Cultural artillery, Christianity, education: How the British & missionaries Westernised Khasis In ‘White As Milk and Rice’, Nidhi Dugar Kundalia writes about how 80% of Khasis today are Christian converts because of the British. The Khasi males always used the phrase leit khwai or ‘to go fishing’ when trying to court young girls. In this […]
This Former IIT Prof Once Taught RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan. Today He’s Helping Tribals in MP. If you happen to be in the densely vegetated area of Betul and Hoshangabad in Madhya Pradesh, you are likely to stumble upon an unassuming old man with a scraggly white beard, quietly making his way through the wilderness
Vice President to Inaugurate National Tribal Festival “Aadi Mahotsav” at Dilli Haat, INA, New Delhi The Vice President of India Shri M. Venkaiah Naidu will inaugurate “Aadi Mahotsav”, a National Tribal Festival being organized by TRIFED, Ministry of Tribal Affairs at 6.30 PM on 1st February, 2021 (Monday) at Dilli Haat, INA, New Delhi. Union
New Education Policy 2020: Did it Forget Tribal Students? Pushing marginalised students out of the mainstream, turning them into labourers in the guise of vocational training, is no solution. Even after 74 years of Independence, tribal literacy in India has not reached desired levels. The high dropout rate among tribal students—70.9% for classes I to
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They Beat Vedanta, Now Odisha’s Tribals Are Winning Back Their Wild Harvests Judicious use of wild uncultivated foods and revival of indigenous crops are helping the Dongria Kondh tribe of Niyamgiri to boost food security beyond their successful campaign against mining gaint Vedanta. Abhijit Mohanty takes a closer look. The Dongria Kondhs of Odisha, one
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This Awesome Honey Doesn’t Harm the Bees & Helps Empower Thousands of Tribals! The opportunities for labour are many, but the wages are uncertain. After many years of this instability, when the opportunity for a steady income came Maheshwari’s way, she was excited and weary. 38-year-old Maheshwari is a former daily wage labourer in the
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How Tribals Are Making Eco-Friendly & Cheap Furniture Using Weed That Otherwise Destroys Forests In this project, the tribal community is involved in the mechanical control of lantana by manually cutting, and at the same time, they are trained in making low- cost furniture, handicraft, toys and other utility articles using lantana wood. It was
Bamboo Rakhis That Are Not Only Eco- Friendly but Also Feed Tribals in Maharashtra An indigenous innovation that challenges the cheap rakhis being dumped in the Indian market by the Chinese, these green bamboo rakhis fund a day‟s meal for the tribals of Melghat. Aptly named „Shrushti Bandha‟ – to signify the human bond with
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Tigers and tribals: Conservation project displaced 18,493 families in 48 yrs The displacements happened from critical tiger habitats, according to RTI response accessed by DTE A total 18,493 families in 215 villages across Protected Areas (PA) in India have been displaced in the 48 years since the inception of Project Tiger, the Union government’s flagship
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Madhubani Murals On The Walls of These Jharkhand Village Homes Depict the Life & Times of Tribals The walls of houses in Jharkhand‟s Chandidih village are proud galleries displaying Madhubani masterpieces woven with everyday stories, thanks to Udbhav, a community art project. The tiny village of Chandidih in Khunti district, about 35 km from Ranchi,
