ANTHROPOLOGY SINPPETS

Maharashtra: Tribal Farmers Form A Company To Harvest & Sell Medicinal Herbs Today we came across an interesting bit of positive news from Pune, Maharashtra; wherein more than 800 tribal farmers have incorporated a company to harvest and sell over 120 exclusive medicinal herb products. Vanarinath Aushadhi Vanaspati Adivasi Farmers Producer Company Limited is the […]

Searching for an end to the Naga conflict (Paper 2 – Regionalism and Tribal Conflict) Despite having huge strategic significance, India’s northeastern frontier has largely remained marginal in the country’s popular imagination as well as mainstream politics. The region has witnessed multiple crises including bloody insurgencies, but still lacks the emotional resonance of the Kashmir

Now, get a glimpse of rare anklet of Bastar tribe at IGRMS’ e-exhibit As part of the online exhibition to stay connected with the audience, Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Manav Sangrahalaya (IGRMS) exhibited a ‘Kaans Payri’, a rare bronze anklet from Bastar, Chhattisgarh. The exhibit was showcased on the social media pages as well as the

Why is an Amazon tribe talking to Indians about Blood Gold? The Yanomami people, who live in a settlement deep inside the rainforest, have been threatened for several decades by illegal gold miners who invade their land and bring diseases. From the remote rainforests of Brazil, a little- known tribe has made an emotional appeal

Arjun Munda inaugurates ‘2 Days’ National Tribal Research Conclave’ being held virtually New Delhi: Union Minister for Tribal Affairs Shri Arjun Munda has said that the Ministry of Tribal affairs is funding 26 Tribal Research Institutes (TRIs) for research under Grant to TRIs and is engaged in quality research in collaboration with reputed Government and

India: Once Sold as Bonded Labourers, Paniya Tribe Of Wayanad Still Suffer ocated in the Western Ghats in northern Kerala at an elevation of 3,000 feet, Wayanad is home to one-third of the total tribal population (1,51,443) of Kerala 4,84,839, as per 2011 census. The district, with forest coverage of 83 per cent of its

Changpas Of Ladakh: Their Pashmina Wool & Nomadic Tribal Lifestyle Rupshu is home to the Changpa nomads, who live here throughout the year, enduring sub- frigid winters with temperatures dropping 40 degrees below the freezing point. The Changpas of Ladakh are a small and detached population of the Changpa people living in western Tibet. In

Conserving ‘Toda Buffalo’ – Named After ‘Toda Tribe’ Polker Kuttan, a 72-year-old Toda tribal from the Nilgiris, is like a local weather expert – he can predict the onset or delay of the seasonal rains and even the duration of each spell. Polker says that just a whiff of the flowers found in the mund (Toda settlements)

Tribal Community Conservation Model Protects Wildlife Habitats 15-year-old community conserved area (CCA) model followed in Western Arunachal Pradesh has helped in involving the villagers in conservation initiatives in forests that lie outside protected areas by ensuring security to their traditional custodianship and user rights over the natural resources. “Entire villages have come together to secure

Trifood Project of TRIFED TRIFOOD Scheme is a joint initiative of Ministry of Food Processing Industry, Ministry of Tribal Affairs and TRIFED. Under this scheme a tertiary value addition center will be set up in Jagdalpur in Chhattisgarh and Raigad in Maharashtra at a cost of approximately Rs.11 crores. TRIFOOD Scheme, implemented in the backdrop