The INDIA bloc aims to retain power, buoyed by its welfare schemes and the adivasi asmita (tribal pride) narrative. The NDA, on the other hand, hopes to make a comeback by capitalizing on allegations ...

Nine in 10 leadership positions in Indian media are occupied by upper-caste members, according to a 2022 study by Oxfam India. Not a single Dalit (member of India’s lowest castes) or Adivasi ...

Aadi Vaani, the Union government’s Artificial-Intelligence-based translation model for Adivasi languages in India, is set to see its beta version launched on Monday (September 1, 2025), officials said ...

When I first started writing Hindi poems, I heard people from the Hindi literary world say: “The voice in your poems is masculine and feminine at once. This makes it hard to guess the poet’s gender.” ...

Analyses of whole-genome sequence data of urban Sinhalese and two indigenous Adivasi clans in Sri Lanka, which live in geographically separated regions in the country, have shed light on the migratory ...

The 2011 census report indicated that the Bhili language group recorded an 85 per cent increase among the speakers, whereas the population increase in the corresponding geographical area was just ...

India is home to over 500 adivasi communities, making it the country with the world’s largest adivasi population. To bring their voices and heritage to the forefront, the National School of Drama (NSD ...

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 ...

The Omon Mahila Sangathan – a women’s self-help group in Noamundi, Jharkhand – had invited some of us from the Thulir Magalir Kuzhu, a women’s self-help group I belong to in Kodaikanal, to join their ...

Religion is a touchy subject in India. Religious conversions and intrusions even more so. But there are certain hard conversations we need to have – especially when it comes to these intrusions being ...