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TopicAdivasis

Topic: Adivasis

If there’s any group who has the right to rule over India, it’s Adivasis: Jaipal Singh Munda

On 24 August 1949, Jaipal Singh Munda, the driving force behind the Jharkhand movement, argued for political representation and self-governance for the tribal community in the Constituent Assembly.

Hindus didn’t drive missionaries away in Jharkhand. Adivasis held their own, whoever the coloniser

From the British perspective, Adivasi hostility to the colonial state was simply ethnic hostility from the savage against the civilised. Nothing could be further from the truth

How Dalits, Muslims, Adivasis encounter the State. ‘It has its boots on our necks’

In ‘How Long Can The Moon Be Caged’, Suchitra Vijayan and Francesca Recchia look at present-day India through the lived experiences of political prisoners.

29 Maoists killed in Kanker ambush—What India must do to prevent their replacement

The Maoist insurgency has been wiped out from Telangana and seems in terminal decline across India. But in the Adivasi territories of Dandakaryana, it is stubbornly refusing to die.

‘We call you Adivasi, they call you Vanvasi’ — Congress, BJP clash over tribal identity in Assam

'Adivasi means the first citizens, those who have come to the earth first. Vanvasi means those who stay in the forest,' Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said during a public meeting in Assam's Majuli.

4 reasons Bhupesh Baghel lost Chhattisgarh. His Hinduism outreach isn’t one of them

The Congress in Chhattisgarh did fail to protect the interests of the minorities, but it’s deceptive to assume that the voter wanted hard Hindutva and rejected soft Hindutva.

How Shiva and Narasimha worship assimilated Adivasis in Andhra Pradesh

From mercenaries to the in-laws of the gods, the Boya and Chenchu peoples were courted by the Chola and Vijayanagara emperors.

Validating Aryan invasion or statement of rights? Rahul remark reignites ‘Adivasi’ vs ‘Vanvasi’ debate

RSS & affiliates reject term 'Adivasi', saying it goes against idea of united India, and prefer 'Vanvasi'. But others oppose latter term, saying it implies tribals are 'uncivilised'.  

Stabbed 70 times in court — why the women who killed Akku Yadav were hailed as heroes

In ‘Disgrace: Global Reflections on Sexual Violence’, Joanna Bourke provides a global history of social violence from date rape in America to Caste-based violence in India.

MP govt has shown how to be sensitive in delivering justice in Dalit-Adivasi atrocity cases

Dalit-tribal politics isn’t trapped in Indira Gandhi’s Belchi moment. This is what the Congress doesn't get.

On Camera

There’s pollution, violence, volcanic ash on my screen. And yet an email is more stressful

Years are quietly being stripped off my lifespan, and somehow that doesn’t ruin my day. But getting scolded for one careless word in an email? That can send me spiralling.

Karnataka startups feel the chill as global funding winter sets in. Fintech emerges as sole bright spot

The state raises just $2.7 billion in first nine months of 2025 compared to $4.5 billion last year, with late-stage investments hit hardest.

What’s expected from Putin’s India visit in December—Defence Secretary explains

ThePrint had previously reported that India & Russia are talking about 5 more regiments of the S-400, but no contracts are to be signed during the Russian president's visit.

Gaali cricket: Bavuma stands tall, India’s Test ego cut to size

The India-South Africa series-defining fact is the catastrophic decline of Indian red ball cricket where a visiting team can mock us with the 'grovel' word.