According to the last census, exactly 649,481 rural communities, hamlets, and burghs sprinkle India. They are home to two-thirds of the nation’s 1.3 billion people. A lawsuit by environmentalists in India could lead to millions of Adivasi being displaced from their ancestral lands.

First published in the May 17, 2019, 8:26 p.m. edition

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