ANTHROPOLOGY SINPPETS

Gujarat: For those from tribal districts, long journey to get to oxygen beds   Satish Chaudhary’s hopes of getting an oxygen bed, however, were dashed as the state-run NCH and the civic body’s SMIMER hospital had stopped new admissions of from Wednesday citing low oxygen supply. A 35-year-old Covid-19 patient from the tribal-dominated Palwada village […]

In Thane’s rural and tribal areas, Zilla Parishad seeks to do away with unsafe child hammocks In the tribal areas, all homes have two wooden poles fixed in the ground a metre apart, with a saree or bedsheet tied to the two poles serving as a cradle for newborn children. The Thane Zilla Parishad has

 Van Dhan Kendras in Maharashtra: Helping Transform Lives and Livelihoods  A group of a few dedicated boys led by an able leader, with enabling support from government organizations, has done wonders in Thane district of Maharashtra. The grassroots tribal organization to which the boys belong has been able to secure orders worth Rs. 1.57 crore

     Govt taking measures to upgrade all Eklavya model schools: Tribal Affairs minister     Eklavya Model Residential Schools were started in 1997-98 with the aim of imparting quality education to children belonging to the ST category in remote areas. Union Minister for Tribal Affairs Arjun Munda said on Monday that the government is making

  Sal leaf plates pile up so does agony of Kandhamal’s tribal women   Earlier, the amount earned from the sales was enough to sustain the collectors for about six months. PHULBANI: Marginalized forest dwellers of Kandhamal, especially women, who depend on minor forest produce like sal leaf for a living, have been badly affected during the

  Deifying of leopards by Maharashtra’s Warli tribe has prompted a better man-wild relationship   ‘Waghoba’ is the institution under which the Warli tribe of Maharashtra has been worshipping leopards.     Across India, worship of nature as gods and goddesses is a common practice. The latest study by the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) India has documented

Protests, outrage over Assam’s bid to convert land for industries   The Assam government’s approval of an ordinance to allow conversion of land without clearances for setting up micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) triggered protests across the State on July 2. The State Cabinet had on June 29 approved the industrial ordinance, whose details

Amid acute poverty, M.P.’s Saharia children battle malnutrition   News: Saharias,a particularly vulnerable tribal group has been facing acute malnutrition due to crushing poverty, delayed breastfeeding, premature pregnancies and seasonal migrations. Facts: About Saharias: Sahariya tribe comes under particularly vulnerable tribal group(PVTGs) The Saharias are mainly found in many districts of Madhya Pradesh and Baran

   For, Of and By Tribes: This Powerful Idea Is Molding the Tribal Leaders of Tomorrow   Deriving its name from the Sanskrit word for ‘dialogue,’ Samvaad, organised by Tata Steel, is one of the largest tribal conclaves or ecosystems in India. It has reached out to more than 10,000 people and 17 countries worldwide. The

Tribal group sets example for others in Mulugu   With the help of TSGCC and ITDA, Eturunagaram, Sri Sammakka-Saralamma JLG, Shivapuram, established the detergent manufacturing plant in December of last year for a cost of Rs 40 lakhs under the MSME program. Mulugu: The Telangana State Girijan Co-operative Corporation Limited has helped a group of