Research explores the impacts of mobile phones for Maasai women Mobile phones have the power to change the lives of women living in remote communities by reducing barriers to information and increasing access to local economies. However, the introduction of new technologies can hamper efforts to empower women by increasing disparities in power dynamics. Associate […]

Where the Mahua dulls all pain This is an extract on the Maria tribe in Bastar, Chhatisgarh, which is caught between the mining corporations, security forces and the Maoists In Bastar, life seems to grow unshackled, wild and often wanton: seeds, chucked by insects and birds, don’t wait for a drizzle. They grow into a

Research: Traditional Knowledge Helps Indigenous People Adapt To Climate Crisis Indigenous peoples, who make up 5% of the global population, are among the most vulnerable groups. They face issues ranging from poverty and human rights abuses to the climate crisis. Nevertheless, Indigenous peoples contribute significantly to biodiversity conservation and sustainable natural resources management. The do so, in both terrestrial and marine ecosystems, through their

This Odisha tribe grows 20 crop varieties without jeopardising biodiversity The Bonda tribe practices a unique form of shifting cultivation that enables the growth of many crop varieties while ensuring that the climate and forest are not harmed It is early morning. Mongla Sisa and a group of farmers sing their way up a wild hillock of Bonda

Adivasis demand the self-rule promised by the Constitution. The Adivasi Hakkula Porata Samiti (Tudum Debba) said they would begin their ‘Self Rule’ campaign in their villages from June 1 as announced earlier Talks between the Adivasi Hakkula Porata Samiti (Tudum Debba), representing the Gond and other Adivasis of the erstwhile Adilabad district, and the Telangana