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Stolen for Steel: Tata Takes Tribal Lands in India
Nityanand Jayaraman
May 24th, 2006

The Tata Group, one of India’s biggest and oldest multinationals, has taken over tribal land to build an enormous steel plant in Orissa. A clash between the traditional owners of the land and the police has resulted in numerous injuries and deaths, calling into the question the prestigious family-owned
company’s philanthropic image.
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