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Articles for Koyas

Andhra’s Koya tribe faces brewing conflict over sacred Mahua flower
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Andhra’s Koya tribe faces brewing conflict over sacred Mahua flower

The Hindu  

In mid-April, 25-year-old Madakam Janakamma was filled with joy as she started preparations for the naming ceremony of her first child due in two weeks. Towards the end of April, Janakamma delivered a baby girl, but the naming ceremony was held without Mahua liquor, a cultural shock for the family’s Koya friends and relatives. The amendment to the AP Prohibition …

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‘Displacement of Koyas, Konda Reddis is forcible partition of tribal family’
10 months, 1 week ago

‘Displacement of Koyas, Konda Reddis is forcible partition of tribal family’

The Hindu  

CHINTOOR Telangana-based Gussadi dancer Kanaka Sudarshan said the displacement of Koya and Konda Reddi tribes from the Godavari river to make way for the Polavaram irrigation project appears to be a ‘forcible partition of brothers in a family’. Speaking to The Hindu on the sidelines of the 5th National Tribal Dance Festival being organised by the Adivasi Samkshema Parishad here, …

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In a first, food festival showcases authentic Gutti Koya delicacies
11 months ago

In a first, food festival showcases authentic Gutti Koya delicacies

The Hindu  

In a first, the diversity of the traditional food of the Gutti Koya tribe was highlighted at a food festival held at Ramachandrapuram, a habitation of Internally Displaced People, in Chintoor agency in the Alluri Sitarama Raju district. The one-day festival was held on January 20 under the aegis of Jana Vikas Society, an organisation working on the rights and …

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On a doli and a prayer
1 year, 3 months ago

On a doli and a prayer

The Hindu  

On the afternoon of September 5, when labour pain struck Kosi, 26, a Gutti Koya Adivasi woman from the remote tribal hamlet of Korkatpadu in Telangana’s Bhadradri Kothagudem district, she couldn’t have prepared herself for the excruciating journey that lay ahead of her. Despite the rough, slippery terrain, Kosi’s mother accompanied us”Relatives of Kosi The daily commute is an ordeal …

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Andhra Pradesh | Whose Polavaram is it anyway?
1 year, 5 months ago

Andhra Pradesh | Whose Polavaram is it anyway?

The Hindu  

On June 12, Vetla Mutyala Reddi, 36, from the Konda Reddi tribe, put forward his charter of 10 demands to the President of India, Droupadi Murmu, at Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi. Aims to irrigate 4.36 lakh hectares, generate 960 MW of hydropower, supply drinking water to 611 villages 80 TMC of Godavari water to be diverted to the Krishna …

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SPOTLIGHT | No place to call home: Gutti Koyas fight for survival
1 year, 11 months ago

SPOTLIGHT | No place to call home: Gutti Koyas fight for survival

The Hindu  

Published : Dec 29, 2022 10:35 IST Venkat, who lives in Devanigutta in Mulugu, a border district of Telangana, is unaware of the conflict that forced his parents to flee Chhattisgarh decades ago. A forest officer’s killing Gutti Koyas have had issues with forest officers since their arrival in Telangana, which was carved out of Andhra Pradesh in 2014. In …

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Send back migrated Lambadas to Maharashtra, Adivasis tell TS govt
2 years ago

Send back migrated Lambadas to Maharashtra, Adivasis tell TS govt

Deccan Chronicle  

INDRAVELLI : Adivasis on Friday strongly criticised Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao for making efforts to send the migrated Gothi Koyas back to Chhattisgarh from the borders of Telangana. They also demanded that the Lambadas be removed from the ST list in the state as they were “cornering all the benefits of STs here.” The Adivasi leaders alleged that BC …

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Eviction threat looms over migrant Gutti Koya Adivasis
2 years ago

Eviction threat looms over migrant Gutti Koya Adivasis

The Hindu  

An eerie calm pervades this tiny tribal settlement of the migrant Gutti Koya Adivasis as the clamour for their eviction from Yerrabodu grows shriller. ‘Vested interests behind hate campaign’ When asked about the resolution of the Bendalapadu Gram Panchayat to expel them from the area, a migrant tribal youth said, “Some vested elements are behind the hate campaign against us …

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The great Godavari floods
2 years, 3 months ago

The great Godavari floods

The Hindu  

In the last week of June, Kunja Sai Kumar, a farmer belonging to the Koya tribe, was jubilant as he sat with the 160 families of his community in Mukunuru village for a dinner. “We are apprehensive that the water level in the Godavari will constantly hover above the first flood warning level of 43 ft at Bhadrachalam once the …

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6 lakh Koya community in joy after Padma Shri award
2 years, 10 months ago

6 lakh Koya community in joy after Padma Shri award

Deccan Chronicle  

Khammam: The six-lakh-strong Koya community in Telangana is enthused over a recognition that came their way as the top civilian honour Padma Shri was awarded to Sakinala Ramachandraiah, a Kanchumelam and Kanchuthalam player and musician. The names like Garikamaraju, Padigiddaraju, Eramaraju, Gadiraju, Bapanamma, Musalamma, Nagulamma and Sadanamma, revered warriors of Koya community in the battle between Kakatiya rulers and Sammakka …

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Koyas seek recognition for Gondi language
3 years, 5 months ago

Koyas seek recognition for Gondi language

The Hindu  

People belonging to the Koya tribe on Wednesday observed the Gondi Language Day in the Agency areas of East Godavari district, and sought inclusion of their language in the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution. The Gondi Language Day is observed on July 21 as per the Delhi Convention - 2018 organised by the Adivasi Samkshema Parishad, the prime body that …

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Kannabiran Memorial Lecture : The Constitution and Scheduled Tribes in Composite State of AP
3 years, 11 months ago

Kannabiran Memorial Lecture : The Constitution and Scheduled Tribes in Composite State of AP

Live Law  

It is ten years since Sri Kannabiran left us, and yet memories of him are still fresh. Shri Kannabhiran then referred to Section 52-A of the Government of India Act, 1919, Sections 91 and 92 of the Government of India Act, 1935, the Ganzam and Vizagapatam Act, 1939, the Scheduled Districts Act, 1874, the debates which took place in the …

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