ANTHROPOLOGY SINPPETS

The Naga Peace Process Is Lost Between Integration and Unification The current stalemate is rooted in the National Socialist Council of Nagaland (Isak-Muivah) NSCN-IM’s decision not to use the framework agreement as a point of departure to build consensus over the final agreement. More importantly, instead of using the framework agreement as a point of […]

Denotified 68 Years Ago, ‘Criminal’ Tribes Still Fight Stigma, Poverty August 31 is celebrated as Liberation Day by Denotified Nomadic Tribes across India, every year this day is celebrated as Vimukti Diwas or Liberation Day by DNTs across the country. Dakxin, who is also the national convener of DNT Adhikar Manch, said they want the

Fading identity amid urban growth – nomads were crucial to the British era in a variety of sectors, including acrobatics, handicrafts, animal husbandry, storytelling, tattooing, fortune telling, and ayurvedic medicine. However, these nomadic tribes have lost their jobs, status, and identities in modern society as a result of modernization and rural expansion. They suffered greatly

Manipur’s Kukis demand Bodoland-like territorial council, unhappy about delays in talks Kuki rebel groups are wary of central govt’s talks with NSCN (I-M) and delay in their own talks due to the Covid-19 pandemic, which they label ‘procrastination’. As the union government and leaders of the National Socialist Council of Nagalim (Isak- Muivah) continue their

Nomadic Van Gujjars in northern India fear remaining in the forest while their resettled relatives struggle to adjust. The Van Gujjars are a forest-dwelling community who live in several different pockets spread across northern India’s lower Himalayan region. The Van Gujjars Name The name ’Van Gujjar’ loosely translates to ‘forest pastoral community’. ‘Van’ in Hindi

Beautiful Traditional Art Of Gond Tribe (Paintings) In 1980s, when a couple of Pradhan Gond Tribe artists, like Jangarh Singh Shayam and Narmada Gond started making names for themselves. As they moved away from traditional mural-paintings and started making their traditional art on the papers. In their paintings, they brought into light a unique style

Chhattisgarh tribals to get community forest rights. Activists welcome plan but with caution Chhattisgarh is set to become the second Indian state to allow its tribal population to manage and exploit forest produce at a community level under the Forest Rights Act, 2006. According to a statement by the Bhupesh Baghel government, tribals in the

Complete literacy for Wayanad’s Adivasis: Kerala govt aims at 90% literacy for Adivasis in 6 months The present project, ‘Wayanad Complete Tribal Literacy Project’ headed by Kerala State Literacy Mission aims to achieve 90% literacy rate among Adivasis within the next six months Kerala government intends to increase the literacy rate amongst Adivasis in the

0 Namath Basai, a big hit among Kerala tribal children The Kerala State government is carrying out a unique programme called “Namath Basai” of teaching tribal children in their mother tongue. Key Points The programme is being implemented by the Samagra Shiksha Kerala(SSK). SSK is an overarching programme for the school education sector extending from