Is uprooting millions of poor tribals from their ancestral homelands ethical? One should not have been surprised when the Centre failed to send its lawyers to the hearing on Forest Rights Act One should not have been surprised when the Centre failed to send its lawyers to the hearing on Forest Rights Act. One […]
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Project Akansha: Motivating, helping out PVTG children to take up education Under Project Akansha, over 220 students are enrolled in seven residential schools across Jharkhand. RANCHI: Children of Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups (PVTG) in Jharkhand, which are considered extremely backward but are on the verge of extinction, have started going to schools and doing well
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How One Woman Left Everything to Stop Tribal Girls From Being Trafficked in Jharkhand! Returning to Delhi, she decided to quit her corporate job and luxurious life to visit tribal areas of India in an attempt to understand the extent of trafficking and empower tribal girls and women. Five years ago, Rashmi Tiwari recalls entering
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Tribal affairs Ministry has launched ‘Adi-Prashikshan Portal’to create an end-to-end centralized online interactive training platform on tribal development Ministry of Tribal Affairs (MoTA) has launched ‘Adi-Prashikshan Portal’ on 16th June 2021 to act as a central repository of all training programs conducted by Ministry of Tribal Affairs, State Tribal Research Institutes (TRIs), National Society for
India: Once Sold as Bonded Labourers, Paniya Tribe Of Wayanad Still Suffer Located in the Western Ghats in northern Kerala at an elevation of 3,000 feet, Wayanad is home to one-third of the total tribal population (1,51,443) of Kerala—4,84,839, as per 2011 census. The district, with forest coverage of 83 per cent of its
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Marriage an alien notion for Indian tribe Live-in relationships are the norm in Garasia community where women retain a high status in western state of Rajasthan. Udaipur, India – Live-in relationships between couples who see little reason to marry may be a modern fashion in India’s Bollywood film industry, but for one community in India they
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Meet the Konyaks of Nagaland, Renowned as Headhunters, and for Their Famous Facial Tattoos Many of India’s indigenous tribes and cultures in remote areas of the country still live following practices handed down from generation to generation. Traveller and blogger Neelima Vallangi talks about the time she spent with one such tribe – the famous Konyaks of
Guardian of Fire: A film on the story behind the Muthuvan tribe ‘Theeyude Kavalkaran’, a docu-fiction film by the Kerala Forests and Wildlife Department, offers a glimpse into the lives of the ancient Muthuvan tribe of the Western Ghats Every forest is a repository of stories that are handed down generations. The tribal
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In Chhattisgarh, Tibetan carpet art helps tribals weave a new life Chintamani Bhagat’s eyes are focused on the movements of her hands as she weaves a carpet at Chhattisgarh’s Darima, with motifs of phoenix and dragon, her favourite. “Dragons are magical, they are also symbolic of endless prosperity. When I learnt about them
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