India’s 5 tribal painting traditions that go back thousands of years

Indian art and culture are enriched by its tribal people who have traditionally inhabited the [...]

How tribal women farmers are conserving native seeds & ensuring nutritional security

Punita Bai Uyke, a tribal farmer from village Sawarjhodi in the Balaghat district of Madhya [...]

Raju Kendre: Farmer’s son connecting youth from tribal & marginalised communities with India’s top educational institutions

Shruti Bhimrao Botare is the first tribal girl from her village Parsodi in the Yavatmal [...]

Warli painting: Maharashtra’s 10th-century tribal folk art moves from mud walls to modern living rooms

Warli painting is a tribal folk art of Maharashtra characterized by simplicity of design and [...]

Aamon: Tribal women in violence-hit Bengal province triple incomes with organic rice; revive traditional varieties

In India, rice has been considered auspicious and a symbol of prosperity and success since [...]

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In pictures: Chhattisgarh’s tribal folk dance Gaur Maria inspired by the wild bison

The highlands of Bastar in southern Chhattisgarh hide within their forests a culturally rich Gond [...]

Seral Murmu: The Santhali filmmaker highlighting tribal issues and culture through cinema

The first scene of ‘Sondhayni’- a short-fictional film in Santhali language – opens with murals [...]

Snehakunja: Preserving biodiversity through empowerment of tribals in Western Ghats of Karnataka

For ages, women in Kalagade-Kanchigadde, a remote village in Uttara Kannada district of Karnataka, had [...]

Tribals turn shareholders in Aadhimalai Producer Company; triple their income

Janaki Amma, a Kurumba tribal from Velarikombai village in Tamil Nadu, would spend hours in [...]

Toda embroidery: Preserving tribal craft from the Nilgiris stitch by stitch

Every fortnight, 90-year-old Pongeri pattima comes down from her village in the Nilgiri hills to the Upper [...]

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