Library:Tata Institute of Social Sciences,Guwahati

  The UN recently released the State of the World’s Indigenous Peoples Report. It reveals that Indigenous Peoples represent about six per ce...

  Sarhul, literally “worship of the Sal tree”, is among the most revered Adivasi festivals. It is rooted in nature worship and celebrates th...

  In Jharkhand, June 30 is observed as Hul Diwas, marking the anniversary of the 1855 Santal rebellion, led by Sido and Kanhu Murmu. Unfortu...

  June 30 marks the 169th anniversary of the Santhal Hul, one of the earliest peasant uprisings against the British.  Santhal  Hul of 1855 w...

  In the diverse fabric of Indian literature, Adivasi literature is a genre left untouched by most intellectual critics and writers. In the ...

  The Tribal Ministry is conducting the Aadi Mahotsav festival to promote tribal products. TRIFED organizes the festival on behalf of the mi...

O  n the occasion of the birth anniversary of tribal leader Birsa Munda, the Centre marked the second Janjatiya Gaurav Divas on November 15 ...

  The  University Grants Commission (UGC)  and the  All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE)  on Saturday asked the affiliatedinsti...

  Seventy-five years of planned development have not helped in the betterment of the adivasi community Adivasis  living in Central India mak...

  Denotified tribes are communities that were ‘notified’ as being ‘born criminal’ during the British regime under a series of laws starting ...

  Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment, Dr Virendra Kumar is scheduled to launch the “Scheme for Economic Empowerment of DNTs (SEED)” ...

  L Murugan writes: He was one of the tallest icons of India’s freedom movement and his contributions, along with others who were part of th...

The arrogance of the ignorant It is tragic that ‘New India’ chooses to attack Adivasis and forest-dwellers instead of those destroyin...