The village of Galkuva lies deep in the heart of southern Gujarat, in Tapi district. On July 16, light droplets of rain pattered down as we made our way to a spacious mud house amidst fields of ...

Five years after the Forest Rights Act (FRA) was passed in 2006, India’s first village secured community forest rights. That village, Mendha Lekha, quickly built a thriving, resilient local economy on ...

As G.N. Devy, the editor of Being Adivasi with the late Abhay Xaxa, shares in his introduction: ‘I would like to hope that it is received not just as a publication or academic exercise but as a ...

Ranchi (Jharkhand) [India], October 30 (ANI): "Adivasi women don't eat nutritious food during pregnancy and also don't take iron pills on a regular basis because it is a myth amongst them that they ...

On January 31, when the Directorate of Enforcement (ED) arrested former Jharkhand chief minister (CM) Hemant Soren—after a brief period of the alleged rumour that he has gone ‘missing’—political ...

Yet, Adivasi recipes are kept alive in Adivasi homes and haats or weekly bazaars. One of the most scrumptious dishes amongst ...

Asian Development Bank (ADB) will not provide fund for any development project that threatens lives and livelihood of Adivasi people. International consultant and team leader of ADB Roger Plant said ...

After choosing a Dalit as a Presidential candidate in the previous elections, the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance named an Adivasi woman as its nominee for the for the ...

Sri Lanka’s indigenous Adivasi community—the Vedda people—have historically maintained a diet of kurakkan roti and game meat. They are also known to have various indigenous cures and treatments for ...

The proponents of globalisation would like to have us believe that the world has, indeed, become a global village, connected by easy and speedy flows of information, trade networks, and the exchange ...

Sri Lanka’s indigenous Adivasi community—the Vedda people—have historically maintained a diet of kurakkan roti and game meat. They are also known to have various indigenous cures and treatments for ...