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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Fagun: India’s only Santhali newspaper giving a fresh lease of life to tribal language & culture

Some 15 years ago, the sight of hawkers distributing newspapers in English, Hindi, Bengali and [...]

Molela: Rajasthan’s terracotta plaque art patronised by Bhil, Mina & Garasiya tribal communities

Molela village on the banks of river Banas, in Rajasthan’s Rajsamand district, is home to [...]

Koraput Coffee: How Odisha tribals brew a global coffee brand

In the 1930s, Koraput ruler Rajbahadur Rama Chandra Deo planted some coffee seeds in the [...]

Rescuing mortgaged kids, giving tribals a voice in decision-making, how Vaagdhara is bringing change from ground up

A 12-year-old boy was mortgaged to some pastoralists for Rs 2,000 per month in Rajasthan’s [...]

Nanga Hittu: Reviving tribal cuisine of the Badagas from Nilgiris

Growing up in a small village in Udhagamandalam (Ooty), Tamil Nadu, Sabbarish Gowder vividly remembers [...]

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Nirmaan: A BITS Pilani students’ initiative that’s now empowering millions of youth, women & tribals

In 2005, ten students of the BITS University in Pilani, Rajasthan, got together to teach [...]

Tribal women turn entrepreneurs with Tasar silk farming

When Kabita Singh decided to take up Tasar (also Tussar or Tassar) sericulture in 2014, [...]

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MP’s Jhabua scripts a success story with its traditional tribal dolls

Madhubai and nine other women sit together with a pile of cotton cloths at Badkua [...]

From ragi momos to snails, how tribal food is becoming the ambassador for Jharkhand’s indigenous culture

As you enter Ajam Emba on Kanke Road of Ranchi, Jharkhand, you are greeted by [...]