India's Great Nicobar Island is home to one of the world's last isolated tribes who are believed to have lived there for thousands of years, but a rising China is set to see it undergo a major transformation at the Indian government's insistence.
  • cecilkorik@lemmy.caEnglish
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    13 hours ago

    Sharda Devi, 55, a settler’s daughter, recalls the first arrivals “toiling in some of the harshest conditions” to carve plantations out of the tangled forests.

    She initially welcomed the project, before realising the airport would encroach on her land.

    We all watch in dismay as those face-eating leopards she supported claim another victim.

  • chuckleslord@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    16 hours ago

    Nothing stronger than imperial desire. Here’s hoping the Shompen people give them the welcome they deserve (steel spears to the face)