Meet Mittal Patel, Who Skipped Her IAS Dreams to Uplift India’s ‘Criminal’ Tribes  “No government was giving them the right solutions. Their problems were much more complex than the government providing them with houses in some welfare scheme,” she explains. Mittal Patel grew up in the Gujarati village of Shankhalpur, with the dream of becoming […]

Forest Man of India: A Farmer From Assam Has Grown A Forest On Barren Land By Planting Trees For Last 40 Years Jadav Payeng, known as ‘The Forest Man of India’, takes us through his journey of grit that saw a desert turning into a forest. His story has inspired a trilingual film starring Rana

5 Arenas Where Tribal India Shattered the Mainstream Ceiling Whether it is the tribes’ ability to innovate, adapt, and create, they continue to use their skills to thrive in an ever-evolving world The culture and practices of the tribes of India form a rich part of our history. Whether it is in the realm of

How a School Is Giving Hope to Chattisgarh’s “Particularly Vulnerable” Pahadi Korba Tribe The only primary school in one of the most remote and backward regions of Chhattisgarh has brightened the future prospects of the Pahadi Korva tribes living here. It is the region’s first school since India’s independence and, notwithstanding the remote forests and

Marriage Is Driving Tribal Families Into Debt In MP. These Activists Are Trying To Change That. These activists are working with tribes people of Madhya Pradesh to cap marriage expenditures and prevent families from plunging into debt or having to sell off their lands to pay for their children’s weddings. In villages across Western Madhya

This Gandhian Couple Has Provided Medical Help to Maharashtra’s Tribals for over 30 Years Through their organisation SEARCH, Dr. Rani Abhay Bang and her husband Dr. Abhay Bang have brought hope, love, and social upliftment to thousands of vulnerable tribal communities in Maharashtra. Dr. Rani Abhay Bang and her husband, Dr. Abhay Bang, make a

Today, the VSSM has 30 field officers who tirelessly work to get these nomadic tribes access to government schemes, identification cards, ration cards, housing and education. “Because their lifestyle meant that they never had a permanent address, it was difficult to obtain documents for them. We have managed to give around 60,000 individuals a Voter

In a First, Bank Gives Life-Changing Loans to Nomadic Tribes Based Just on Trust! Kalupur co-operative bank has been financially empowering these communities since 2006 through loans of 50,000 to purchase houses under government schemes and 25,000 for expanding small-scale businesses at a rate of interest of 10 percent. Given the highly unstable scenario that

With land rights, but no land Many Adivasi families are unlikely to benefit from the implementation of the Forest Rights Act in J&K Tribal politics in the erstwhile State of Jammu and Kashmir was focused on the twin issues of political reservation and enactment/extension of the Forest Rights Act (FRA) of 2006. Mainstream political parties,

25 Mobile Schools to Migrate with Kashmir’s Nomadic Gujjars and Bakherwals  For these kids in Kashmir, education is often hampered due to migration. Every year, the nomadic Gujjar and Bakherwal communities migrate to the upper reaches of the Kashmir valley in summer. The two ethnic groups rear flocks of sheep and goat, between high and