Sheltered from the world by towering palm trees lies the rudimentary but charming home of Dewansh Kalundia, 30.

Dewansh, who lives with his wife Raimuni, 29, and three children, is one of 350 residents of the remote village of Boula, which is deep in the Similipal Sanctuary forest – tiger territory – in the tropical east Indian state of Odisha.

Like the rest of Boula’s inhabitants Dewansh supports his family by cultivating rice and vegetables and tending to a small herd of goats and a chicken coop.

A warm breeze blows across the clearing outside his home where his children happily play whilst relatives return from a hard day’s toil on their nearby paddy fields.

But this tranquil scene is at odds with the anger simmering inside Dewansh. Anger at a government which wants to strip him and his neighbours of their land and livelihoods.