Tribal Rights and Heritage Conservation in the Western Ghats of Karnataka  This paper is drawn from a larger research study titled “Tribals, Forest Rights and Heritage Conservation: A Study of Western Ghats in Karnataka” sponsored by the Indian Council of Social Science Research, New Delhi. The author would like to thank ICSSR for this. Comments […]

Why India’s local health traditions need to be formalised Traditional healers need to be brought into the public health systems as they function in a resource-strained ecology A few months ago, Tony, a colleague of mine in Gudalur—a small tribal town in Tamil Nadu’s Nilgiris district complained of mouth ulcers. He whined about black circles,

Forest Rights Act is quite clear on genuine forest dwellers, but states are letting it down India cannot save her forests, but for the active involvement of the forest dwelling scheduled tribes. The Scheduled Tribes and Forest Dwellers Recognition of Forest Rights Act, 2006 as well as the Rules, 2007, are quite clear and unambiguous

Cultural artillery, Christianity, education: How the British & missionaries Westernised Khasis In ‘White As Milk and Rice’, Nidhi Dugar Kundalia writes about how 80% of Khasis today are Christian converts because of the British. The Khasi males always used the phrase leit khwai or ‘to go fishing’ when trying to court young girls. In this

This Former IIT Prof Once Taught RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan. Today He’s Helping Tribals in MP. If you happen to be in the densely vegetated area of Betul and Hoshangabad in Madhya Pradesh, you are likely to stumble upon an unassuming old man with a scraggly white beard, quietly making his way through the wilderness

Vice President to Inaugurate National Tribal Festival “Aadi Mahotsav” at Dilli Haat, INA, New Delhi The Vice President of India Shri M. Venkaiah Naidu will inaugurate “Aadi Mahotsav”, a National Tribal Festival being organized by TRIFED, Ministry of Tribal Affairs at 6.30 PM on 1st February, 2021 (Monday) at Dilli Haat, INA, New Delhi. Union

New Education Policy 2020: Did it Forget Tribal Students? Pushing marginalised students out of the mainstream, turning them into labourers in the guise of vocational training, is no solution. Even after 74 years of Independence, tribal literacy in India has not reached desired levels. The high dropout rate among tribal students—70.9% for classes I to

They Beat Vedanta, Now Odisha’s Tribals Are Winning Back Their Wild Harvests Judicious use of wild uncultivated foods and revival of indigenous crops are helping the Dongria Kondh tribe of Niyamgiri to boost food security beyond their successful campaign against mining gaint Vedanta. Abhijit Mohanty takes a closer look. The Dongria Kondhs of Odisha, one