... the Adivasi-led exclusionist movement spread across hundreds of tribal villages in several states, including Jharkhand, Odisha and MP.

Cooperative initiatives that involve urban and rural people to solve problems of villages as well as cities, help to bridge the rural-urban divide

The values these people espouse are linked to the fact that their sacred homeland is now at the heart of India’s very first biosphere reserve.

A story of transformation of village women into an unwavering collective which can stand for its rights and for values they cherish.

"Our seed diversity is preserved and cultivated, though we did loose some seeds like red maze but we have tried and revived the lost seeds"

The southern region of Odisha is home to many tribals and millets have been their staple diet since generations.

Can trees survive with roots immersed permanently in water? For hundreds of years?? And human communities have protected them?

“Forests are the root of our existence. We care for forests as they provide us with food, teach us the way of life, and do not discriminate."

Tribal groups brought tubers, greens, millets and even milk from indigenous cattle that have been used by them for many generations.