The Union Ministry of Minority Affairs (MoMA) on Friday launched the Unified Waqf Management, Empowerment, Efficiency and Development (UMEED) portal to digitise and streamline Waqf property ...

Ker Sangri is made using two desert plants. The Ker is a small berry, while Sangri is a bean that grows on the Khejri tree. These ingredients grow naturally in the dry and sandy l ...

T here wasn’t an injured great Indian bustard, chinkara or vulture that Radheshyam Bishnoi heard of that he wouldn’t go out of his way to help. Bishnoi, 28, was a passionate c ...

The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), which is investigating the case, accused Indian government agents of being linked to an organized crime group called the “Bishnoi group”. India’s ...

Journalist Lee debuts with a potent exploration of what it means to be Indigenous, beginning with his own childhood spent summering on Martha’s Vineyard, the Wampanoag homeland, Continue reading ...

The trees are sacred to the Bishnoi community, as is all of nature, and Devi was the first of 363 people to die that day as they stepped forward in a chain of defiant sacrifice. Devi’s martyrdom ...

including the one to protect the Khejri trees during the 1730s at Khejarli in Jodhpur district of Rajasthan led by one Amruthadevi of the Bishnoi community, during which about 363 people had ...

In his book, My Head For A Tree: The Extraordinary Story of the Bishnoi, the World’s First Eco-Warriors, Martin Goodman clubs many such stories of real people to bring their reality, both in the ...

It is in this context that My Head for a Tree: The Extraordinary Story of the Bishnoi, the World’s First Eco-Warriors becomes so important for us to read and reflect upon. View Full Image The ...

Many who have visited the tree over the years have posted photos on social media alongside musings about the tree as a sign of hope, a symbol of nature’s resiliency and an inspiration to stand ...

After completing his schooling up to Class 12, Bishnoi shifted to Chandigarh in 2010 to pursue higher education. He enrolled in Panjab University’s DAV College and quickly became involved in ...

Martin Goodman's My Head for a Tree: The Extraordinary Story of the Bishnoi, the World’s First Eco-Warriors Profile Books, London, 2025. Hb. Pp. 272. Rs. 699. Foreword by Peter Wohlleben ...