In Odisha’s Kandhamal district, Adivasi women have preserved indigenous seeds for generations; at an annual festival, they come together to discuss and exchange seeds through rituals and celebration

In West Bengal’s Puruliya district, Anirudhdha Singh Patar, who loves catching prawns and fish with his bare hands, tells PARI about how the Kangsabati river is changing and why he migrates for work

Rat-catching is a regular activity among the Irula, an Adivasi community in Bangalamedu hamlet in Tamil Nadu's Thiruvallur district. Many relish rat meat, and baby rats are especially popular as pets for children

With uncertain weather, water scarcity and blight, my Kaka and Kaki, who live in our Warli hamlet in Palghar district, are struggling to grow vegetables – their only source of livelihood – on their hillside farmland

Trees, birds, tigers and other animals, the rich mythology of his Adivasi community, the realities of modernity – Mithlesh Shyam of Patangarh village in MP paints these and more in his signature Gond style

Adivasis from several villages gather at the weekly market in Amabeda village, Chhattisgarh, to buy and sell forest and agricultural produce, purchase weekly rations, drink some local brew, and watch a cockfight or two

The Apatani are a prominent tribe of Ziro valley in Arunachal Pradesh. This photo essay features the community's signature practices of construction, agriculture and cuisine

Across the villages of Alirajpur district in Madhya Pradesh, many of them now denuded and barren and with few livelihood options, the Bhils struggle to retain their farming and cultural practices

Listen to this traditional instrument of the Adivasi communities of Dang