Light & laughter in a forest camp Mangaluru-based organisation reaches out to tribal children For the past three months, the forests of the Western Ghats in Uttara Kannada district saw an addition to its symphony of sounds: the laughter of boisterous children gathered in the clearings. For most of the past year, the pandemic added […]
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As Rajasthan’s tribal districts lag behind, state offers rations, free travel as incentives for shots In Rajasthan, where the state average is 78.3%, the vaccine coverage for the 45-plus age group is the lowest in the tribal districts of Udaipur (63.9%), Dungarpur (62.7%) and Pratapgarh (59.3%). A tribal youth at a village in Udaipur waves
CHANGPA TRIBE : A semi-nomadic Tibetan group known as the Changpa can be found primarily in Jammu and Kashmir and the Changtang region of Ladakh. A lesser number was largely relocated in order to create the Changtang Nature Reserve and now lives in the western parts of the Tibet Autonomous Region. There were 500,000
How Solar Energy Is Fuelling Tribal Women’s Dreams of Becoming Entrepreneurs An organisation is trying to empower women in rural Jharkhand by encouraging them to set up small-scale rice hulling enterprises. The tribal village of Pasanga in the Phori Panchayat area of Jharkhand’s Gumla District is home to 144 households. A representative of thousands of
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Tribal Atlas”(Tribal Atlas of Jharkhand) Chief Minister Raghubar Das released the “Tribal Atlas” (The TRIBAL ATLAS OF JHARKHAND) by the Tribal Research Institute Jharkhand at the Ministry of Jharkhand. On the occasion, Chief Minister Raghubar Das said that it is a matter of great pleasure that “Tribal Atlas” is being published by Dr. Ram Dayal Munda
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Bengal’s Tribal Women Lead Change, Ensure Food-Security and Fight Social Ills Tribal women of Purulia district in West Bengal have learnt, with the help of several NGOs and SHGs, to implement efficient water management techniques and multi-crop approach and achieved food-sufficiency in a region that was
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Tribal children get their chance at online education Mankode Eco-development Committee and forest dept collectively arranged TV sets, computers for underprivileged children THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Most tribal hamlets in Kottur are yet to realise how things have changed for the outside world due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Some are completely oblivious to the pandemic itself. Forest department officials have
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Tribal hunting rights vs wildlife protection laws: Is there a middle ground? Forest rights in India reflect correlative duties of tribal communities to preserve wildlife and it is in consonance to the fundamental duty under Article 51 A(g) Cases and judgements However, the question remains whether such customary practices associated with wildlife capital can be
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Hyderabad-based NGO supplies free oxygen in tribal thandas HYDERABAD: Tribal thandas, which are largely inaccessible, have been badly hit due to Covid-19 and consequent restrictions on the movement of people. With no major hospitals around, tribals suffer a lot due to the pandemic virus. Hyderabad-based NGO Social Data Initiatives Forum (SDIF) has taken up the
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The Nature-Loving Tribe That Fought To Save Their Sacred Peak & Succeeded! The Dongrias have been known for their eco-friendly agriculture-based lifestyle. But now they are slowly dying. Ritayan Mukherjee, a photographer, reports. When I first heard about the Dongrias, it was way back in 2013. Their successful fight against a UK-based mining giant to
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