Scheduled Tribes

Across India, tribals, especially the women, wear a lot of jewellery, and these vary in look and feel. Deepanwita Gita Niyogi writes about the nature-inspired jewellery of Baigas

Never shy of hard work, a group of eight tribals, chosen and aided by the district horticulture department, are now reaping their fruits of labour having given a shot at pomegranate farming on their wasteland two years ago. Niroj Ranjan Misra listens in to their story

The Union Tribal Affairs Minister said the objections raised by tribal communities regarding the Rs 72,000-crore contentious mega infrastructure project proposed on the Great Nicobar Island are under examination of his Ministry. The Indian Tribal reports

Marginalised tribal women in a nondescript village in Chhattisgarh’s Baloda Bazar district are much enterprising in their endeavours, finds out Deepanwita Gita Niyogi as she takes a walk around

Deepanwita Gita Niyogi gets to know how an eight-year-old initiative is helping over 100 students, mostly tribals, from villages within a radius of 15 km of the big cats’ habitat

Used to vegetable farming traditionally, several Adivasi couples in Keonjhar district hesitatingly took up strawberry farming on the insistence of ITDA. Niroj Ranjan Misra finds out whether it clicked or not

From juicy flowers bursting with flavours to drying and ending up as an intoxicating brew in bottles as liquor, Mahua’s story is deep, beyond ornamentation and intrinsic to tribal culture, writes Deepanwita Gita Niyogi

While nearly 40 Santali jatra troupes were alive more than two decades ago, only about 15 in Mayurbhanj, Keonjhar and Balasore districts still fight on. Niroj Ranjan Misra delves deep into the concerning issue

The incident comes as a stark reminder of the 2018 gang rape of five women in Kochang block of the same Khunti district. Jharkhand DGP said the accused above 16 years will be tried as adults. The Indian Tribal reports

Nearly 9,000 dancers presented the mega dance performance in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Foreign Minister S Jaishankar, some 60 Ambassadors and leading industrialists. The Indian Tribal reports