Hyderabad: Seven years after violent clashes between Adivasis and Lambadis rocked parts of Telangana, the long-standing dispute over the inclusion of Lambadis and Banjaras in the Scheduled Tribes (ST) ...

Pradeep Nag, the President of the All Adivasi Students' Association of Assam (AASAA), passed away today, April 8, at Medanta The Medicity Hospital in Gurugram after a prolonged battle with illness. He ...

Despite a population of 22 lakh Adivasis in Bihar, mainstream parties have fielded very few tribal candidates, focusing largely on just two reserved seats and sidelining communities even in ...

The poem and essay frame India’s land conflict as a battle between Adivasis defending livelihood and rulers pursuing capitalist “development.” The piece exposes a moral double standard where power, ...

We wanted to tell a story in a format that transcends age and the barriers of literacy. As a news reporter, I investigated policies to address malnutrition and anaemia through artificially fortifying ...

A historic site in Ranchi, Adivasi Maidan, witnessed the start of the Jharkhand statehood movement in 1939. Tribal leader Jaipal Singh Munda addressed a large gathering here, urging unity for tribal ...

Guwahati: Thousands of tea tribe and Adivasi community members on Monday took out a massive protest march in Assam’s Dibrugarh, demanding Scheduled Tribe (ST) status. The communities have been ...

The Omon Mahila Sangathan – a women’s self-help group in Noamundi, Jharkhand – had invited some of us from the Thulir Magalir Kuzhu, a women’s self-help group I belong to in Kodaikanal, to join their ...

With a view to helping Adivasi farmers in improving their incomes, the Andhra Pradesh Government has announced plans to set up an exclusive facility at Makavarapalem in Anakapalle district. The ...

The Mandel Center for the Humanities is pleased to announce that Anthropology doctoral student Gowthaman Ranganathan is the first recipient of the Democracy in Danger Humanities Grant. These grants ...