India's tribal Adivasi population are struggling for survival against the forces of economic growth. This devastating report examines the challenges they face, and the ways the tribes are rising to meet them.Without caste or education, India's ancient tribes are at the mercy of mining companies, moneylenders, poverty and disease, suffering years of imprisonment and abuse at the hands of the Government. However, there are signs of hope; the Adivasi and Dalits are forming increasingly influential human rights groups. "A non-official school was opened here. We built up a group and saved money." Can they finally break out of years of oppression?