STRIKING A BLOW AGAINST ASSAM’S INCLUSIVE ETHOS
Focus: GS-I Indian Society, GS-II Social Justice Introduction The Assam government recently decided to promulgate a law to make the Assamese language compulsory in all schools, both public…
ADDING CHAKMAS AND HAJONGS TO RELIEF PLAN
Why in news? The Ministry of Development of the North Eastern Region (DoNER) has directed the Arunachal Pradesh government to include the Chakma and Hajong communities in the…
TABLIGHI JAMAAT: ITS PURPOSE, HOW IT RUNS
Over 200 have tested positive for COVID-19 from among 4,000-odd who had gathered in Delhi’s Markaz Nizamuddin, the headquarters of the Tablighi Jamaat. What is Tablighi Jamaat? Tablighi…
A TRIBAL TRADITION COMES IN HANDY DURING COVID-19
Why in news? Now almost every day some members of Jagruti, a social organisation, are reliving a local tribal tradition to trim each other’s hair at Daringbadi in…
HAVING AN EAR TO ADIVASI GROUND
Why in news? In November 2018, among the Adivasis of Jhargram, West Bengal- seven adults of the KhariaSavar community died within a span of just two weeks. Their…
EXPLAINED: MEGHALAYA VIOLENCE
Why in news? Last week of February 2020, ethnic violence left three dead in Meghalaya. A Khasi tribal was killed in a clash in a village near the…
THE NIHANGS: ONCE VALIANT WARRIORS
Why in news? The Patiala incident in which a group of Nihangs attacked a Punjab police party and chopped off the hand of an assistant sub-inspector when stopped…
TABLIGHI JAMAAT: ITS PURPOSE, HOW IT RUNS
Over 200 have tested positive for COVID-19 from among 4,000-odd who had gathered in Delhi’s Markaz Nizamuddin, the headquarters of the Tablighi Jamaat. What is Tablighi Jamaat? Tablighi…
RED ARMY KEEPS VIRUS AT BAY IN NORTHEAST
Why in news? A ‘red army’ of wise old men and women are helping villages across some hill States in the northeast keep the novel coronavirus away. ‘Red…
DEVELOPMENT OF NOMADIC TRIBES
Why in news? The Nomadic Tribes have been identified by the survey done by erstwhile National Commission for De-Notified and Nomadic and Semi-Nomadic Tribes. However, population of Nomadic…