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tribal rights

A woman shooting on a camera with people standing around her_Adivasi communities
March 7, 2023
An Adivasi journalist quits the newsroom to embrace YouTube
A day in the life of an Adivasi journalist from Chhotaudepur who uses YouTube to mainstream the voices of de-notified tribes and tackle discrimination.
by Sejal Rathwa | 8 min read
morung ghar in nagaland-Ao Naga
February 14, 2023
Revival of the Ao Naga way of life: Nagaland’s morung ghar
by Sentirenba Longkumer | 2 min read
Bhagyashri on a bike talking to people-Adivasi
January 18, 2023
A young Adivasi sarpanch in Gadchiroli fears neither Naxalites nor the cops
A day in the life of a young Adivasi woman sarpanch who alternates between helping her community with paperwork and responding to emergencies.
by Bhagyashri Manohar Lekhami | 6 min read
A man riding a rickshaw with a yellow graffitied wall in the background that says justice-denotified tribes
January 13, 2023
Mental justice: Addressing the mental health of de-notified tribes
De-notified tribes face discrimination and injustice and lack access to welfare schemes. Their mental well-being cannot be seen in isolation from these struggles.
by Deepa Pawar | 7 min read
a royal bengal tiger standing on a rock - tiger conservation
June 22, 2022
Tiger conservation: Will humans ever change their stripes?
From creating more unpopulated spaces for tigers to roam freely to justifying the killing of ‘man-eating’ tigers—here are the many sides of the human-tiger conflict debate.
by Niranjana Rajalakshmi | 8 min read
shepherd boy standing in a meadow - Forest Rights Act
March 10, 2022
Kashmir’s Chopans denied the right to graze freely
The Chopans have the right to freely graze their flocks on forest land, under the Forest Rights Act. However, they have not been able to access any of the rights guaranteed to them under this law.
by Raja Muzaffar Bhat | 2 min read
women of standing women-Adivasi communities
May 13, 2021
COVID-19 is just another problem in Palghar, Maharashtra
Despite having the highest positivity rate in Maharashtra, Palghar’s Adivasi communities are sceptical about testing and vaccinations. Given existing challenges like poverty and malnourishment, the virus is not worth additional attention.
by Sarika Kulkarni | 4 min read
black and white image of the gram pradhan talking about the Bhoodan movement
March 25, 2021
A bloodless revolution
by Anushka Dalal, Harsha Pareek | 2 min read
Peetagarai outside a temple
January 27, 2021
Looking for greener pastures
by Native Picture | 2 min read
Rakesh being carried by his mother for a bath in Bango village
September 17, 2020
Photo essay: The heavy price of nuclear power
A look into how uranium mining impacts the lands, livelihoods, and health of Adivasi communities in Jharkhand.
by Subhrajit Sen | 8 min read
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