Arunachal’s tribes revive indigenous lockdown rituals. A tribal lockdown ritual has staged a comeback in Arunachal Pradesh, the State geographically closest to China’s Hubei province where the COVID-19 outbreak began. Arr-Rinam is the Galo equivalent of lockdown imposed by consensus for 48 hours whenever an epidemic strikes. The Galos, one of the 26 major tribes […]

With the Covid-19 pandemic, people from the Northeast are facing a rise in racial attacks across the country. At a time when the world is battling a global health crisis, and state leaders are talking about forming a united front to fight the Covid-19 pandemic, things in India have taken an unpleasant turn. The racial

Whose land is it anyway: Of India’s 703 ongoing conflicts, 25% are in tribal areas.  In India, on average, at least 10,600 people are impacted by each ongoing land conflict. The number crosses 21,300 in the land conflicts involving mining projects, reveals a recent study. The study, titled Locating the Breach and released by the

Relocation of tribal people living around Similipal Tiger Reserve forceful, claim locals.  A hundred families belonging to the Khadia community, a particularly vulnerable tribal group, were relocated from Khejuri village in the buffer area of the Similipal Biosphere Reserve to Saleibeda, about 100 km away. Khejuri has a recognised community forest rights (CFR) area and

Nomadic Tribes and the NPR Process It is unreasonable to expect this historically marginalised and exploited community to produce documents and prove their citizenship. A report by the government of India’s National Commission of Denotified, Nomadic and SemiNomadic Tribes of India affirms this: “Although, many of the denotified, nomadic and semi-nomadic tribes are spread among

Andhra Pradesh: SC Scraps 100% Reservation in Scheduled Areas, Fueling Debate A government order had provided absolute reservation in teaching jobs for Scheduled Tribes in the scheduled areas. Vijayawada: The Supreme Court’s judgement against 100% reservation of teachers of the Scheduled Tribes (ST) in primary schools located in the Scheduled Areas brings to the fore

Chhattisgarh Govt Launches Schemes For Tendu Leaves, Cow Dung Collector The scheme, named after slain Congress leader Mahendra Karma, was inaugurated on the occasion of his birth anniversary from the official residence of CM Bhupesh Baghel in Raipur. Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel buys cow-dung to mark the inauguration of ‘Godhan Nyay Yojna’. Under the