Tag: Scheduled Tribes

Unlike his contemporaries, this Bhotra tribesman from Nabarangpur took the lead in honing his skills to magnify and multiply his array of designs and make a mark, Niroj Ranjan Misra reports

A group of tribal women hailing from a small village in Assam has taken over the responsibility of ensuring supply of clean drinking water to households and water security, finds out Proyashi Barua

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to launch a mission to eliminate Sickle Cell Anaemia by 2047 from Shahdol in Madhya Pradesh on June 27. On World Sickle Cell Day (June 19), Union Tribal Affairs Minister Arjun Munda details his Ministry’s action plan to tackle the menace that [...]

CSR is often discharged merely to meet legal obligations or gain reputational benefits. Kumar Harsh tries to find out from the grassroots man Harsh Chouhan, Chairperson, NCST, the transformative potential of CSR when approached with a genuine understanding of and engagement with tribal communities

A group of present and former employees of Hindustan Aeronautics Limited morphs into a band of tribals to portray on stage the simple indigenous lifestyle fraught with taboos and traditions. Niroj Ranjan Misra gets to know them

When evening draws in, they flock to this site to sink in the discourses and discussions on holy Bhagawata, the literary magnum opus penned by Atibadi Jagannath Das, one among Panchasakha, five saint-litterateurs of medieval Odisha, finds out Niroj Ranjan Misra

अपने लोकगीतों से सरस्वती ने ओडिशा, छत्तीसगढ़ और मध्य प्रदेश में खूब नाम कमाया। लेकिन, यह मंजिल इतनी आसान भी नहीं रही। कैसे एक चमत्कार से उनकी आंखों की रोशनी वापस आ गई और कैसे उनकी दुनिया ही बदल गई। नीरोज रंजन मिश्रा को सरस्वती ने सुनाई दिल [...]

राष्ट्रपति द्रौपदी मुर्मू 25 मई को खूंटी (झारखंड) में महिलाओं के साथ जो संवाद करेंगी उसका उद्देश्य राज्य भर में स्वयं सहायता समूहों में जनजातीय महिलाओं के लिए आजीविका और उनके स्वास्थ्य पर ध्यान केंद्रित करना है, सुधीर कुमार मिश्रा की रिपोर्ट

With one of her Nagpuri numbers in a music video nearing the 50 million views mark on social media platforms, a 25-year-old tribal singer is creating waves in the music industry, especially, that of Jharkhand’s. Sudhir Kumar Mishra gets to know about the young tribal achiever, who, interestingly, [...]

Just five months since the BJP’s thumping win in the western State, where it won 24 of the 27 ST seats riding on the Modi Government’s big tribal push, the party has drawn a big blank in all the 15 ST seats in its lone southern bastion, notwithstanding [...]