NFI Fellowships 2021
2021-Round 2 English
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Sindhu Nagaraj is a journalist based out of Mysuru. She likes to write on the environment and tribal issues and developmental issues and she has been published in The News Minute. As a part of the Fellowship, she reported a story on how the pandemic has irreparably affected the tribal children living in the forests of Karnataka. In the process of reporting, Sindhu was helped and mentored by
Jaideep Hardikar.
PUBLISHED IN Down To Earth ON 25 August 2021
Bleak future ahead: COVID-19 pushes Karnataka’s first generation Adivasi learners off schools
Bleak future ahead: COVID-19 pushes Karnataka’s first generation Adivasi learners off schools
This section of society is plagued with a plethora of problems. With the ongoing pandemic playing spoilsport in implementing any schemes, it is to be seen if the government will come forward to send the Adivasi children back to schools.