As a designer, system thinker and practitioner, Roopa Roshan Sahoo, Commissioner-cum-Secretary, STSC Development, Minority & Backward Classes Welfare Department, Government of Odisha, exhorts the practitioners of transformation in the tribal development sector to adapt the new ways and focus on regenerative leadership

Seeking a national footprint, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has sought to turn the tables on the Centre and reach out to the tribal community with a motion in the Assembly to recognize Sari and Sarna as separate religions. But has the move clicked with the tribals? [...]

Among the 128 Sangeet Natak Akademi awardees are folk singers and those promoting and preserving tribal music and dance, The Indian Tribal reports

Recognising her contribution to the society with her unwavering zeal, the Modi Government recently named her for the fourth highest civilian award, The Indian Tribal reports

The sacrifice of a hen and offerings of its eggs (desi, mind you) is the unusual bhog of Nandi Puja celebrated by Malkangiri tribals. Niroj Ranjan Misra takes a peek

Calling the welfare of tribal society a matter of personal relationship and emotions for him, the Prime Minister said the country is moving with unprecedented pride with regard to its tribal glory. The Indian Tribal reports

In election year, Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao has made a bold move by seeking to settle the vexed issue of 11.5 lakh acres of ‘Podu’ land, which also brings to the fore the grim reality that shifting cultivation has wiped out 1/6th of the State’s forests. [...]

The 15-day mega event in the national capital from February 16 will celebrate the basic ethos of tribal life. The Indian Tribal reports

A unique celebration among the Dongria Kondhs sees some villages seal their borders to prevent outsiders’ entry during the Podha festival. Niroj Ranjan Misra sheds light on the custom

Rail and road traffic was affected in several parts in eastern India as the Adivasi Sengel Abhiyan, headed by former BJP MP Salkhan Murmu, effected a blockade in five States to demand, among others, claim to Parasnath Hills in Giridih district of Jharkhand and implementation of the Sarna [...]