What will you gain from knowing about the struggle?” asks Rabindra Jarika, a 31-year-old farmer. Jarika is a youth leader of the Ho tribe from Chandiya village in the mineral-rich state of Orissa. He now spends most of his time leading a protest against a steel plant that threatens to displace his tribe and their traditional way of life.
(This story appears in the 04 June, 2010 issue of Forbes India. To visit our Archives, click here.)