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 Voice of Forest :Joriya Parmeshwar “Dont ask me a Reapitedly question  will not answer the same question repeatedly,” said the accused. “Why?” asked the judge. At a time when people were afraid even to sneeze in front of the British, an Adivasi youth stood boldly in the courtroom and replied confidently to the British judge. This young man was Joriya Kaliya Nayak, also known as Joriya Parmeshwar, from Vadek village in Jambughoda taluka of Panchmahal district in Gujarat. A special court was set up on the banks of the Sukhi River in Jambughoda, where Joriya Parmeshwar and 58 other tribal revolutionaries were being tried for treason against British rule. Their “crime” was simply this: they had raised the bugle of rebellion against colonial rule, fighting for the rights of Adivasis over their JAL ,JAMIN and JUNGLE. Joriya was about six feet tall, with strong legs, a wheatish complexion, and sharp eyes. As a child, he could climb trees swiftly like a bullet and was skilled in usin...