Being Adivasi: Existence, Entitlements, Exclusion, edited by Abhay Xaxa and Ganesh Devy, contains 11 essays on various themes ranging from constitutional and legal measures from “the Adivasi question” ...

After choosing a Dalit as a Presidential candidate in the previous elections, the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance named an Adivasi woman as its nominee for the for the ...

If you spend long hours on the internet, you have definitely come across many posts about ‘Asli Adivasi Hair Oil’. The videos are funny and leaving everybody in splits. There are people who are ...

In the town of Ayyankolly, Pandalur, around 80 km from Udhagamandalam town, a small women’s collective of Adivasi youth is working on knitting a quilt on which a story of the community and its ...

The Bangladesh Adivasi Forum has put forward 12 demands, including constitutional recognition for Adivasi communities, and the arrest of those responsible for recent attacks on Adivasi students and ...

In 2017, Korchi taluka in Gadchiroli district of Vidarbha in Maharashtra was gearing up for the Raavan dahan event on Dussehra. It was to be a regular evening with the effigy of the demon king going ...

Jacinta Kerketta, a writer of Kurukhar Adivasi origin, is a powerful poet and journalist who advocates for the environment, women's issues and Adivasi rights. It is easy to assume that Jacinta ...

A 23-year-old pregnant woman, Madavi Raju Bai, would have been alive with her baby now, after a safe delivery, if the local ‘Asha’ worker had clearly communicated with her about the delivery date and ...

RANCHI: In a significant ruling, the Jharkhand High Court observed that the term ‘Adivasi’ is not a caste and quashed an FIR lodged under the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act against a government ...

Chunki Marandi, a Santal Adivasi woman, is the mukhiya of Madhuapada. Her husband, Babu Soren, belongs to the same community. Photo: Nolina Minj On a cloudy morning in August, fields of freshly sown ...