Accountability / Adivasi / Adibasi / Anthropology / Assimilation / Bastar / Chotanagpur / Colonial policies / Commentary / Customs / De- and re-tribalisation / Democracy / Dress and ornaments / Ecology and environment / Economy and development / Forest Rights Act (FRA) / Gandhian social movement / Globalization / Government of India / Health and nutrition / History / Internet / Literature and bibliographies / Media portrayal / Misconceptions / Modernity / Names and communities / Nature and wildlife / Press snippets / Quotes / Rights of Indigenous Peoples / Rural poverty / Seasons and festivals / Tagore and rural culture / Tips / Trees / Women / Worship and rituals

Tip | Search articles on tribal history, politics and literature on Ramachandra Guha’s website

We met adivasis who had been persecuted by the Naxalites, and other adivasis who had been tormented by the Salwa Judum vigilantes [i.e. “a strange, not to say bizarre, example …

Accountability / Adivasi / Adibasi / Adverse inclusion / Childhood / Colonial policies / Commentary / Customs / Democracy / Ecology and environment / Education and literacy / Ekalavya (Eklavya, Eklabya), EMR & Factory schools / Figures, census and other statistics / Forest Rights Act (FRA) / Government of India / History / Misconceptions / Organizations / Photos / Press snippets / Quotes / Rights of Indigenous Peoples / Tribal culture worldwide

Time for an apology to the world’s Indigenous peoples: Residential schools, exploitation of natural resources and ill treatment in the name of “progress”

One of many broken agreements was that children were to be educated “whenever the Indians of the reserve shall desire it” in schools on the reserves. But rather than instruction …

Adivasi / Adibasi / Bees and honey / Community facilities / Customs / Democracy / Ecology and environment / Economy and development / Education and literacy / Forest Rights Act (FRA) / Health and nutrition / Names and communities / Nilgiri Biosphere / Organizations / Photos / Quotes / Rights of Indigenous Peoples / Southern region – Southern Zonal Council / Storytelling / Success story / Western Ghats – Tribal heritage and ecology

Knowing their rights and making it known: The four indigenous communities in the Gudalur valley of the Nilgiris – Tamil Nadu

The Gudalur valley in the Nilgiris is home to four distinct indigenous communities – Paniyas, Kattunayakans, Mullukurumbas and Bettakurumbas. Learn more: https://cultureandconservation.wordpress.com/test/ >> On 15th December, 2014, members from 31 …

Accountability / Ecology and environment / Forest Rights Act (FRA) / Globalization / Government of India / Health and nutrition / Names and communities / Press snippets / Revival of traditions / Southern region – Southern Zonal Council / Tribal elders / Wayanad

Forests beyond our reach: tribal healer (Wayanad) – Kerala

Tribesmen’s freedom to enter the forest to collect herbal plants and other medicinal material should be protected by the law, Achappan Vaidyar, tribal healer from Wayanad, has said. Speaking to The …

Childhood / Customs / Dress and ornaments / Economy and development / Education and literacy / Forest Rights Act (FRA) / Health and nutrition / Homes and utensils / Media portrayal / Names and communities / Photos / Press snippets / Quotes / Rural poverty / Storytelling / Success story / Tribal elders / Women

Video & Slideshow | “Visible Work, Invisible Women” by photographer P. Sainath

‘Visible Work, Invisible Women’, is a fully curated, online still-photo exhibition. This video tour takes viewers around the entire physical exhibition, with original photographs and texts reproduced below as an …

Adivasi / Adibasi / Anthropology / Bastar / Crafts and visual arts / Cultural heritage / Customs / Dress and ornaments / Economy and development / Forest Rights Act (FRA) / Government of India / Health and nutrition / History / Museum collections - India / Names and communities / Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups (PVTG) / Photos / Press snippets / Southern region – Southern Zonal Council / Tourism / Tribal identity / Worship and rituals

Showcasing the lifestyle of the Koya community: Tribal museum and Sammakka–Saralakka Jatara festival at Medaram village – Telangana

With the exclusive tribal museum becoming operational on Tuesday, devotees thronging to the historic Medaram village for the Sammakka–Saralakka jatara can now get an insight into the life and culture …

Accountability / Audio resources - external / Biodiversity / Commentary / Democracy / eBook eJournal ePaper / Ecology and environment / Figures, census and other statistics / Forest Rights Act (FRA) / Government of India / Misconceptions / Nature and wildlife / Press snippets / Quotes / Western Ghats – Tribal heritage and ecology

ePaper & Audio | The Western Ghats are no ordinary ecosystem: They constitute the water tower of peninsular India

Source: Madhav Gadgil and Ligia Noronha, The Hindu, 2 May 2013Date Visited: 12 December 2022 It is certain that Gadgil committee report will find it’s way to the dustbin. The …

Accountability / Adivasi / Adibasi / Adverse inclusion / Assimilation / Colonial policies / Constitution and Supreme Court / Ecology and environment / Economy and development / Elephant / Figures, census and other statistics / Forest Rights Act (FRA) / Government of India / Nature and wildlife / Organizations / Press snippets / Quotes / Rights of Indigenous Peoples / Rural poverty

Continuation of colonial-era forest laws and mass evictions: Historical displacement of tribals from forests – Forest Rights Act

Nitin Sethi, The Wire, 15 February 2019 State governments would have to undertake mass evictions if the court accepts a petition filed by wildlife groups. […]   If the court accepts the …