An institute like KISS should be banned for what it does to tribal children, not celebrated’, says tribal leader Doley in exclusive chat with TCN The Kalinga Intitute of Social Sciences (KISS) has often been presented as an ideal model for ensuring that tribal children are not deprived of education because of poverty. Over the […]
The language of the Tangams, with just 253 speakers Who are the Tangams and why is their case reflective of the larger issue of eroding languages across linguistically diverse Arunachal Pradesh? We explain. Last week Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu released a book titled Tangams: An Ethnolinguistic Study Of The Critically Endangered Group of
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Leading NGOs Believe FCRA Changes Will ‘Kill’ Voluntary Sector The amendments will also hinder the sector’s ability to collaborate and conduct research, activists tell The Wire. New Delhi: The Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2020 introduced in Lok Sabha on September 20 will severely impact collaborative research in critical fields in India as organisations receiving
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KVIC Sets ‘Honey Mission’ World Record, Gives 1000 Bee-Boxes to Kaziranga Tribals! The initiative is part of a greater mission, under which they envision distributing 1.3 lakh bee-boxes across four corners of the country, Albert Einstein had once said that if bees disappeared from the surface of the Earth, man would have no more than
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Involving indigenous people in environmental governance — the Sixth Schedule way Customary practices of the North East’s tribal population are harmonious with nature. Extensive recognition and conferment of rights over the forest are belated legislative actions In most indigenous societies, people believe humans and nature are deeply connected and inter-dependent, almost like kin to one
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The dispensable India: Data shows how DNTs, Adivasis, Dalits, Muslims bore lockdown brunt These communities have suffered on most social indicators due to a mix of poor logistics as well as prejudice and ostracisation Dalit, Muslim and Adivasi households and neighbourhoods have suffered terribly in the aftermath of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic in
G. Lavanam: Fighting for Independence as a Boy and Uplifting Tribals as a Man! The late Mr Lavanam was honoured with the Jamnalal Bajaj Award in the category of ‘Constructive Work’. Mr Lavanam was a dynamic social activist. The son of Mrs Gora, who was an atheist and received Gandhiji’s recognition and respect, he was born
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Action on ground needed to tackle malnutrition: Experts on India’s poor showing at Global Hunger Index A look at the last round of NFHS in 2015-2016 corroborates this as it shows that the country’s showing on parameters of ‘wasted’ and ‘severely wasted’ children had worsened. NEW DELHI: The recently released Global Hunger Index (GHI),
Odisha govt launches social security scheme for sanitation workers The scheme ‘Garima’ was launched via video-conferencing by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Friday and is directed at promoting livelihoods, security and social dignity of sanitation workers through targeted measures to nearly 20,000 sanitation workers and their families. The Odisha government on Friday launched a statewide
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Minstry of Tribal Affairs Intends to Establish National Tribal Research Institute (NTRI) To serve as a repository of information, a centre for research, and a think tank for tribal development, the Ministry of Tribal Affairs plans to establish the National Tribal Research Institute (NTRI) in Delhi. However, the Ministry is not currently considering any
