ANTHROPOLOGY SINPPETS

How Naga communities came together for each other during the pandemic  Members of Christo Naga‟s Club, which consists of students, farmers, government and private sector employees, pose with the paddy they harvested during the lockdown in Zhavame village, Nagaland The close-knit society is falling back on the sense of community and kinship that has been […]

NGOs’ Contribution to Tribal Development: A Catalyst but Not a Magician Abstract   For a variety of reasons, the tribal tribes’ home lands in India frequently draw a diverse range of outside agents and organisations. Development and change of tribal communities are frequently listed as the primary goal by a significant portion of these organisations.

TRIFED exchanges MoU with Craft Village to foster tribal livelihood development through harnessing synergies New Delhi: TRIFED is continuing to forge partnerships with different organisations to create synergies together, as a part of its ongoing efforts to improve the lives and livelihoods of the tribals and work towards tribal empowerment. In this context, TRIFED has

Launch of Tribal TB Initiative  In news ‘Tribal TB Initiative’ in pursuit of TB Mukt Bharat was launched recently. Ministry: Ministry of Health A Guidance Note on Joint Action Plan for Tuberculosis (TB) Elimination, a Special Edition of Tribal Ministry’s Publication ‘ALEKH’ on TB, and a document on Tribal Tuberculosis (TB) Initiative was also released.

Gujarat Panel to be formed to decide on the tribal status of 3 communities The commission, which will be headed by a retired judge of the high court, comprises two district judges, one retired forest officer and one retired revenue officer. The Gujarat government on Wednesday said that a five-member commission will be formed to

Rachakonda Police Helps Tribal Hamlet Get Its First Motorable Road Since Independence!  For over seven decades, the tribals, including school- going students, pregnant ladies, as well as the elderly used to walk for at least one hour to board a bus from Kadel Bavi thanda, six km away from their hamlet. The happiest day in

An anthropological approach to lockdown  Anthropology has always been interested in knowing different cultural aspects of different societies. The approach of cultural relativism has advocated the field workers to collect data out of field by preceding local people’s view point. Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic the whole country has been in lockdown since 24th

People living near mining activities at increased risk of diseases, says study A latest government study has found that mining activities in the coal-rich Tamnar area of Chhattisgarh have put the local population, mainly tribal people, at an increased risk of acute respiratory diseases and The study reveals that in the case of tuberculosis, the