The new dispensation of Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi recently announced the special initiative of doling out pocket money to Scheduled Tribe students to dissuade them from dropping out of school. Sandip Kumar Bal reports

The 73-year-old Paraja tribal agriculturist breathed her last at the SCB Medical College and Hospital, Cuttack, where she was admitted a couple of days ago. The Indian Tribal reports

Incurring huge losses in cotton cultivation, more and more Adivasi families in Koraput in Odisha are now switching to lemongrass farming, which is far more profitable, writes Niroj Ranjan Misra

Hailing from underprivileged families in adivasi-dominated Mayurbhanj in Odisha, they are bringing laurels at national and international levels. Deepanwita Gita Niyogi gets to know the rising stars and the man behind them

Played mostly by Santal tribals in Mayurbhanj district of Odisha and in the Kolhan region of Jharkhand, this traditional khela (game) is dying slowly without the support of major sports clubs and patronage of State governments, writes Niroj Ranjan Mishra

Sailodi is a singing-dancing game that unmarried girls indulge in during the winter in some tribal-dominated villages in this eastern State. Niroj Ranjan Misra gets to know more about it

बच्चों पर आधारित उनकी लघु फिल्में न केवल समीक्षकों और सिने प्रेमियों द्वारा सराही गईं, बल्कि राष्ट्रीय और अंतरराष्ट्रीय मंचों पर भी इन्होंने कई पुरस्कार बटोरे। इन सथाली फिल्मों के दोनों प्रतिभाशाली निर्देशकों से बात की निरोज रंजन मिश्र ने

What’s better for children than to be allowed to run free in a field and jump small obstacles? Niroj Ranjan Misra watches a typical post-harvest pursuit of tribal youngsters in villages of Odisha

Started by the Gram Sabhas in 1989-90 due to a loss of greenery, the movement by tribals in Odisha’s Koraput to revive and rejuvenate the lost sylvan beauty of nearby forests got a fresh momentum with the entry of NGO FES and continues full steam to this day. [...]

Their short films for children have not only received critics’ rave reviews and cine goers’ loud acclaim but also scores of awards at several national and international platforms. Niroj Ranjan Misra speaks to the two Directors