Engaging with a bhagat offers a complex account of the cultural pressure that engenders violence
While the 2021 NCRB data shows an evident increase in crimes to 50,013 crimes against Dalits and Adivasis, the budget allocation is reduced to Rs. 500 Crores in FY 2023-24 from Rs 600 crores in FY 2022-23.
There is no end to this story just as the unending sufferings of the Doli labourers of Marang Buru or Parasnath. While religious and political outfits continue their fight, the labourer picks up his palanquin and searches...
Fighting cultural erasure and gender-based discrimination, Adivasi women lead lives of triple jeopardy
Soren said he has already written to the Centre, informing it that the changes in the law cannot be implemented in the state.
As the Adivasis continue their protests and claim their rights over Marang Buru, they also bring up the question of dispossession and displacement. It reflects the imbibed displeasure of Adivasis against all the external...
Local reports claim there is anger against Pramanik over the killing of an Adivasi, allegedly in firing by the Border Security Force (BSF), which reports to the Home Ministry, of which he is a minister.
Our engagement with the Adivasi politics and their struggle for rights over Jal, Jungle, Jameen started when our Editor Chinki Sinha extensively travelled through different regions of Jharkhand to understand the indigenous...
The Marang Buru or Parasnath hill range echoed with the slogans in thousands of Adivasi voices demanding the Jain community to evacuate their land and holy...
Surrendering to the Jain protest across the country, the Centre halts all tourist activities at the Sammed Shikharji mountain peak, which is Marang Buru for...
While talking to Outlook, Congress MLA of Narayanpur Chandan Kashyap said that some ‘outsiders’ are behind the attacks. The locals, however, accuse the...
A complaint submitted to the district Collector of Narayanpur in Chhattisgarh, accessed by Outlook, lists 59 gruesome attacks on Adivasi Christians and...
In conversation with Outlook’s Daniya Rahman, Hembrom talks about the journey of adivaani, the difficulties of being a Santal woman publisher, the importance...
Adivasi food systems are deeply embedded in local culture and traditions, given that the way of life of these indigenous peoples is so closely linked to nature...
The creation of sub divisions among Dalits based on financial status can ultimately lead to compartmentalization, turning the well-off Dalits into mute...
A government officer remembers the difficulties of, and learnings from, working with tribals
As per Article 342 of the Constitution, the President is the sole authority to notify tribal communities as Scheduled Tribes, while the Parliament has the...
The introduction of lift irrigation through solar-powered pumps has brought a sea change in the lives of farmers of tribal areas in Rajasthan as they are no...
With the setback to parties like the BTP and growing religious and socio-economic stratification within the Adivasi community, the prospects of the proverbial...
Life assumes a different hue when you see it beyond the GDP, as you can hear the poetry of silence and ambivalence that Bastar weaves. Excerpts from...
After years of coercion and co-option, adivasis are fighting for their religious identity and rights, forcing political parties to take note. In the latest...
Birsa Munda statues in Jharkhand are sites of appropriation for politicians and live memory for Adivasis
Life assumes a different hue when you see it beyond the GDP, as you can hear the poetry of silence and ambivalence that Bastar weaves. Excerpts from...
The claims of Hindus and Christians on the Adivasis in Gujarat correctly perceive the importance of the 'tribal vote' but end up ignoring the stark realities...
On the directions of President Droupadi Murmu, the NCST is also holding a first-of-its-kind workshop to encourage academicians, students and social workers to...
