Media

In this section we provide references and links to a variety of media through which you may further explore the topics that concern SOPHIA and its work.

Sophia Documents

• SOPHIA., 2014. Agency & Forest Rights Program Report
• Gustaffson and Rosberg., 2014. Exit Strategy Guidance Paper
• SOPHIA., 2013. Projects Factual Report
• SOPHIA., 2013. Mobilisation and Social Change: The Experiences of SOPHIA and the Van Gujjar Community
• Bhutani. S., 2011. External Evaluator’s Report
• SOPHIA., 2009. Van Gujjar Self-Diagnosis Report

Academic Literature

Gooch, P., 1998. At The Tail of the Buffalo: Van Gujjar Pastoralists Between the Forest and the World Arena, Lund: Department of Sociology, Lund University.

Gooch, P., 2008. Feet Following Hooves. In: eds. Ingold. T. Vergunst. J. L., 2008. Ways of Walking: Ethnography and Practice on Foot, Burlington, Aldershot: Ashgate Publishing Ltd.
http://kodu.ut.ee/~cect/teoreetilised%20seminarid_2012/teoreetiline%20seminar%2003.04.2012/Gooch2008.pdf

Gooch, P., 2009. Victims of Conservation or Rights as Forest Dwellers: Van Gujjar Pastoralists Between Contesting Codes of Law. Conservation and Society, vol 7 (4), pp. 239-248.
http://www.conservationandsociety.org/article.asp?issn=0972-4923;year=2009;volume=7;issue=4;spage=239;epage=248;aulast=Gooch

Samajdar, T., et.al. 2002. Buffalo Feeding Practices of Van Gujjars – A Study in Tanda Forest Range of Uttranchal State. IJDS 55 (2), pp. 121-123.

Sharma, J. et.al., 2012. Forest Utilization Patterns and Socio-Economic Status of the Van Gujjar Tribe in Sub-Himalayan Tracts of Uttarakhand, India. For. Stud. China 13 (1), pp. 36-46

Van Gujjar Songs

• Song 1 : Van Gujjar, Talibh's children, Bugyal Chajpur, Bloc Rohru, Himachal Pradesh, 10th July 1992
• Song 2 : Van Gujjar women, Badger Bugyal, Govind Pashu Vihar National Park, Uttarkashi, Uttarakhand, June 1992
• Song 3 : Van Gujjar man, Badger Bugyal, Govind Pashu Vihar National Park, Uttarkashi, Uttarakhand, June 1992
• Song 4 : Van Gujjar men, Badger Bugyal, Govind Pashu Vihar National Park, Uttarkashi, Uttarakhand, June 1992

Newspaper Articles

Domicile Rights:

Kazmi, S.M.A., 2007. Van Gujjars Fight for Voting Rights. The Indian Express, February 10th:
http://www.indianexpress.com/news/van-gujjars-fight-for-voting-rights/22980/

Forest Rights:

Anon., 2011. Recognising Tribal Rights. The Hindu, May 20th
http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/editorial/recognising-tribal-rights/article2035596.ece
(About the Forest Rights Act and the legal protocol for notifying critical wildlife habitats).

Jha, N. K., 2011. Uttarakhand: Overruling of Forest Rights Act Continues: Van Gujjars Still Waiting For Seasonal Grazing Permit in Uttarakhand Himalaya, India. Indigenous Peoples Issues and Resources, April 25th:
http://indigenouspeoplesissues.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10054%3Auttarakhand-overruling-of-forest-rights-act-continues-van-gujjars-still-waiting-for-seasonal-grazing-permit-in-uttarakhand-himalaya-india&catid=63%3Acentral-asia-indigenous-peoples&Itemid=85
(About the FRA, conservation and issues of belonging to multiple states)

Coverage Concerning Govind Pashu Vihar National Park, Uttarakhand

Kazmi, S.M .A., 2009. Van Gujjars in nowhere land. The Tribune India, April 2nd:
http://www.tribuneindia.com/2009/20090402/dplus.htm#top

Kazmi, S.M.A., 2008. Finally, UP Van Gujjars Can Head for Uttarakhand. The Indian Express, April 28th:
http://www.indianexpress.com/news/finally-up-van-gujjars-can-head-for-uttarka/302524/

Coverage Concerning Rajaji National Park, Uttarakhand:

(A pro-conservation article about the formation of Rajaji National Park)
Anon Staff Reporter, 2009. Rajaji Park Awaits Final Notification. Garhwal Post, April 29th

(About tensions between the park and Van Gujjars concerning the settlement processes; also describes the inhuman conditions of the Van Gujjars’ settlement colonies)
Jagran, D., 2008. Gujjar Problem revisits Rajaji Park. The Tribune India, October 23rd

(Tensions between Rajaji National Park and the settlement of Van Gujjars, describing the necessary processes under the FRA)
Sharma, N., 2008. Gujjars Returning to Original Habitat Despite Resettlement. Hindustan Times, October 21st:

Thapliyal, J., 2008. Restoration of Tribal Rights, Van Gujjars Stage Protest. The Tribune India, October 26th:
http://www.tribuneindia.com/2008/20081026/dun.htm#1
(Van Gujjars protesting against their exclusion from Rajaji National Park)

Coverage Concerning Shimla, Uttar Pradesh:

Kazmi, S.M.A., 2008. Van Gujjars Denied Entry to Their Traditional Grasslands. The Tribune India, May 7th:
file:///Volumes/ELEANOR/SOPHIA%20docs/Newspaper%20Articles/English/Shimla/The%20Tribune,%20Chandigarh,%20India%20-%20Main%20News.htm

Forest Rights Act

A guide to the FRA:
http://www.global-diversity.org/sites/www.global-diversity.org/files/India%20Guide%20to%20the%20FRA.pdf

Relevant websites:

http://www.fra.org.in/
http://www.forestrightsact.com/

Other

Michael Benanav’s photographic documentation of the Van Gujjars:
http://mbenanav.photoshelter.com/gallery/Van-Gujjar-Migration/G0000LFe0eTKX6RY/

Ben Lenzer’s multi-media documentation of the Van Gujjars:
Van Gujjar film:
http://vimeo.com/7919169

Photography:
http://benslenz.blogspot.in/2008_04_01_archive.html

A film documenting SOPHIA’s Milk-Marketing Project:
SOPHIA’s Milk Programme. 2011 Dehradun, India: Moscas Productions

Affiliated Organisations

Partner NGO: Uttranchal Youth and Rural Development Centre (UYRDC): http://uyrdc.org/

Funding agency: The SWALLOWS India-Bangladesh: http://svalorna.org/