New medicinal plants found in Manipur Even after several ethno botanical studies on medicinal plants, we are yet to unravel the full potential of indigenous medicinal knowledge. Scientists attempting to document indigenous medicinal knowledge of Zeliangrong ethnic group in Manipur have now stumbled upon few plants whose medicinal or pharmacology properties are not known previously. […]
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Dong Traditional Water Management System Of Bodo People In Water Scarcity- Hit Assam Sometimes, particularly during monsoons, the day starts around 4 a.m., earlier than usual, for Rati Ranjan Mondal in Assam’s Nagrijuli village on the Indo-Bhutan border. Mondal wakes up, after a night of heavy rain and hurries to his paddy field to inspect
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Indi Glow Taught His Bugun Tribe To Profit From Bird Conservation & Ecotourism A line of tents is passed by Indi Glow. He enters a room while adjusting the binoculars’ neck strap and points to two framed pictures that are hanging on the wooden wall. Both depict an Indi who appears to be younger
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Indigenous People Can Help To Save Earth, As 1 Million Species Face Extinction Life on this planet, in all its wide diversity, is disappearing more quickly now than it has at any time in human history, and some 1 million species of plants and animals face extinction, new research from the United Nations has found.
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Meghalaya’s Jaintias Tribe & Their Annual Behdienkhlam Festival I have been fascinated by the works of Sebastiao Salgado, Mary Ellen Mark, David Alan Harvey, Susan Meiselas, Philip Blenkinsop, Alec Soth and Pablo Bartholomew; photographers who used visual imagery to unravel stories of remote cultures, peoples, languages and rituals. After I graduated from Jamia Millia Islamia
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Tribes India e-Mart: Coming soon, an e-market place only for tribal sellers *Objective : To bring around 5 lakh tribal artisans online, thus connecting them to a larger national and international market* Around 5 lakh tribal items across 20,000 categories, including textiles, paintings, home decor items, jewelry, and metal crafts, will be available on the
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Protests, outrage over Assam’s bid to convert land for industries (PAPER – 2 INDIAN & TRIBAL ANTHROPOLOGY) The Assam government’s approval of an ordinance to allow conversion of land without clearances for setting up micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) triggered protests across the State on July 2. The State Cabinet had on June 29
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TRIFED-UNICEF CAMPAIGN FOR SHG Context: TRIFED-UNICEF campaign for SHG (Self Help Group) is to be launched to ensure Tribal Gatherers carry on their work safely without facing any problem. Key details about TRIFED-UNICEF Campaign for SHG In order to ensure tribal gatherers carry on their work safely, TRIFED has collaborated with UNICEF for developing a
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Revision of Minimum Support Price for Minor Forest Produce Why in News Recently, the Central government has revised the Minimum Support Price (MSP) for Minor Forest Produce (MFP). The MSP is the rate at which the government buys produce from farmers and The idea of MSP is to counter price volatility of commodities due to
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Dynamic IAS Officer Has a VillageNamed in Her Honour. Here’s Why! Recently, the denizens of Adilabad named a village “Divyaguda” in Divya’s honour. This gesture shows the kind of impact she has left on the people and their gratitude towards her for bringing a change in their lives. The community that Divya worked so
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