Who is giving

What ails the Jarawas

Sourcing Shompens

Hunter-gatherers of Great Nicobar yield evolutionary clues

Wild and spicy

South Asia

Hunger claims five lives

Government aid too late for family in Orissa’s tribal district  

Patkar attacked

Public hearing on operation Greenhunt called off

The virtual reality of being Indian

The remoteness of 190 villages in Orissa's undivided Koraput district is an elegy on governance. Over five decades, living in islands inside huge …

IN PHOTOS: Dev gudis of Bastar get a new lease of life

Across India, sacred groves are known by many names. In Jharkhand, they are generally called sarnas; in Chhattisgarh, dev gudis, which means the …

The rediscovery of wild food plants

While India is slowly rediscovering such plants, the forests must be co-managed by tribal communities in order to preserve them for posterity

BJP lost Jharkhand due to tribal anger: Experts

The Raghubar Das government's efforts to grab tribal land to give to industry alienated the community, they said

Tribal women in Odisha attempt mass suicide over rail track construction

The women alleged the track was being constructed without compensating tribals in the area for their land

What if not single-use plastics? Why not leaf cutlery?

Leaf plates and spoons could help in combating climate change and also bring adivasis out of poverty

Just 32% tribal children consume healthy diet: expert committee

A report by an expert committee constituted by health ministry shows that malnutrition among tribals is more than among non-tribals

UN urged to ensure protection of tribal rights

At the Human Rights convention in Vienna, quick UN approval was sought for the Universal Declaration of Indigenous People

Tribals solve problems through self - reliance

The Budakattu Krishikara Sangha, with its emphasis on people-oriented strategies, has improved tremendously the lot of the tribals in and around …

From reservations to recognition

Pushed onto reservations and almost forgotten, the indigenous people of the world have finally got onto the international environmental agenda.…

Violence ushers in the New Year

In Chiapas state of Mexico, 1994 was heralded by a peasant uprising. Though opposition to NAFTA is said to be the immediate cause for the revolt, …

Dang and blast

The anachronistic, and explosive, colonial formula of exploiting forests by denying the forest people their rights is still being followed to the …

Developing distress

The birth-pangs of development have been faced so far by the downtrodden, but things need to change soon

For the people

Grassroot bodies should pressurise the state government to effectively implement the new Act on tribal self-rule passed by the Centre

The truth behind the Muthanga incident

The People's Judicial Enquiry Commission probe into the Muthanga incident in Kerala sheds new light on this burning issue, which is causing …

Andhra mining agency told to ‘go back’ by Nimmalapadu tribals at public hearing

First hearing since 1997 Supreme Court judgment, Kept out of mining lease decisions at least five times despite legal win, say villagers

Fight for survival: MP's Chutka village holds out against proposed nuclear power project

Dadu Lal Kundapa has galvanised 54 tribal villages to say no forced evictions for the second time in four decades

Fear of another COVID-19 lockdown spurs distress sale of mahua flowers

Odisha tribals remember financial hit during 2020 pandemic containment measures