Video | IndiaUnheard on free wifi for Silphili: Transparency and other benefits for rural people inhabiting a “digital village” – Chhattisgarh

“We got support from young people […] are able to reach out to people and keep transparency through the gram panchayat website” – Sanjaysingh Nethi, Village Council Head, Silphili, Chhattisgarh in an interview on YouTube from 1:52 >> Published on Jan 4, 2017 More than 300km from Raipur, the road that leads to Silphili village is anything but … Read more

“The sometimes disturbing story of how we are treating our fragile islands” – Andaman & Nicobar

Books on the Andaman and Nicobar Islands by Pankaj Sekhsaria 1) Islands in Flux – the Andaman and Nicobar Story (2017)2) The Last Wave – An Island Novel (2014)3) The Jarawa Tribal Reserve Dossier (2010) The three books, signed by the author, are available at a special set price of Rs. 750. Please write to thelastwave1@gmail.com for details and … Read more

Health benefits derived from “new species” of Ginger: A scientific paper published in international botanical journal – Andaman and Nicobar Islands

Shiv Sahay Singh, The Hindu, Kolkata: January 08, 2017 Scientists of the Botanical Survey of India (BSI) have found a new species of Zingiber (commonly referred as Ginger) from the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. | To read the full article, click here >> The fresh extract of tuberous roots is used to treat abdominal pain by tribals … Read more

Video | Santali dances performed at the Sahitya Akademi’s Festival of Letters (February 2017) – New Delhi

YouTube post by Sunder Manoj HembromSahitya Akademi reak̕ Meghdoot akhṛare John Soren ar unire̠n do̠l Bado̠li. This was the first song in the programme at Meghdoot Open Air Theatre, performed by Badoli Cultural Troupe on 25 February 2017. Among the main types of Santali folksongs are the Sohrae, Don, Lagre, Durumjak’, etc. All four were performed … Read more

Nehru Centenary Tribal Museum Hyderabad: “Celebrating the aboriginals who lived on this very hill” – Andhra Pradesh

October 22, 2012 | To read the full description with pictures, click here >> Located right in the heart of city near Banjara hills, celebrating the aboriginals who lived on this very hill is the Nehru Centenary Tribal Museum Hyderabad. Nehru Centenary Tribal Museum Hyderabad On the ground floor of Tribal Museum Hyderabad, through Chenchu tribes dioramas. … Read more