The Nature-Loving Tribe That Fought To Save Their Sacred Peak & Succeeded! The Dongrias have been known​ ​for their eco-friendly agriculture-based lifestyle. But now they are slowly dying. Ritayan Mukherjee, a photographer, reports. When I first heard about the Dongrias, it was way back in 2013. Their successful fight against a UK-based mining giant to

The dispensable India: Data shows how DNTs, Adivasis, Dalits, Muslims bore lockdown brunt  These communities have suffered on most social indicators due to a mix of poor logistics as well as prejudice and ostracisation Dalit, Muslim and Adivasi households and neighbourhoods have suffered terribly in the aftermath of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic in

UP govt launches scheme for Tharu tribe  Uttar Pradesh government has recently launched a scheme to take the unique culture of the Tharu tribes all over the world. The intention of the scheme is to put these tribal villages on tourism map. This will create jobs and bring economic Independence to the tribal population in