Challenging centuries-old stigma, women of the Madia tribe in Gadchiroli shun the practice of using menstrual huts or kurma ...

Madikeri: Twenty-five families belonging to the Yerava community at Kuttiparambu in Balugodu lack basic amenities. Their ...

The tribal hut follows a set pattern of construction and takes 60 days for completion, Ramasamy, a villager of Pallakaniyur noted. ... Lemon grass is used to form the roof of the hut.

The women of Kanal Tola village are forced to live in this hut which has no door and no amenities The "period huts" where thousands of tribal women and girls are banished during their menstruation ...

Malati Murmu, a tribal woman from the remote village of Jilingseling in Purulia, West Bengal, has converted her mud house ...

NAGPUR: Forty tribal artists from Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh have been invited by SCZCC to undertake repair and renovation work of tribal huts located at the centre. A ten-day ...

Spread over six acres, Giri Grama Darshini comprises 10 tribal huts with thatched roof, hand-made terracotta floor tiles and ochre coloured walls, giving the rooms an earthy look.

A case in point: With no roof over his head, Gajja, a Jenu Kuruba tribe, at Malaganakere tribal haadi in Periyapatna taluk, has been living on trees for the past two years.

The "period huts" where thousands of tribal women and girls are banished during their menstruation in the western Indian state of Maharashtra are getting a makeover. A Mumbai-based charity ...