'They Can Burn Buildings, Not Ideas': Supporters of MP’s HOWL Collective as Fire Guts Campus
10 November 2025 | The Wire
The remains of the HOWL (How ought we live) collective’s campus in Shukrawasa village were set on fire by unidentified individuals months after its demolition by the local administration. The blaze, which broke out on October 30, gutted books, two vehicles, machinery and a flour mill that had long helped several tribal families in the village.
Built on land owned by Devraj Rawat, a Samiti member of HOWL, the campus used to serve as a centre for employment, informal education and community initiatives led by the Parvatpura Panchayat Development Committee (PPDC). The fire signified more than material loss for the Adivasis who ran the Samiti – it was a destruction of a space that embodied their dignity and self-reliance…