Long celebrated as “vegetarian mutton”, this mushroom carries unmatched nutritional and therapeutic value for rural tribal communities. But its high perishability and habitat destruction are pushing this ancient food source toward rapid decline, cautions Soumendra Nath Das

Surrounded by crocodiles-infested waters and forests full of man-eating tigers, they have nowhere to go. To them, Netas of Kolkata are as invisible as the God of the heavens. S. Shrobana hears them out. PART-2

Elections come and elections go but the condition of the ‘Tiger widows’ of Bidhoba Para — Widows’ Village — in West Bengal continues to remain unchanged. S. Shrobona visits one such village

Caught between tribal emotions and Kurmi sentiments, all the political parties — from the Left to the BJP to the Trinamool Congress —are finding themselves in a tight corner in the ongoing elections in this part of Jangalmahal in West Bengal. S. Shrobana reports

The realisation to do something about their disappearing musical heritage led two brothers from Sikkim, Kingchum and Nimchung, to form a Lepcha folk fusion band. Neelanjana Rai listens to their story

The Kurmis or Kudmis have been asking for Scheduled Tribe status and inclusion in the Sixth Schedule of the Constitution. They claim that they were classified as a “notified tribe” during the British Raj. S. Shrobana reports. PART-2

With their rail and road blockades not yielding the desired result, the Adivasi Kurmi Samaj has decided to field its candidates in Purulia, Bankura, Midnapore and Jhargram to ruin the party of BJP and TMC. S. Shrobana digs deep into the issue in a 2-part series.  PART-1

The British de-notified the Sabars through the Criminal Tribes Act of 1871 accusing them of criminal activities. But subsequent legislations and amendments too were not kind to this tribal community, writes S. Shrobana PART-2

Even their deaths due to starvation failed to force successive Governments to effectively come to the rescue of this primitive tribe group. In a two-part series, S. Shrobana takes a closer look at the community, scattered in Purulia, Bankura and West Midnapore PART-1

Sandesh stands for a famous Bengali sweetmeat. Ironically, there is nothing sweet about Sandeshkhali. Instead, women of the island, mostly tribals, finally gathered courage to send out a sandesh (message) to the powers that be about their allegedly hellish experiences at the hands of a politically-protected local strongman [...]