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forest rights
March 15, 2019

Are conservation groups actually safeguarding our forests?

Conservation groups should be helping Adivasis save forests. Instead, many are working to evict them.
by Madhu Ramnath | 5 min read
Baiga Adivasi in protest walk in India-adivasi
February 12, 2019

How development excludes Adivasi peoples

Failing to understand the Adivasi world view and imposing the dominant development paradigm on Adivasi peoples is affecting their identity and well-being.
by Debjeet Sarangi | 4 min read
Xavier Dias_BnW
November 15, 2018

IDR Interviews | Xavier Dias

The oppression of Adivasi peoples in their own lands, at the hands of outsiders, led a young student activist from Bombay to spend the next four decades of his life fighting for land and labour rights.
by Sneha Philip, Smarinita Shetty | 6 min read
October 25, 2018

Transforming lives through women’s collectives

Using a unique, farmer-focused research methodology, this project encourages women to view themselves not as secondary players in the agricultural sector, but as principal farmers, researchers, teachers, and active agents of social change.
by Kuntalika Kumbhakar, Ritesh Pandey, Wanborlang Khymdeit | 9 min read
September 13, 2018

Why does undernutrition persist in India's tribal populations?

The data tells us that India's aspirations to improve its nutrition status cannot be realised without focused policy changes towards the Scheduled Tribes.
by Saumya Shrivastava | 5 min read
rural health
July 26, 2018

The ecology of an itch

An unprecedented medical issue in a tribal village led health workers to conduct a micro-study of the rural area, which taught them invaluable lessons on how to approach a community—its culture, ecology, and the problem itself.
by Anand Bang | 6 min read
Konyak man painting
June 15, 2018

A river runs through it

A glimpse into the culture and lives of the Konyaks, the largest of the 16 officially recognised Naga tribes.
by Shloka Nath | 3 min read
Vaccination of Bird
June 14, 2018

Look east. And invest there.

The Northeast, despite poor development indicators, is a region that many in our sector know little about. Dispelling our myths and assumptions is crucial to increasing both investments and efforts there.
by Biswanath Sinha | 7 min read
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