BREAKAWAY REPUBLICS.

The article offers information on declaring independence by hundred-odd tribal villages in Jharkhand, India by putting up stone slabs to mark areas. Topics discussed include demarcate tribal settlements as autonomous villages under the gram sabha, and defying the government; wielding of weapons such as scythe, bow and arrows, axe, and knife by people; and efforts by government to change the Chotanagpur Tenancy Act and Santhal Pargana Tenancy Act.