Adivasi communities

Gaining habitat rights under the Forest Rights Act has changed the Baiga community’s relationship with the forest, as they revive indigenous knowledge and map resources to manage ecological balance.

Nonprofits in Bastar, Baksa, and Sonbhadra explain why they use local narratives to teach children in regions affected by caste, conflict, and climate change.

Co-founder of the Dalit Adivasi Manch and a key figure in the Chhattisgarh Mukti Morcha, Rajim Ketwas reflects on her journey as a woman activist in the labour movement and where it stands today.

Adivasi families in Andhra Pradesh are unable to digitally track their ration cards. An offline information system ensures that people can demand their full entitlements.

India's commons are often seized from the people who nurture them. Here's how communities are asserting their right to govern these lands.

From forests and grazing lands to wetlands and coastlines, India’s commons are vital buffers against the climate crisis. Yet, climate policies often overlook these ecosystems and the people that protect them.

State approvals continue to stand between Odisha's forest-dwelling communities and their right to sell kendu leaves, leaving livelihoods at risk.

Khutis are traditional shelters for semi-nomadic herders on Assam’s riverine islands. But over the last few decades, their number has drastically declined. Here's why.

Group farming enables farmers to cultivate contiguous smallholding plots, increase yield, and transition out of subsistence farming.

In Madhya Pradesh's Machhurda village, an information desk struggled to attract women and marginalised groups—until its location and set-up were shifted.