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 […]
UP govt launches scheme for Tharu tribe Uttar Pradesh government has recently launched a scheme to take the unique culture of the Tharu tribes all over the world. The intention of the scheme is to put these tribal villages on tourism map. This will create jobs and bring economic Independence to the tribal population in
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Coronavirus | Tribals in Odisha flee villages fearing inoculation Fearing that the Covid vaccine shot may result in their deaths in a few years, people in a tribal village of Rayagada district of southern Odisha fled their homes on Wednesday. Health department officials said people of Champakana village of Rayagada’s Kolnara block fled hours before
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As cities adjust to new normal, tribal children suffer from lack of devices, connectivity New Delhi: While urban India is trying to adjust to the new normal triggered by Covid-19, the Centre is struggling with mobile and internet connectivity issues to impart education to children from tribal areas and other socially and economically backward classes.
Chhattisgarh CM to meet tribals protesting security camp A group of social activists, which was earlier stopped on its way to Silger, met Baghel and Governor Anusuiya Uikey on Tuesday with a list of the residents’ demands. They said the protesters have sought an audience with both Baghel and Uikey. A delegation of tribal residents
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The Nation Can Learn Lessons On Sustainability From Marginalised Tribal Communities The systematic methods of locality drainage systems, crop rotational farming, rainwater harvesting, usage of earthen utensils and other rational methods have been practised in every tribal household for thousands of years. They have only conveniently, yet, sustainably updated themselves without causing much harm to
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Kalahandi’s Kutia Kondhs: Subsistence a struggle for this tribe of nature worshippers Despite living in abject poverty and depending on natural resources for survival, the Kondhs do not use wood from the forests for fuel and also prevent illegal tree The Kutia Kondhs are a particularly vulnerable tribal groups in Kalahandi district, Odisha. They
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Royal Past & Islamic Matrilineal Kinship: Lakshadweep’s Rich History Has Always Left Chroniclers At Sea Opposition parties in Lakshadweep and Kerala are up in arms against various measures initiated by the Administrator of the group of islands, terming them as “anti-people” and have sought his recall. However, this is not the first time that Lakshwadweep
Assam’s tribal communities lost land and forest to mining For years, Assam’s rainforests in and around the Dehing Patkai Wildlife Sanctuary have been bearing the brunt of coal mining, both illegal and legal. Apart from the impact on the biodiversity of the ecologically sensitive area, it is the tribal communities of the region who have
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Chhattisgarh’s Sitanadi Udanti tiger reserve: Tribals seek forest rights, officials cite core area rule. Despite the Congress-led Chhattisgarh government’s promise of recognition of community resource rights, these villagers are facing bureaucratic hurdles, largely based on interpretation of law. THOUSANDS OF tribals living in villages located in the core areas of Sitanadi Udanti Tiger Reserve
