Brought out on the occasion of the 121st birth anniversary of Birsa Munda, 1874-1901, tribal freedom fighter from Jharkhand, and centenary year of his movement

The Adivasis are indigenous peoples and are believed to be the first inhabitants of India. Adivasis have distinct languages, religions and forms of self-governm

In the late seventies, Mahasweta Devi turned her attention to the marginalized tribals and untouchable poor of Eastern India, particularly Bihar and West Bengal

Jharkhand, the land of forest, named by the people of the neighboring plains, had been a safe haven of the indigenous peoples until the sixteenth century when t