example he cited that in one of his arguments with erstwhile ministers including Mr.. NT Ramarao about the tribal rights and why they should not vacate the land. NT Ramarao had said that if he could migrate from Nellore to Hyderabad then why can’t the tribals take the same initiative. When they insisted that they should do so and move on to the greener pastures for the sake of their prosperity, he termed them as colonizers belonging to the exploitative section; for how could one prosper when uprooted; they were in fact being pushed out for the selfishness of the state. He went on to say that migration is a continuous affair within nation and across nation and that there does exist a fine line between victims of colonization and immigrants.
Both development projects and communal riots lead to dispossession of land, livelihood and home. Bhakra Nangal dam had displaced many people who didn't get any rehabilitation package till ten to fifteen years. With globalisation, eviction of people for purposes of development has become the rule.  There are several people who will tell us why dispossession happens; they will also give us adequate statistics. He emphasized that he does not believe in any knowledge that has no transformatory use. Analysis of societal problems and issues is not at the purpose of display but seminars should help in going out and helping out solutions for problems utility of seminars. We should not limit our activities to socially relevant habits but should form and devise ways of working with people to resolve issues. Working with people is important to solve their problems and one should not get caught in 'paralysis of analysis' syndrome. He stated this with examples, by stating that right to livelihood demands a job for the parents to avoid child labour and bonded labour. A polaristic approach is a solution and for that we must link up with people living in various fields.
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The tribals benefit through the stipulations in the constitution and have additional benefits for they belong to scheduled tribes
Even if their land is taken away, they should not be severed from the benefits of being the scheduled tribe. One can also pay attention to restructuring the UN's approach and to mobilizing the world opinion, whether it is Kosovo's ethnic cleansing or Serbia's hot bed of politics, the rift between Albanians and Serbians. 
Communication today has become simple and one should today use it to discuss all problems. Our endeavours should be to open up discussion, follow up and understand the governance. He seriously asked the participants to start from the beginning to read part four of the preamble, understand the system of governance and to seek measures whereby it could be improved upon. He cited an example saying that land in Andhra Pradesh is being disposed off as part of the budget expenditure but the fact of the matter is that whatever assets the state has are public trust, so it has to be spent as per the directive principles of the state policy. Does that happen? He went back on what he had started with, the need for us to be aware and come out with measures, to think and to be positive with concrete action plans instead of mere verbalizing the problems of displacement. 
Ranabir Samaddar and Paula Banerjee attended the conference of the International Association for the Study of Forced Migration in Cairo (5-9 January 2008). The programme of the CRG Winter Course was well publicized there.
Finally, a team of senior CRG scholars visited Tampere University, Tampere Peace Research Institute, and Helsinki University to deliver lectures on Asian Studies and participate in a conference on “ Solidarity and Citizenship in World politics” (1-8 March 2008)