ANTHROPOLOGY SINPPETS

5 Arenas Where Tribal India Shattered the Mainstream Ceiling Whether it is the tribes’ ability to innovate, adapt, and create, they continue to use their skills to thrive in an ever-evolving world The culture and practices of the tribes of India form a rich part of our history. Whether it is in the realm of […]

How a School Is Giving Hope to Chattisgarh’s “Particularly Vulnerable” Pahadi Korba Tribe The only primary school in one of the most remote and backward regions of Chhattisgarh has brightened the future prospects of the Pahadi Korva tribes living here. It is the region’s first school since India’s independence and, notwithstanding the remote forests and

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

This Gandhian Couple Has Provided Medical Help to Maharashtra’s Tribals for over 30 Years Through their organisation SEARCH, Dr. Rani Abhay Bang and her husband Dr. Abhay Bang have brought hope, love, and social upliftment to thousands of vulnerable tribal communities in Maharashtra. Dr. Rani Abhay Bang and her husband, Dr. Abhay Bang, make a

Today, the VSSM has 30 field officers who tirelessly work to get these nomadic tribes access to government schemes, identification cards, ration cards, housing and education. “Because their lifestyle meant that they never had a permanent address, it was difficult to obtain documents for them. We have managed to give around 60,000 individuals a Voter

In a First, Bank Gives Life-Changing Loans to Nomadic Tribes Based Just on Trust! Kalupur co-operative bank has been financially empowering these communities since 2006 through loans of 50,000 to purchase houses under government schemes and 25,000 for expanding small-scale businesses at a rate of interest of 10 percent. Given the highly unstable scenario that

With land rights, but no land Many Adivasi families are unlikely to benefit from the implementation of the Forest Rights Act in J&K Tribal politics in the erstwhile State of Jammu and Kashmir was focused on the twin issues of political reservation and enactment/extension of the Forest Rights Act (FRA) of 2006. Mainstream political parties,

25 Mobile Schools to Migrate with Kashmir’s Nomadic Gujjars and Bakherwals  For these kids in Kashmir, education is often hampered due to migration. Every year, the nomadic Gujjar and Bakherwal communities migrate to the upper reaches of the Kashmir valley in summer. The two ethnic groups rear flocks of sheep and goat, between high and

Tigers, Tribals & Volleyball: Melghat Is Hosting A Sports Event Unlike Any Other! In the tribal villages spread out across the forest regions of the Melghat Tiger Reserve, which is nestled in the Satpuda hill range of Maharashtra, the tiger is not a wild, fearsome beast but instead, is referred to as one’s maternal uncle,

Survey of forest dwellers being done: Jammu and Kashmir govt. Amid regional parties’ protests over the eviction of forest dwellers, the Jammu and Kashmir administration on Wednesday said it was in the process of implementing the Forest Rights Act of 2006 “to grant the rights to forest dwellers”. “The Forest Rights Act of 2006 provides