Thursday, 6 October, 2022
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Topic: Tribes

‘They buy and sell our kids for oxen’: In some Arunachal hamlets, slavery is a way of life

+TFP Angana Chakrabarti -
For generations, the Nyishi and Miji tribes have ‘owned’ members of the Puroik community. While this practice was outlawed in 1999, it prevails in pockets of Arunachal Pradesh.

Scheduled Tribes panel writes to Odisha govt over spread of Covid among protected tribals

Soniya Agrawal -
The panel has asked Odisha govt to submit a report on the mitigation strategies adopted by the state to curb the spread of the infection among the tribes.

Cultural artillery, Christianity, education: How the British & missionaries Westernised Khasis

Nidhi Dugar Kundalia -
In 'White As Milk and Rice', Nidhi Dugar Kundalia writes about how 80% of Khasis today are Christian converts because of the British.

English-medium schools, cars, Europe markets: How this tribe became richest in Western Ghats

Viju B. -
These families shifted from the core area of the Periyar Tiger Reserve to the buffer zones seventy- two years ago.

Proposal in January but can’t marry in July — the rituals of Zeliang tribe in Nagaland

Easterine Kire -
Zeliang people have specific rituals for birth, marriage & death. For instance, anyone visiting the groom's house must enter with their right foot first at the threshold.

Go to Lahaul-Spiti for ‘internet ka vanvaas’. Digital India & telecom companies skipped it

Smriti Parsheera -
The goal of Digital India cannot be achieved without ending the digital deprivation of its most marginalised communities.

What’s Christianity to those who pray to sky & sea, says first woman to contact Sentinelese

Madhumala Chattopadhyay -
Anthropologist Madhumala Chattopadhyay talks about 'missionary' John Allen Chau's fatal visit to the Sentinelese island. 

On Camera

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Opinion

Rahul Gandhi addresses a gathering in Mysuru, Karnataka | PTI

Six reasons why Bharat Jodo Yatra isn’t simply a routine political ‘tamasha’

Yogendra Yadav -
As in football, so in politics: Ball possession matters. So much so that even the troubles in Rajasthan couldn’t derail the positivity of the Bharat Jodo Yatra.
The Kara-Khanid ruler Ilig Khan on horse submitting to Mahmud of Ghazni riding an elephant, Persian painting, 1306-14 | Wikimedia Commons

Mahmud of Ghazni had Punjab, Haryana, Karnataka soldiers. History is not as simple as you think

The LCH is designed with stealth features such as reduced visual, aural, radar and infrared signatures | Photo: IAF

Prachand is here but the age-old debate on LCH ownership remains unsettled

Economy

File photo of Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan distributing rice to PMGKAY beneficiaries at a PDS centre | ANI

How Modi govt extending free grains scheme could help BJP in Gujarat, Himachal polls

Nikhil Rampal -
PMGKAY was extended for three more months last week. An analysis of the scheme's beneficiaries shows that over 50% of the population in Gujarat and 38% in HP will benefit from it.

Defence

Image: ThePrint

Multiple military & civilian chopper crashes in past years highlight a disturbing trend for India

Suchet Vir Singh -
An Indian Army Aviation Cheetah helicopter crashed Wednesday. Several such crashes over past few yrs have jolted the military. Non-military sphere, too, has encountered many crashes.

National Interest

India’s hijab supporters will lose even if they win SC battle. Because the real war is political

Shekhar Gupta -
In a highly polarised time, cornered minorities tend to lean back and protect the roots and fundamentals of what is so dear to them. Politically, it can often be a bad trap.

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