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Vice-President C P Radhakrishnan writes: On Birsa Munda's birth anniversary, let's celebrate his fight for dignity

November 14, 2025 11:48 pm

The tribal leaders and their movements serve as a constant reminder that the fight for freedom and dignity was deeply rooted in the forests and hills of the tribal areas of India

One bride, two grooms: The story of Himachal’s Hattis and the tradition of polyandry

August 04, 2025 2:30 pm

Once widespread across the remote hills of Himachal Pradesh, polyandry was a practical solution to preserve undivided ancestral land and foster cooperation in joint families. Today, it survives discreetly among members of the Hatti community, where tradition and survival remain deeply intertwined.

Explained: Story of modest Kerala king who is Republic Day guest in Delhi

January 26, 2025 10:53 am

Raman Rajamannan is the king of the Mannan community in Kerala. Here is all you need to know about him and the tribe he heads

4 arrested after tribal women were 'tied up, assaulted' in Odisha on suspicion of religious conversion

January 01, 2025 6:56 am

The arrests come days after a video showed the two women being tied to a tree and accused of religious conversion in Odisha’s Balasore. Among those arrested is the complainant in a counter case filed against the women

Express Impact: Displaced by dam construction, 45 tribal families included in this Pune village

October 17, 2024 12:14 am

From village outcasts to recognised voters, how the Katkari community in Borghar have made themselves visible

Rajendra Sawale, up-sarpanch of Bhorghar, said that generations of these families, since the 1980s, have been unable to access government welfare schemes due to the lack of essential documents like birth and death certificates tribal

Except voter ID card, this tribal community has no essential documents to access welfare schemes

October 08, 2024 10:46 am

Katkari Adivasi community members in Ambegaon remains a displaced lot

A monument at Mangarh Dham in Rajasthan's Banswara. A massacre of the Bhil tribe here during colonial rule led to one of the earliest calls for a separate tribal state.

Why members of the Bhil tribe have again demanded a separate ‘Bhil Pradesh’

July 19, 2024 7:00 pm

While a tribal MP from Rajasthan has advocated for an independent Bhil state in western India, the BJP’s Tribal Area Development minister has spoken against it. What is the demand?

Security personnel stand guard after shops and houses were set on fire following the death of a youth, in Gandacherra subdivision of Dhalai district. (Photos: PTI)

Tension in Tripura’s Dhalai district after tribal youth injured in clash dies; ‘situation under control now,’ says official

July 13, 2024 8:04 pm

A huge police contingent was deployed in Ganda Twisa sub-division in Tripura’s Dhalai district on Friday after tribal youth Parameshwar Reang, who was injured after a clash, died while getting treatment in hospital.

The police have said that four women have come forward so far, and the accused has confessed to raping three others. (File Photo)

Using voice changing app, posing as woman professor, man raped 7 tribal girls with promise of scholarship

May 26, 2024 8:34 am

Police in Madhya Pradesh say four of the girls have come forward; accused learnt how to use the app on YouTube

Statewide protests have been held in Gujarat by Kshatriyas over the alleged derogatory remarks made by Parshottam Rupala against the community in a March 22 speech. (Express Photos)

A look at key groups as fulcrum of Gujarat politics: Kshatriya stir, Patidar dominance to KHAM

May 05, 2024 12:54 am

Patidars form backbone of BJP’s support base in Gujarat, but the party makes all efforts not to ignore the interest of OBCs, which are spread across the state accounting for 45-50% of its population