Title: Dance with hands held tight
Authors: Bose, Krishnendu.; Das Gupta, Kavita.; EarthCare Films (Firm)
Publisher: Earthcare Productions Pvt. Ltd.,
Year: 2005
Subjects: Fishing India Karnataka.; Women in agriculture India Orissa.; Women in agriculture India Uttar Pradesh.; Women in agriculture India Arunāchal Pradesh.; Sustainable development India.; Women in rural development India.; Fishing; Sustainable development; Women in agriculture; Women in rural development; India; India Arunāchal Pradesh; India Karnataka; India Orissa.; India Uttar Pradesh
Abstract: The fisherwomen off the coast of Karnataka are today distraught and distressed. The fish catch upon which they and their families have lived has gone down. Foreign boats have looted the sea. The Apatani women of Ziro, in the North-eastern state of Arunachal Pradesh have controlled their unique fish-paddy agriculture for many years. Their knowledge and commitment towards work in their fields is complete. But the future of this agriculture is unsure. The adivasi (indigenous people) and dalit (lower castes) women of Kashipur, in the eastern Indian state of Orissa took their fight right into the courtyard of the state. And won! They fought with the forest department for the access and control of the wild hill broom they collected from their forests, and got that control after five years. And the women of Sonebhadra, in central Indian state of Uttar Pradesh have braved bullets and physical abuse of the state to protect their land from being taken over.