Kerketta’s poetry is the powerful thread that strings together the narrative of Astitva Ka Utkhanan. In her verses, she solemnly reflects on the irreversible damage that the ‘development’ leaves in ...

As G.N. Devy, the editor of Being Adivasi with the late Abhay Xaxa, shares in his introduction: ‘I would like to hope that it is received not just as a publication or academic exercise but as a ...

Sri Lanka’s indigenous Adivasi community—the Vedda people—have historically maintained a diet of kurakkan roti and game meat. They are also known to have various indigenous cures and treatments for ...

This special report from Jharkhand's tribal belt focuses on the revival of the Sohrai painting tradition, where mud walls of ...

Five years after the Forest Rights Act (FRA) was passed in 2006, India’s first village secured community forest rights. That village, Mendha Lekha, quickly built a thriving, resilient local economy on ...

Bitiya Murmu’s father died around 1980, when she was just a year-and-a-half old. As the family members grieved their loss, they did not realise that for the next two decades, their lives would be ...

In a swipe at erstwhile Congress-led governments, Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Saturday said the ...

Factory schools threaten the survival of Indigenous culture. Activists believe factory schools like KISS act as a medium to promote cultural apartheid. Achyuta Samanta, founder of Kalinga Institute of ...

An accomplished Nazrul Sangeet artiste, Zannat-E-Ferdousi, is devoted to another cause as well. Ferdousi has been working as the director of advocacy at Research and Development Collective (RDC) for ...

Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis today accused previous Congress-led governments of deliberately neglecting the contribution of tribal freedom fighters in history books.

Margherita Branch has renewed its demand for Scheduled Tribe (ST) status for the Adivasi and Tea Tribes community of Assam, ...