Introduction

Michael Thomas has a lifelong interest in documentary photography and has visited India many times.

This prompted his creation of Pipal Press to publish his emerging series of books, which looks at some
of the more remote and unusual parts of India and the rapid changes that are happening.

The generic title is : Elusive India

This blog follows some particular events as they occur after the books were published and readers are invited to comment on these issues.


To contact Michael Thomas and Pipal Press direct by email - click here: pipalpress@ntlworld.com

Pipal Press

06 September, 2010

Are these people safe?

















Vedanta must accept the latest decision which will prevent mining in the Niyamgiri Hills, sacred to the Dongria Kondh, unless it can prove that the Minister has exceeded his legal powers which would require an appeal to the Supreme Court.

Media coverage - a travesty

Newswatch, an online monitor of the media industry, has produced a study into how the news about the allegations against Vedanta was covered. Editor Subir Ghosh, said recently “The Vedanta/Niyamgiri issue is arguably the most blacked-out story of our times. It is a travesty that among those who had been raising their strident voices against the project, like Survival International and Amnesty International, are not based in India