Essay: India’s Manipur violence did not come out of nowhere, and it could happen again in many other states across the country
ELLIS HEASLEY, of UK-based religious freedom advocacy CSW, says the recent violence is the result of years of government attempts to instrumentalise religion and ethnicity to shore up its grip on power…
Mounting losses: Floods and early snow risk killing off Kashmir’s nomadic culture
MEHRAN BHAT and SHAFQAT KHURSHEED, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, report on the challenges facing tribal nomads of Jammu and Kashmir amid more extreme weather conditions…
Poor in India can dream, says its first tribal President
Langley, British ColumbiaReuters India’s first President from a marginalised tribal community, Droupadi Murmu, said on Monday after being sworn in that her election was an “achievement of every poor person in the country”. Murmu’s elevation to India’s highest constitutional post has been seen as an important gesture of goodwill by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to […]
India elects first president from tribal community
Mumbai, IndiaReuters Lawmakers chose India’s first president from the country’s tribal communities on Thursday, which could boost the appeal of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s party among marginalised groups ahead of the 2024 general election. Droupadi Murmu, a 64-year-old teacher turned politician, will be the second woman to hold the largely ceremonial role as head of […]