This study is part of of a global project, the Academic-Activist Co-generation of Knowledge on Environmental Justice or ACKnowl-EJ (www.acknowlej.org), which is a network of scholars and activists engaged in action and collaborative research that aims to analyze the transformative potential of community responses to extractivism and alternatives born from resistance. The ACKnowl-EJ project is supported through the Transformations to Sustainability (T2S) Programme coordinated by the International Science Council (ISC) and funded by the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida). Published by: Kalpavriksh in collaboration with ACKNOWL-EJ Local core team providing inputs, information, support and guidance: Jagdish Paliwal, Dailibai Raika and Maganlal Raika Authors: Meenal Tatpati and Shruti Ajit Copy Editing: Sudha Raghavendran Overall Project Advisory Team: Dr. Mihir Kumar Jena, Dr. Suraj Jacob, Dr. Madhu Ramnath, Dr. Seema Kulkarni and Dr. Aparna Watve Advisors: Neeta Pandya, Sushma Iyengar, Varsha Mehta, Dr. Ilse Kohler Rollefson and Dr. Nitya Ghotge. Citation: Tatpati, M., and Ajit, S. (2019). Raika Women Speak: Articulations from Four Villages around Kumbhalgarh Wildlife Sanctuary. Kalpavriksh and ACKnowl-EJ Photographs: Shruti Ajit and Meenal Tatpati Design and Layout: Shruti Ajit Date of First Publication: December 2019 Supported by: International Science Council (https://council.science/ ) No copyright is claimed on this work. You are free to copy, translate and distribute without modifying the content. We request you to acknowledge the original source and to share with us a copy of your reprint or translation. For any comment or query regarding the report please write to
[email protected] 2 | P a g e Acknowledgements We are eternally grateful to the Raika women of Hiravav, Latara, Dungarli and Ghanerao for opening up to us.