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Adivasi Rights

Droupadi Murmu’s election as president is a win for Adivasis – now she must show she isn’t a token

Bijayani Mishra Sabiha Mazid
· Jul 23, 2022 · 09:00 am
Their daughter's killing was a test case in Chhattisgarh. A shoddy probe let policemen off the hook

Malini Subramaniam
· Jun 03, 2022 · 06:30 am
The death of an elephant in the Nilgiris spotlights the tussle over a conservation project

KA Shaji
· Feb 04, 2021 · 07:30 pm
10,000 people charged with sedition in one Jharkhand district. What does democracy mean here?

Supriya Sharma
· Nov 19, 2019 · 09:00 am
From rejection to eviction: The illegal ways in which MP Adivasis have been denied forest rights

Aarefa Johari
· Aug 11, 2019 · 06:30 am
Four Adivasis injured in alleged pellet gun firing by forest officials in Madhya Pradesh

Aarefa Johari
· Jul 11, 2019 · 04:59 pm
Over 80% Indians now have bank accounts. How many are actually using them?

Neha Abraham, FactChecker.in
· May 18, 2019 · 08:30 pm
‘We don’t want to die landless’: Kerala’s Adivasis are again agitating for land promised in 2001

TA Ameerudheen
· May 06, 2019 · 09:00 am
How a digital literacy project is changing the lives of Adivasi villagers in Maharashtra

Abhivyakti Banerjee, IndiaSpend.com
· Apr 07, 2019 · 09:30 pm
‘It’s a big gift’: Parents of Kerala’s first Adivasi woman to crack civil services exam celebrate

TA Ameerudheen
· Apr 07, 2019 · 06:30 am
In an ancient land, a forest’s impending destruction threatens India’s future

Samar Halarnkar
· Mar 24, 2019 · 09:00 am
From forest rights to GST and note ban: How Modi has favoured fat cats and harmed the marginalised

Girish Shahane
· Mar 06, 2019 · 08:00 am
In Rajasthan, Forest Rights Act was wantonly flouted to reject Adivasis’ claims to their land

Nihar Gokhale IndiaSpend.com
· Mar 05, 2019 · 09:30 pm
Conservation groups should be helping Adivasis save forests. Instead, they are working to evict them

Madhu Ramnath
· Mar 02, 2019 · 07:30 am
PIL was meant to help marginalised people access justice. Now, it’s being used against them

Sruthisagar Yamunan
· Feb 27, 2019 · 07:30 am
The Daily Fix: Supreme Court’s order on evicting forest dwellers could hollow out Forest Rights Act

Ipsita Chakravarty
· Feb 22, 2019 · 09:30 am
‘At times, without mamma, I feel desperate,’ says daughter of jailed lawyer Sudha Bharadwaj

Ajaz Ashraf
· Jan 26, 2019 · 06:45 am
To meet climate change targets, India must enable Adivasis to conserve its natural forests

Ranjan K Panda
· Jan 15, 2019 · 08:00 am
No change in Chhattisgarh yet, but I hope Congress will correct past wrongs: Activist Bela Bhatia

Malini Subramaniam
· Jan 13, 2019 · 06:30 pm
In Chhattisgarh, Adivasi man’s dubious arrest shows police excesses continue under Congress rule

Malini Subramaniam
· Jan 13, 2019 · 09:00 am