Jharkhand

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October 22, 2024
How phishing in Jamtara affects fishing in Tundi, Jharkhand

I am a project director at Sunita Foundation, a nonprofit that focuses on skill development in rural Jharkhand. One of the areas that we work in is the Tundi block…

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May 30, 2024
Rising heat puts broilers on the boil in Jharkhand

The temperature in Jharkhand’s Gumla district these past few summers has been 40–42 degrees Celsius. This is not good for broilers, or chicken raised for meat production. The ideal temperature…

woven baskets made from bamboo--forced migration
February 6, 2024
No forest, no farm: Forced migration among Parhaiyas

“I have known the art of making soop (rice sieve) since childhood. I learned it from my mother,” says Maniya,* a woman from the Parhaiya community in Serak village, Jharkhand….

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December 21, 2023
To the beat of their drums: Keeping Adivasi traditions alive

You can consider it to be a universal truth or our belief as Adivasis: Knowledge is not an individual possession; it must transcend generations. And preserving the wisdom accumulated over…

An image depicting the desolate landscape left behind due to the submergence of numerous trees in Jharkhand's Sonua block.
August 16, 2022
Why give a dam? A 40-year struggle for education in Jharkhand

The Pansua dam was built in 1982 in Sonua block, Jharkhand, causing the adjoining low-lying forest to submerge under 50–60 feet water over the next three to five years. According…

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June 1, 2022
A charmless profession: Snake charmers now seek daily wage work

After his father’s death, Srikant Bedia began practising snake charming. He was only 20 at the time. Now, as a 54-year-old father of four, Srikant also works at construction sites…

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September 28, 2021
Migrant worker starts a women’s self-help group in Jharkhand

“We get some free ration—either 5 kg of rice or 5 kg of atta (wheat flour) per head. But that’s about it. We don’t get any help, or any other…

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February 18, 2021
Twenty-two tribes that rule

The Munda community has a unique self-governance system called the baees padha system, which we have been following for many generations now. The padha system is spread across four districts…

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