Acoustic Traditional – Preserving Indigenous Tales, Myths and Legends India is estimated to have about 635 indigenous communities. Each of these groups of people have a unique identity, with their very own brand of culture, traditions and folklore. Unfortunately, most of this knowledge is passed on from generation to generation in the oral […]
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Tribal men climb trees to avoid COVID-19 jabs Only 7 persons could be vaccinated A group of men from a tribal settlement near Coimbatore climbed trees to avoid a team of health workers, who had approached them to administer COVID-19 vaccines on Friday. A few women, too, left the hamlet on the pretext of
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Rising cases of leprosy among Adivasis call for urgent public action. India officially eliminated Leprosy 2005 by bringing the Prevalence Rate below 1/10000 at the national level. However, the National Health Policy 2017 (NHP), which will guide the health policy direction of the country over the next decade or so, still has elimination of Leprosy as a national level target. It is highly unlikely
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Completion of school education is costly for these tribal region students According to students and their parents, the problem of truancy can be solved if authorities concerned arrange bus transportation to a higher secondary school in the nearby village Natrampalayam. KRISHNAGIRI: Nestled in the lap of western ghats are many tribal villages and one
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Many get false community certificates to take away opportunities of Scheduled Caste/ Scheduled Tribe candidates: Madras High Court raises concern “By obtaining such false certificates, undeserving persons get unjustly enriched knocking away the rights of those belonging to SC/ST community,” the Court observed. The Madras High Court on Friday raised concerns about persons not belonging
‘Greater Tipraland’ sparks fears, leaders say it’s for NE tribals’ progress TIPRA Motha claims it is necessary for the socio economic development of indigenous tribals inhabiting in the eight northeastern states and the neighbouring countries, including Bangladesh Amid all major political parties’ opposition and skeptical stand, tribal party ‘TIPRA Motha’, which in the April
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In India, forest rights means forest conservation Shruti Agarwal writes: There is a need and the ecosystem to support forest rights in India. On June 14, Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the UN High-Level Dialogue on Desertification, Land Degradation and Drought. He reiterated that India was on track to achieve land degradation neutrality by 2030,
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2012 ‘encounter’, lack of education infra: Twin tribal protests erupt in Chhattisgarh The 2012 “encounter” took place at Sarkeguda, 14 km from Silger—where another protest against the setting-up of security camps raged for more than 20 days before ending a fortnight ago. Chhattisgarh Monday saw two major protests by tribal residents against the state’s
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Rengma Nagas Demand Autonomous District Council The Rengma Naga Peoples’ Council (RNPC) or Rengma Nagas have demanded an Autonomous District Council (ADC) in Assam. The Central and the State governments recently upgraded the Karbi Anglong Autonomous Council (KAAC) and the North Cachar Hills Autonomous Council (NCHAC) to territorial councils like the Bodoland Territorial Council. The
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Odisha’s Tribal Communities Are Reeling Under a Land Grab Project Masquerading as ‘Afforestation’ The forest department’s move to aggressively promote commercial plantation activities on community forest land in the name of compensatory afforestation is usurping the forest rights of the tribal communities. Several weeks have passed since the Odisha forest department staff descended on
