Wild and spicy

Stepping on the PDS snake in Dantewada

Aparna Pallavi reveals her near miss with Naxals while enquiring about PDS

Healthy fast food

Sahyadri tribals eat buckwheat to stay fit

Delightful appearance

For tribal people, the thrill of food lies in the knowledge and awareness about picking the right food at the right time

How about some baby crocs?

The fern adds flavour, nutrition to the food of Maharashtra’s tribals

Opening to the past

A wild food trail

Aparna Pallavi shares a monsoon recipe of Chhattisgarh

Stalk soup

Tribals in central India use mushroom stalks to ward off chills and cold

Kolam tribals in Maharashtra struggling to get their land back

Bite into bitters

Maharashtra tribals’ way of warding off monsoon maladies

Weed on my plate

Tribals of central India vouch for the taste and health benefits of neglected wild vegetables

Yamilicious!

During her visit to Indore, Aparna Pallavi tickles her taste buds with crispy fried purple yam or garadu and discovers the health benefits of the …

Tadoba park closed

Against the grain

Custodian violates forest rights

MoEF clears projects in forests without settling land rights of people  

Become iron woman, eat veggies

As government fails to tackle anaemia, NGOs in Maharashtra help women increase haemoglobin by raising kitchen gardens

Foodwise

Farmers in Maharashtra revive 120 varieties of local crops

‘Tribal philosophy can’t be ignored beyond a point’

At a time when climate change is emerging as a reality, indigenous people are eager to give-up their low-carbon lifestyle and join the bandwagon …

Hudhud causes heavy rains across Chhattisgarh

Extensive agricultural damage expected

A sip of earthy flavour

Anantamool tea is more than a refresher for the farmers of Vidarbha

Sapped for sal seed

Despite abundant produce, seed collecting Baigas earn little

Tree is not timber

Peepal power

The Baiga tribe in Madhya Pradesh never misses the opportunity to savour the tender leaves of peepal

Identity under threat

Film>> Tuhya Dharma Koncha, directed by Satish Manwar, cast: Upendra Limaye, Vibhavari Deshpande, music by Dattaprasad Ranade

Herbs to heal cattle

In the absence of veterinary services, traditional medical practices for treating livestock remain popular in tribal villages