Odisha finds itself at a remarkable point in its political journey. For the first time, a slew of Adivasi leaders from the state have occupied commanding positions in state and national politics, ...

Being Adivasi: Existence, Entitlements, Exclusion, edited by Abhay Xaxa and Ganesh Devy, contains 11 essays on various themes ranging from constitutional and legal measures from “the Adivasi question” ...

As G.N. Devy, the editor of Being Adivasi with the late Abhay Xaxa, shares in his introduction: ‘I would like to hope that it is received not just as a publication or academic exercise but as a ...

An accomplished Nazrul Sangeet artiste, Zannat-E-Ferdousi, is devoted to another cause as well. Ferdousi has been working as the director of advocacy at Research and Development Collective (RDC) for ...

Five years after the Forest Rights Act (FRA) was passed in 2006, India’s first village secured community forest rights. That village, Mendha Lekha, quickly built a thriving, resilient local economy on ...

The much-delayed gazette notification for the Census which is to be held in 2027, has been rightly criticised for a lack of clarity on the promised caste enumeration. But there is hardly any ...

The Chattogram Hill Tracts Commission has condemned the attack on indigenous students protesting the removal of images featuring the word “Adivasi” – a collective term for a number of ethnic minority ...

Adivasi Mela in April! In a deviation from the cultural calendar Odisha government hosted Adivasi Mela at Exhibition Ground in Bhubaneswar on Saturday. Adivasi Mela this year has also coincided with ...