Poverty among Indian tea workers is laid bare by the Covid-19 pandemic
The second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic has shone a painful spotlight on the dire conditions of tea garden workers struggling against poverty in India.
Gurvinder Singh
Contributor
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India, damage caused by cyclones Tauktae and Yaas impacts vaccinations
Massive cyclones Tauktae and Yaas have claimed lives and livelihoods, as well as affecting the Covid-19 vaccination drive in India’s coastal states.
Indians’ solidarity in the face of the Covid-19 crisis
In response to a lack of public services, organisations and individuals are helping citizens weather the devastating Covid-19 crisis in India.
India’s Jenu Kuruba indigenous tribe protests forced evictions from the forest
Jenu Kuruba, a honey-collecting indigenous tribe of India, accuses the local government of forcefully evicting them from the forest that is their home.
One in three. Violence against women is a global pandemic
One in three women have suffered physical or sexual violence. With contributions from Europe, Africa, Asia and Latin America, we look at how this shadow pandemic affects every corner of the world.
The next Anthropology Congress won’t be held in an Indian “factory school” for tribal children
Activists hail the decision not to hold the 2023 World Anthropology Congress at a controversial Indian school for tribal children as originally planned.
India, coronavirus threatens the survival of the Great Andamanese tribe
The pandemic threatens some of the world’s most endangered indigenous peoples, such as the Great Andamanese of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands in India.
Embracing beekeeping to stop fatal tiger attacks in Sundarbans mangrove forest
Beekeeping as an alternative livelihood to stop locals from venturing into Sundarbans, the world’s largest mangrove forest, and encountering tigers.
India, patients are turned away as Covid-19 causes healthcare collapse
India struggles to keep its crumbling healthcare system afloat amid the drastic rise in coronavirus cases, making it the third worst-hit country globally.
India, the brutal effects of Cyclone Amphan in West Bengal won’t fade quickly
Cyclone Amphan caused massive destruction in the Indian state of West Bengal, devouring lives, livelihoods and ecosystems that won’t easily be recovered.