ANTHROPOLOGY SINPPETS

Tribal Community Conservation Strengthens Biodiversity In Similipal Tiger Reserve Protecting natural forests and wildlife has been a way of life for indigenous communities inside Similipal Biosphere in Odisha. Their efforts have been recognised a few years ago under the Forest Rights Act and the legal recognition has encouraged tribals, enriched biodiversity inside the sanctuary, recharged […]

TRIFED joins hands with The LINK Fund for tribal development  Recently, the TRIFED and The LINK Fund have entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for tribal development. Key Highlights The MoU is aimed at employment generation by providing support to tribals for increasing value addition in their produce and It has called for sustainable

Odisha’s Bonda tribe sees rise in ‘distress migration’ While the youth have abandoned villages for work in distant towns, children have dropped out of schools after pandemic Perched at a height of 3,500ft above sea level in the hilly Malkangiri district of Odisha, this village is difficult to access and so are its inhabitants —

In Ganjam village, a frog dance to woo the rain gods  Frustrated over lack of adequate rain, inhabitants of Masiakhali village in Odisha’s Ganjam district on Thursday resorted to the traditional ritual of ‘bengei nacha’ or frog dance to appease the rain gods. Despite the onset of the monsoon, several areas in Ganjam district have

Marriage Is Driving Tribal Families Into Debt In MP. These Activists Are Trying To Change That. These activists are working with tribes people of Madhya Pradesh to cap marriage expenditures and prevent families from plunging into debt or having to sell off their lands to pay for their children‟s weddings. In villages across Western Madhya

Organic coffee farming is transforming the lives of tribal communities in Odisha’s Koraput district A wide variety of spices and fruits grown in the coffee field diversifies the income of tribal farmers Not too long ago, Surya Chhautia was ready to give up on a 100-acre coffee plantation in Golur village in Odisha‟s Koraput district.

Niti Aayog nod to panel for denotified, semi-nomadic, nomadic tribes  Denotified tribes are those that were labelled as criminals through a legislation by British government and were denotified post-independence. Even as the Bill to accord constitutional status to the OBC commission is awaiting passage in Parliament, the NITI Aayog has backed a proposal by a

IPFT puts pet Tipraland demand on the backburner What is Greater Tipraland? Greater Tipraland‘ is essentially an extension of the ruling tribal partner Indigenous Peoples Front of Tripura – IPFT‘s demand of Tipraland, which sought a separate state for tribals of Tripura. The new demand seeks to include every tribal person living in indigenous area