ANTHROPOLOGY SINPPETS

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 […]

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

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

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

    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

NSTFDC under M/o Tribal Affairs extends concessional loans to ST persons for income generation activities/ self-employment                   NSTFDC extends concessional loans to ST persons through Term Loan Scheme, AMSY, Micro Credit Scheme for Self-help Groups and under Stand-Up India scheme  Margin Money Support Scheme for ST Entrepreneurs formulated in December 2020 under Stand-Up India

Maharashtra government to train tribal youth as tourist guides The Directorate of Tourism (DoT), Maharashtra has announced plans to train tribal youth as tourist guides in the state as part of empowering tribal youngsters to take up jobs in the tourism sector. The government will also give free training to them. The programme is all

Giant conglomerates ‘favoured’: Whither tribal rights for jal-jungle-jameen? The struggle for “Jal, Jungle and Jameen” has been a long-drawn battle for the tribal communities of India. This tussle was once again in the limelight with the proposed diamond mining in the Buxwaha forest of Chhatarpur (Madhya Pradesh). The only difference in this movement was the