An old man and his baton: Meet Damodar Kashyap Kashyap has ensured food, and livelihood in Bastar villages by offering them thriving forests It’s not always that an individual’s initiative finds place in academic curiculum. But the Chhattisgarh government has included the life saga of Damodar Kashyap in the social sciences syllabus of class 9. […]
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Fighting Malnutrition In Odisha’s Angul, A Story That Inspires All How a remote district became a sterling example that people can overcome their nutritional adversity with will, guts and wisdom Located in a remote corner of Odisha is a small district of about 6,232 square km, named Angul. A small district, it has got its
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Tribal sub plans fail under Modi regime; Adivasis deprived of benefits in last five years Among the objectives of the Tribal Sub Plan has been to look after the basic needs of the tribals. The records show that the money was spent, but never to serve the needs of the targeted masses. Each of government
