Meghalaya’s Jaintias Tribe & Their Annual Behdienkhlam Festival  I have been fascinated by the works of Sebastiao Salgado, Mary Ellen Mark, David Alan Harvey, Susan Meiselas, Philip Blenkinsop, Alec Soth and Pablo Bartholomew; photographers who used visual imagery to unravel stories of remote cultures, peoples, languages and rituals. After I graduated from Jamia Millia Islamia […]

Tribes India e-Mart: Coming soon, an e-market place only for tribal sellers  *Objective : To  bring around 5 lakh tribal artisans online, thus connecting them to a larger national and international market* Around 5 lakh tribal items across 20,000 categories, including textiles, paintings, home decor items, jewelry, and metal crafts, will be available on the

TRIFED-UNICEF CAMPAIGN FOR SHG Context: TRIFED-UNICEF campaign for SHG (Self Help Group) is to be launched to ensure Tribal Gatherers carry on their work safely without facing any problem. Key details about TRIFED-UNICEF Campaign for SHG In order to ensure tribal gatherers carry on their work safely, TRIFED has collaborated with UNICEF for developing a

Revision of Minimum Support Price for Minor Forest Produce Why in News Recently, the Central government has revised the Minimum Support Price (MSP) for Minor Forest Produce (MFP). The MSP is the rate at which the government buys produce from farmers and The idea of MSP is to counter price volatility of commodities due to