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Teacher Lives in Forests For 20 Years, Uplifts One of Kerala’s Most Underprivileged Tribes!

Teacher Lives in Forests For 20 Years, Uplifts One of Kerala’s Most Underprivileged Tribes! Eschewing a life of comfort, he wholeheartedly embraced uncertainty, discomfort and risks for the welfare, upliftment and most importantly, education, of an extremely reclusive tribal community who consider him as one of their own. In 1999, when 29-year-old PK Muraleedharan left […]

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Tamarind Tree – How One Couple Is Changing A Village, A Community And A Tribe

Tamarind Tree – How One Couple Is Changing A Village, A Community And A Tribe The very next day after their wedding, Hemant Babu and Michelle Chawla packed their bags and set off, not for their honeymoon, but to live in an unglamorous tribal village, Dahanu. Their parents thought the newly married will be back

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The Land of The Bishnois – Where Conservation Of Wildlife Is A Religion!

The Land of The Bishnois – Where Conservation Of Wildlife Is A Religion! Travel with Gangadharan Menon to Rajasthan and meet with a people who have nurtured and protected the living species found around them for over five centuries, and who have successfully deterred, chased and also apprehended several poachers – including famous ones! There‟s

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A Small Tribe In Arunachal Pradesh Is Showing How Man And Nature Can Co- exist In Perfect Harmony

A Small Tribe In Arunachal Pradesh Is Showing How Man And Nature Can Co-exist In Perfect Harmony In terms of environmental preservation, a small tribe in Arunachal Pradesh that lives in a little valley has managed to outwit contemporary technological achievements. The Ziro Apatanis lead a distinctive way of life that emphasizes coexistence with nature.

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Take This Visual Journey To The Remote Village Of Patalkot & Meet Its Unique Tribes

Take This Visual Journey To The Remote Village Of Patalkot & Meet Its Unique Tribes Patalkot, a village in Madhya Pradesh is so deep that even sunlight cannot reach it. As the clock strikes four in the evening, the valley plunges into darkness everyday. It is believed that after worshiping Lord Shiva, Prince Meghnath had

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A Tea-Seller & a Teacher Set Up India’s Loneliest ‘Library In a Forest’ in Kerala

A Tea-Seller & a Teacher Set Up India’s Loneliest ‘Library In a Forest’ in Kerala How the world came to know about this small library in Kerala is when a troop of journalists lead by none other than P Sainath visited Edamalakkudy. One of the things we take for granted in our lives is a

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Rice Tea to Millet Momos: This Woman Is Reviving India’s Tribal Culinary Gems

Rice Tea to Millet Momos: This Woman Is Reviving India’s Tribal Culinary Gems  Aruna Tirkey’s mission isn’t just about preserving the past: It’s also about using forgotten indigenous food to imagine a more sustainable future. #FoodSecrets “Every time you eat food, you are not just tasting the dish, but also experiencing the culture of its

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Why Do Tigers Have Stripes?’: IITian Duo’s YouTube Channel Makes Learning Fun for Tribal Kids

Why Do Tigers Have Stripes?’: IITian Duo’s YouTube Channel Makes Learning Fun for Tribal Kids “Currently we are sending recorded videos and the YouTube video links of Kathaadi on a common WhatsApp group so that the children can easily access them.” Does air have weight?’ Maya asks in the Youtube video. She then takes two

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What Connects Ladakh’s Dard Aryans to Alexander the Great? The Answer Will Fascinate You!

What Connects Ladakh’s Dard Aryans to Alexander the Great? The Answer Will Fascinate You! With just under 4000 of them left in the world, they have long been famous for their distinctive tall and sharp physical features. A unique history of a unique people. Nearly 200 km from Leh, on either side of the Indus

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Inspired By Dad, Woman Braves Threats to Help 1400 Adivasi Families Get Land Rights

Inspired By Dad, Woman Braves Threats to Help 1400 Adivasi Families Get Land Rights Madhya Pradesh-based Shabnam Shah’s efforts against the illegal encroachment of tribal lands recently bagged her an award from the Women’s World Summit Foundation It was only when Shabnam Shah turned 18 that she suddenly understood the problem of illegal land grabbing

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