Nutrition and affirmative action: The twain shall meet
A lot could be done for making ICDS responsive and impactful for the Dalit children. However, there are multiple design and operational flaws
The Pellipadugu Declaration on Food Sovereignty
Adivasi, dalit, pastoralist and peasant communities declare food security can only be met through Food Sovereignty
Short-circuiting discrimination or perpetuating them?
Nutrition programmes for Dalits need institutions to deliver and a vigilant citizenry to monitor implementation
Why women in Jharkhand’s backward areas are denied basic maternal care
Adivasis, often believed to be "resistant", have made attempts to engage with the modern healthcare system. But it is the health …
Polavaram project: Police demolish houses in Angaluru village of Andhra Pradesh
To protest the move, nine tribal youth made a self-immolation bid; another woman suffered a heart attack
On day 100, Kerala tribals continue to ‘stand up’ for their rights
Adivasis want the state government to fulfill its promise of giving land to the landless
Kawal sanctuary in Andhra Pradesh declared tiger reserve
State government claims rights of the forest communities will be protected
Fruits of afforestation
Adivasis in southern Madhya Pradesh see salvation from malnutrition in a drive to plant fruit trees
An attack on grassroots democracy?
Why the Jharkhand government is promoting illegal, parallel governance
Dalits, adivasis to protest in Gandhinagar for land rights
The Gujarat government is planning to give 45 lakh hectare of cultivable wasteland to corporates for farming while ignoring the landless Dalits …
Health infrastructure weakest in tribal areas: Report
Major shortfall of doctors and nurses at Primary Health Centres in the tribal areas of Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh and Odisha, …
CJI Bench sends fresh petition on FRA to Arun Mishra Bench
Since a similar matter is before the Mishra Bench, the CJI Bench has sent the new petition to it
A plea for Odisha’s tribals affected by mining
As Odisha plans to auction its mines in the next few years, an Odia pleads for the communities to be affected the most, the state’s adivasis
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
A new project aims to document India’s customary laws
Documenting customary laws is a step towards community-led conservation
How COVID-19 made forest rights battle tougher for Tharu women
The Adivasi women of Lakhimpur Khiri in eastern UP show resilience
COVID-19: How the most vulnerable were identified in 2 Odisha districts
A non-profit working on food security issues, took up a pilot project to identify such people needing urgent governmental and non-governmental …
Seven decades after independence, many tribal languages in India face extinction threat
To lose these indigenous languages means losing huge human capital and rich cultural diversity
Odisha’s tribal heartland fights COVID injustices with writings on the wall
Locals in remote villages have written on walls of their houses, urging government to address the digital divide highlighted by COVID-19
Adivasis account for 13% of total convicts, 10% of total under-trials, shows data
This number did reduce by a small margin, compared to data from 2001, but the disproportionate percentage of Adivasis in prison is just the tip …
The dispensable India: Data shows how DNTs, Adivasis, Dalits, Muslims bore lockdown brunt
These communities have suffered on most social indicators due to a mix of poor logistics as well as prejudice and ostracisation
Adivasis in India: Co-existence and stewardship
Much is at stake in how we define co-existence. On the one hand is a largely western legacy of wildlife conservation, while on the other hand, is …
How FRA helped India’s forest communities during COVID-19
Stories of hope have been reported from across the tribal areas of how communities survived due to FRA even as attempts have been made to dilute it
How Adivasis of one Jharkhand village are trying to preserve ethnomedicine
With ‘civilisation’ and ‘modernity’ having made inroads into India’s tribal areas, its heritage of traditional …
Lateral Thoughts: A recipe best avoided
Dependence on food import is not the solution for preventing biodiversity loss or decreasing greenhouse gas emissions