahandi and Nuapada had rocked the whole nation, the nation's attention was diverted and the Central Government's teams visited again and again during this period.
		Madam, as you know, it is not for the first time that Kalahandi district has been affected by drought and this district has been affected on a number of times but no permanent measures have been taken; no effective measures have been taken.
		The vast area of Kalahandi District, the main canal of Upper Indravati Project is going along but the Koksara block, the Dharmagarh block and Jaipatna block, the three block major area, which is supposed to be irrigated under lift canal of Upper Indravati Project, the Government has totally neglected it.
	parliamentofindia.nic.in /lsdeb/ls11/ses3/14271196.htm (2397 words)

	Dan Banik \| PhD Thesis \| Democracy, drought and starvation: Testing Sen in theory and practice (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		In addition to the role of political parties and a free press that Sen emphasises, I argue that it is also important to study the interaction and relations between a whole set of democratic actors and institutions in India including the judiciary, the bureaucracy, political parties, Panchayati Raj and the legislature.
		Given this relative invisibility, chronic malnutrition and severe undernutrition causing starvation deaths is not recognised as a major crisis warranting the same kind of response that is reserved for famine.
		The comparison between Kalahandi and Purulia districts shows that there are differences even within India’s democratic political system in terms of the ability to prevent starvation deaths.
	folk.uio.no /danbanik/phdthesis.htm (1350 words)

	Sustainable Economic And Education Development Society (SEEDS) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The Kalahandi - Bolangir Initiative was founded by Priyadarshan Patra, Dhanada Mishra and the late Srinivas Praharaj, and several others in 1993.
		A library extension is being erected at the Kanyashram at Jalsapetta in Kalahandi.
		Concern for the situation in Kalahandi and Bolangir districts of Orissa formed the inspiration for SEEDS.
	www.spindroptech.com /gallery/osa/outreach/SEEDS.html (1243 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Over 20 invited speakers from different corners of India were invited to share their experiences in the field of Indian medicinal and aromatic plants.
		These plants are new for the farmers of Kalahandi and they want to start its cultivation only after understanding the all aspects particularly the marketing.
		Many speakers promoted the cultivation of improved varieties of Aonla (Phyllanthus emblica), for medicinal purposes but possibly they are not aware that Aonla fruits of wild origin, rich in fibre, are more important as far as medicinal properties are concerned as compared to the improved varieties.
	www.botanical.com /site/column_poudhia/publish/journal/906.txt (775 words)

	Kalahandi to witness keen contest between Cong, BJP
		Bhawanipatna, Sept 24: Kalahandi is poised for a close fight between BJP nominee Bikram Keshari Deo and former Union minister Bhakta Charan Das of the Congress.
		Deo, scion of the Kalahandi royal family, is banking on the Vajpayee wave to enter the Lok Sabha the second consecutive time, while Das is trying to cash in on the Congress infrastructure and lack of coordination between the BJP and the Biju Janata Dal (BJD).
		Encouraged by the response to his campaign, Das says, ``People have accepted me as a Congress candidate this time and no section of the party considers me an outsider anymore.'' The district Congress office in Bhawanipatna is abuzz from 6 am till past midnight, unlike in other constituencies where party offices wear a dull look.
	www.expressindia.com /ie/daily/19990925/ipo25095.html (428 words)

	The Tribune, Chandigarh, India - SOCIETY PAGE
		An effort to train the women of Kalahandi region, associated with starvation deaths, in fabric making could change the profile of the district.
		Along with an ailing husband and old in-laws, she seemed to be heading for a starvation death, the inevitable destiny of most women like her in Kalahandi.
		All these women from the Gond tribe in Kalahandi have left poverty and privation behind because of the handmade cotton ‘Nuakala’ garments produced by them, thanks to Kalahandi Vikash Parishad which has been working among the tribals of Kalahandi and Nuapada districts.
	www.tribuneindia.com /2005/20050410/society.htm (2740 words)

	Welcome to Odissi.com \| Orissa \| Bhawanipatna
		BHAWANIPATNA, the headquarters of Kalahandi District, is a town of numerous temples dedicated to different deities of Hindu pantheon.
		Named after its presiding deity ‘Bhawanishankar’, it is the most convenient base for touring various places of interest in the district and the nearby district of Nawapara.
		The old capital of the ex-State of kalahandi, Junagarh was a well built fort with Oriya inscriptions on its temple walls – 26 kms.
	www.odissi.com /orissa/places/bhawanipatna.htm (221 words)

	HIMAL SOUTH ASIAN \| July 2003 \| Analysis \| Penury in plenty
		In Kalahandi district, over 50 percent of all workers are employed mainly as agricultural labourers.
		Land record transactions in Kalahandi indicate a concentration of low-lying and hence better-irrigated (behal) land with large landowners; public land encroachment, again by the larger landowners; provision of credit by local sahukars (moneylenders) conditional to mortgage of land and labour; and seasonal constraints on productive capacity.
		The influence wielded by feudal elements based in Bhawanipatna, capital of the erstwhile princely state of Kalahandi and currently its district headquarters, may be gauged from their success in thwarting the laying of rail tracks through their ‘fortress’.
	www.himalmag.com /2003/july/analysis.htm (4438 words)

	A mining controversy
		The rehabilitation colony constructed by Vedanta Alumina at Lanjigarh in Kalahandi district.
		At the centre of the controversy is an agreement between the Orissa Mining Corporation (OMC) and Vedanta Alumina Ltd. for bauxite mining in Kalahandi district.
		According to the government, the company has applied for 723.343 hectares for the alumina refinery project, out of which 58.94 hectares was forest land and the rest private or revenue land.
	www.flonnet.com /fl2124/stories/20041203002004400.htm (1129 words)

	Royalty vs commoners in western Orissa - Sify.com
		Descendants of the Maharajas continued to hold sway over Kalahandi and Bolangir, the poorest of the districts in the country known more for backwardness, poverty and starvation deaths.
		Bikram Keshari Deo, the younger son of P K Deo had won the Kalahandi seat twice in 1998 and 1999 and he was facing his old rival and former Union minister Bhakta Charan Das of Congress this time also.
		Poll observers say that the Congress candidate has improved his position compared to last election when he had lost by a whopping margin of over 1.16 lakh votes and the seat is likely to witness a tough fight this time.
	sify.com /fullstory.php?id=13455718 (346 words)

	Soil structure woes add to Kalahandi monsoon failure
		Bhawanipatna, Sept 9: While monsoon failure and lack of irrigation are two major factors for poor agricultural yield in the Kalahandi district of Orissa, the deficiencies in the structure of the soil was an unknown villain, says a senior scientist.
		Describing it as a common scenario in the affected areas of Kalahandi district during the kharif season, he said it was very pronounced in Narla, Kesinga, Junagarh, Golamunda and Bhawanipatna Sadar blocks.
		The scientist said that zinc could be supplemented through application of zinc sulphate at the rate of ten kg per hectare for high yielding variety of paddy as zinc was a vital component in the photosynthetis process.
	www.expressindia.com /fe/daily/19980910/25355204.html (348 words)

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