An alternate view on Vedanta and Niyamgiri : Samaja Op-ed
Aluminium, Anil Agarwal, Bauxite, Kalahandi, Vedanta October 22nd. 2010, 1:04amEarlier we posted the author’s article in English. This is for the benefit of Odia readers.
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