Tag: The Indian Tribal Sports

Small dairies have sprung up across Malkangiri and brought prosperity to the tribal women running them. Niroj Ranjan Misra joins them in the cowshed for an early morning chat

From nature worship to matrimony, fertility or agriculture — Mrittika Jain details how there are many aspects to the festival of colours as the Adivasi knows it, going beyond how the heartland celebrates Holi

Sundry tribes have their particular rituals and customs for Holi. The Rajwadi festival, informs Mrittika Jain, hasn’t changed for over 750 years now, the Rathwa and Pawara find love on that day, and the Santhali hail spring with flowers

The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Social Justice and Empowerment has asked the Ministry of Tribal Affairs to make sincere efforts to improve its spending so that people get the benefits of schemes

Three tribal men who molested a young tribal girl in full public view while on way to participate in ‘Bhagoriya’, a tribal festival, have been arrested. The shameful incident occurred in the Wallpur area of tribal-dominated Alirajpur district, around 400 km away from Bhopal. Efforts are on to [...]

Meet the outstanding tribal women who were awarded the Nari Shakti Puraskar for 2020 and 2021 by President Ram Nath Kovind on International Women’s Day on Tuesday

President Ram Nath Kovind will confer the Nari Shakti Puraskar to 29 outstanding individuals, including many tribals, for 2020 and 2021 on International Women's Day on Tuesday (March 8). Prime Minister Narendra Modi interacted with the awardees on the eve of the event

The Government is all set to roll out a comprehensive national programme for dealing with Sickle Cell Disease, which is becoming a major health problem in India with every passing year

The visually impaired Anadi Koda is gifted when it comes to music, and his prodigious talent has conquered all infirmity. Niroj Ranjan Misra tunes in

There is absolutely no basis for Bihar Government’s 2016 notification for issuance of Scheduled Tribe Caste certificate to Lohar community, the Supreme Court has observed and quashed the notification