A historic site in Ranchi, Adivasi Maidan, witnessed the start of the Jharkhand statehood movement in 1939. Tribal leader Jaipal Singh Munda addressed a large gathering here, urging unity for tribal ...

The magisterial story of the India’s Constitution has many chapters, only some had the chance to revel in history’s limelight, the rest have remained in the shadows waiting to be rediscovered and ...

The formation of the Vanvasi Kalyan Ashram happened over concerns regarding the increasing activities of Christian missionaries in tribal areas. There was a fear that as the Muslim League started to ...

On 19 December 1946, Jaipal Singh, who was one of the six Adivasi members of the Constituent Assembly (out of a total strength of 389), rose to address his colleagues on the “Objective Resolution".

The poem and essay frame India’s land conflict as a battle between Adivasis defending livelihood and rulers pursuing capitalist “development.” The piece exposes a moral double standard where power, ...