Success story

“These women are doing it every day, and how!” – Jovita Aranha on the Halpati community of Gujarat whose entrepreneurial journey ended exploitation without financial help from anybody; in “Of Spice & Spirit” (The Better India, 3 July 2018)
https://www.thebetterindia.com/148422/spice-saumya-omer-gujarat-tribe/
https://indiantribalheritage.org/?p=25808

Niwano Peace Prize for Rajagopal P.V.: Recognition for “work based on Gandhian principles of ‘satyagraha’ and nonviolent activism” – Japan

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Source: Press release (February 16, 2023) by iwano Peace Foundation (Tokyo) URL: https://www.npf.or.jp/english/peace_prize/mr-rajagopal-p-v-to-receive-the-40th-niwano-peace-prize.html | https://www.npf.or.jp/pdf/40th_press_release_e.pdfDate Received: 24 February 2023 General V. K. Singh, Minister of State for External and Overseas Indian Affairs […] said that youth aspiring to be the fathers of tomorrow are like the salt of the nation. He reiterated that India is … Read more

Organic farming adopted among tribal farmers – Andhra Pradesh

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Tribal farmer Killo Dombu and his land cultivated under NABARD’s ‘Maa Thota’ scheme at Anthriguda hamlet in Ananthagiri mandal in Visakhapatnam district. Killo Dombu of Anthriguda village in Dumbriguda mandal is proud of his achievements. Almost every plant is productive on his one-acre plot which yields cash crops. The innovative methods of cultivation adopted by … Read more

Slideshow | The astonishing skills of the world’s tribal peoples – Tribal Olympians by Survival International

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To celebrate the 2012 Olympics, Survival reveals some of the astonishing skills of the world’s tribal peoples, from the Awá archers of the Amazon to the Bajau divers of Borneo and the Tarahumara long-distance runners of northwestern Mexico. The astonishing skills of tribal peoples are not only a measure of just how swift, high and … Read more

Slideshow | Museum Day & Lecture: Santal Food Tradition & Transition

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This year the theme of the celebration was “Santal Traditional Food”. Kolkata Centre for Creativity has collaborated with the Ghosaldanga Adibasi Seva Sangha. Dr. Boro Baski delivered a lecture on ‘Santal Food” during the AMI Arts Festival in Kolkata.

India’s tribal cultural heritage – Lakshadweep

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Lakshadweep, which is a land in the deep Arabian Sea and is a part of the Indian Subcontinent, is recognised as the smallest Union Territory of India. The UT has one Lok Sabha constituency which is reserved for Scheduled Tribes (ST). Lakshadweep is a Lok Sabha / Parliamentary constituency in region of Lakshadweep in South … Read more