In a bid to highlight the culture, traditions, way of life, and legacy of the state's indigenous groups, the state government is getting ready to host the two-day Jharkhand Adivasi Mahotsava here from ...

It was an unusual day for most of the Nashikites when they witnessed different dances performed by the Adivasi tribe The government officials felicitated Kavita Raut and Monika Aathare from the ...

Babies die. Girls are sold off, raped. Mothers are branded witches. No, there’s no easy way to read this collection of stories by Jharkhand’s Hansda Sowvendra Shekhar who won the Sahitya Akademi Yuva ...

Adilabad: Adilabad Adivasi artistes captivated thousands of devotees at the Kumbh Mela in Prayagraj with their rendition of the “Kommu Koya” (bison horn) dance. The performance, held at Kalagram and ...

The Jharkhand government today banned the sale of a book, ‘The Adivasi will not dance’, for allegedly hurting the dignity of Santhal tribal women. Jharkhand chief minister Raghubar Das has directed ...

Writer Hansda Sowvendra Shekhar is only too aware of the trappings of being a privileged member of the Santhal tribe taking an outsider’s view of the community. If he had a rather carefree life while ...

The three sections of the slim novel, My Father’s Garden, are given to three men and three relationships — each with the unnamed narrator. Writing in the first person for the first time made him ...

Hansda Sowvendra Shekhar is that rare being: an Adivasi writer from mainland India who writes in English. Most mainland Adivasis write in the dominant language of the state they inhabit (most ...

ADILABAD: It's that time of the year again. The Dandari-Ghusadi dance season of Raj Gond and Kolam tribals of Adilabad district has begun. In the 14 days preceding Deepavali, Adivasi bachelors who ...

In 2013, in the hilly and forested area of Godda in Jharkhand, a cluster of Adivasi farmers gathered together a few miles away from where President Pranab Mukherjee was expected to arrive. They had ...

Over 8,000 youths from the state’s tea/Adivasi community performed their traditional Jhumoir dance in front of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and envoys of over 50 countries at the Sarusajai stadium on ...