Slideshow | Walk the talk

The non-violent, Gandhi-inspired march is still relevant and can be the precursor to change

Adivasis from the Baiga tribe joined a padyatra organized by Ekta Parishad through Chhattisgarh in January 2003 for the rights of the state’s landless population. Photos: Simon Williams
Women marching through Agra during Janadesh 2007, a walk that started from Gwalior and ended in Delhi.
More than 300 people marched to Pandaria in Chhattisgarh demanding rights to land and in support of Jugri Bai, a mother of four, whose husband Birju was allegedly killed during an eviction drive in 2003.
Women arriving for a meeting after a padyatra in Brahmagiri, Orissa. They were protesting large-scale commercial fishing in Chilika lake on the ground that it was affecting their livelihood.
Women welcoming a yatra in Barhi, Jharkhand, in March.
Jugri Bai with her daughter at the protest in Pandaria days after her husband’s death.
Rajagopal P.V., founder president of Ekta Parishad, addressing a gathering in Ranchi, Jharkhand.

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Slideshow | Walk the talk

Adivasis from the Baiga tribe joined a padyatra organized by Ekta Parishad through Chhattisgarh in January 2003 for the rights of the state’s landless population. Photos: Simon Williams

Women marching through Agra during Janadesh 2007, a walk that started from Gwalior and ended in Delhi.

More than 300 people marched to Pandaria in Chhattisgarh demanding rights to land and in support of Jugri Bai, a mother of four, whose husband Birju was allegedly killed during an eviction drive in 2003.

Women arriving for a meeting after a padyatra in Brahmagiri, Orissa. They were protesting large-scale commercial fishing in Chilika lake on the ground that it was affecting their livelihood.