The Kadars of South India have significant economic problems due to their remote forest locations, according to two different articles published last year in the journal Studies of Tribes and Tribals. In an article published in July 2005, Seetha Kakkoth indicates that 320,967 people in the State of Kerala were listed as members of Scheduled […]

A meeting held in Chennai last Thursday highlighted the threats that big dams pose to tribal peoples throughout India, including the Kadar of Kerala state. If Kerala builds a large dam on the Chalakudy (or Chalakkudy) River, it will evidently harm a Kadar village located near the planned site of the dam. A statement issued […]