Second disempowerment
Tribals have lost their decision-making power twice; first to the state then to the Maoists
A search for a lost friend
Book>> Let’s Call Him Vasu: With The Maoists In Chhattisgarh • Shubhranshu Choudhary • Penguin Books • Rs 350
Destruction as a way of sustainable farming
For centuries, the Iban tribals of Malaysia have cultivated crops by clearing trees, but without endangering the rainforests. At the centre of …
Hardy babul does well with crops
Field trials prove a deep-rooted tree indigenous to Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra grows well in the Thar desert.
Exhaustive study of Munda tribal society
THE MUNDA OF CENTRAL INDIA - AN ACCOUNT OF THEIR SOCIAL ORGANIZATION Robert Parkin Publisher: Oxford University Press, Delhi Price not stated
"I am neither here, nor there"
Young Saif Ali is one of a handful of bhanyara (nomadic) Gujjars of northern Himachal Pradesh who attend college. But education has led him into …
Forest rights
Adivasis draft an alternative forest bill and a rehabilitation policy to safeguard India's forests
Windowdressing forestry
Applause and international funding of a forestry project greenwashes the cruel realities of the people living there
Ancient tribe, modern manners'
The Story of the Bonda Highlanders Bikram Narayan Nanda Sage Publications, New Delhi Rs 275
A dying craft
The technique of producing iron from low-grade ore used by the Agarias was environmentally sound. But the community is marginalised today, and …
Mid-way solutions
VILLAGE VOICES, FOREST CHOICES: JOINT FOREST MANAGEMENT IN INDIA·Edited by Mark Poffenberger and Betsy McGean·Oxford University …
Encounter of the third kind
A third dam in their vicinity threatens the livelihoods of the Ibaloi tribals of northern Philippines
Educating the underprivileged
A review of our educational and training policy is desperately needed to educate tribals, the backward classes and the poor
Steering into turbulence
Australian politicians are finding it hard to live with a landmark judgment, which puts in jeopardy the landholding rights of colonialists by …
"The state cannot deprive people"
WALTER FERNANDES, who has worked extensively for tribes and on tribal issues, talks to SURYA SEN
Pongamia power enables Adilabad villagers to export carbon credits to Germany
When Gond tribals of Chalpadi village in Adilabad district, Andhra Pradesh agreed this April to export 900 tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent in …
Lakhs out of lac
A village in Madhya Pradesh prospers by reverting to its traditional means of livelihood
Platter of joy
People in Mendha-Lekha village in Maharashtra fashion plates out of locally available leaves. avilash roul learns lessons in sustainable forest …
Roles have reversed
Book>> Sacrificing People: Invasion of a Tribal Landscape • by Felix Padel • Orient Blackswan • Rs 395
COP15 Montreal: Tribals are sentinels of forest biodiversity, not destructors
From food to medicine, tribal knowledge has helped humans survive for thousands of years
Our Coal, Our Right: Here is why these Chhattisgarh tribals stage a ‘coal satyagraha’ every October 2
Tribals from four blocks collect and auction coal on Gandhi Jayanti annually, in defiance of government rules
In Memoriam: Eminent Gandhian Kishore Bhai was ahead of his time
He has left us all with a great responsibility – to feel the crisis that is on hand and face it with all our best efforts
Utkal Diwas 2022: Odisha’s GDP and museums go together
Odisha’s musuems are cost centres. But they need to move to being profit centres. If they don’t have enough revenue surplus, our …
World Human Rights Day: Is an India free of witch-hunts possible
Cases of witch-branding have been reported from 12 states in India; some 2,300 ‘witches’ were murdered between 1999 and 2003
How tribals of Madumalai Tiger Reserve were robbed of compensation
According to 21 tribal families forest officials allied with property dealers to dupe them of the money for relocating from the reserve in Tamil Nadu