Sahariya Tribals

Reports of severe malnourishment among Sahriya tribal children has sent alarm bells ringing in Baran in south Rajasthan, a district that borders Madhya Pradesh.

Shivpuri, Madhya Pradesh: Bhago, 55, a Sahariya tribal from Madhya Pradesh, is waiting for the year to end. The year has only brought her misery as she lost her three-year-old granddaughter and elder son to Tuberculosis. Her other two sons and daughter-in-law have also been diagnosed with TB. In these trying times, she has become the main breadwinn...

Shivpuri, Madhya Pradesh: Demonetisation has created a unique situation for those living on the margins. Sahariya tribals in Madhya Pradesh say they have never handled a Rs 500 note, some say that have never even seen a Rs 1000 note. Ram Dulari, a Sahariya tribal in Shivpuri district says that she’s not bothered about standing in a bank queue an...

The deaths of two Sahariya tribal children in Jhalawar last month have become a full-blown political controversy in Rajasthan, with allegations of malnutrition and neglect flying thick and fast.

Santosh Bai, a member of the most vulnerable of Sahariya tribal community of Balada in Baran tehsil of Rajasthan, was amongst the 11 women who received the WWSF Prize 2010 for Women's Creativity in Rural Life. She was recently honoured at a function held to commemorate the 50th year of panchayati raj by a local NGO.The WWSF award is been conferred ...

Reports of severe malnourishment among Sahriya tribal children has sent alarm bells ringing in Baran in south Rajasthan, a district that borders Madhya Pradesh.

Shivpuri, Madhya Pradesh: Bhago, 55, a Sahariya tribal from Madhya Pradesh, is waiting for the year to end. The year has only brought her misery as she lost her three-year-old granddaughter and elder son to Tuberculosis. Her other two sons and daughter-in-law have also been diagnosed with TB. In these trying times, she has become the main breadwinn...

Shivpuri, Madhya Pradesh: Demonetisation has created a unique situation for those living on the margins. Sahariya tribals in Madhya Pradesh say they have never handled a Rs 500 note, some say that have never even seen a Rs 1000 note. Ram Dulari, a Sahariya tribal in Shivpuri district says that she’s not bothered about standing in a bank queue an...

The deaths of two Sahariya tribal children in Jhalawar last month have become a full-blown political controversy in Rajasthan, with allegations of malnutrition and neglect flying thick and fast.

Santosh Bai, a member of the most vulnerable of Sahariya tribal community of Balada in Baran tehsil of Rajasthan, was amongst the 11 women who received the WWSF Prize 2010 for Women's Creativity in Rural Life. She was recently honoured at a function held to commemorate the 50th year of panchayati raj by a local NGO.The WWSF award is been conferred ...